Timeline for Can I install any distro (preferably Ubuntu/Debian) with SSD drive, no legacy mode (just UEFI) and no option to switch to AHCI mode?
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| Feb 1, 2020 at 20:50 | comment | added | Ramhound | Most NVMe SSDs require AHCI and UEFI mode and cannot function without either. | |
| Feb 1, 2020 at 17:34 | comment | added | A.B | @DanielB I could experience this when replacing some NVMe in Dell Laptop (what's the relation with SATA? no idea). The disk is just not detected at all on Linux. Only changing in the UEFI menu the controller mode from RAID to AHCI makes it discoverable in Linux. To be precise a Dell Latitude E7270 with a PM951 Samsung nvme. It's also a cause of grief when people had this done to their laptop and a year later the UEFI is reset (by changing its battery): "Linux doesn't work anymore", until told to switch back to AHCI. | |
| Feb 1, 2020 at 16:52 | comment | added | Daniel B | Linux of course supports NVMe and UEFI. A recent enough version should just work. Do you perhaps have drive encryption enabled or anything the like? | |
| Feb 1, 2020 at 16:47 | answer | added | Janusz | timeline score: -1 | |
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| Feb 1, 2020 at 14:54 | comment | added | A.B | other similar link: win-raid.com/… You know it worked if the device changes ID. | |
| Feb 1, 2020 at 14:48 | comment | added | A.B | Blame Intel: they offer a lot of open-source Linux features, but no correct support for their SATA controller when in RAID mode. Then blame the BIOS not offering an option to switch from RAID mode, which is often useless on laptop. That said, if the BIOS is just a lack of feature rather than active prevention of feature, it appears on some (really different: mac) systems, this can be done by GRUB: darkfader.blogspot.com/2010/04/… . At least do tests in interactive mode | |
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| Feb 1, 2020 at 14:26 | history | asked | user1135543 | CC BY-SA 4.0 |