Path: csiph.com!weretis.net!feeder8.news.weretis.net!news.szaf.org!fu-berlin.de!bofh.it!news.nic.it!robomod From: David Christensen Newsgroups: linux.debian.user Subject: Re: Installation fails to recognize SSD Date: Wed, 11 May 2022 04:20:01 +0200 Message-ID: References: X-Mailbox-Line: From debian-user-request@lists.debian.org Wed May 11 02:18:44 2022 Old-Return-Path: X-Amavis-Spam-Status: No, score=-10.357 tagged_above=-10000 required=5.3 tests=[BAYES_00=-2, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_EF=-0.1, FOURLA=0.1, LDO_WHITELIST=-5, NICE_REPLY_A=-3.247, T_SCC_BODY_TEXT_LINE=-0.01] autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Policyd-Weight: using cached result; rate: -4.6 MIME-Version: 1.0 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:91.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/91.8.0 Content-Language: en-US Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailing-List: archive/latest/788988 List-ID: List-URL: List-Archive: https://lists.debian.org/msgid-search/d93c2fb1-7ec4-2935-7855-0b6f68bf0ab7@holgerdanske.com Approved: robomod@news.nic.it Lines: 33 Organization: linux.* mail to news gateway Sender: robomod@news.nic.it X-Original-Date: Tue, 10 May 2022 19:18:24 -0700 X-Original-Message-ID: X-Original-References: Xref: csiph.com linux.debian.user:248084 On 5/10/22 17:54, Bruno Schneider wrote: > I'm trying to install Debian to a Acer Aspire notebook with SSD. > Before doing so, I tried to backup the previous Linux Install using > SystemRescue. I booted with a SystemRescue flash drive, but only the > USB flash drive was recognized and shown on fdisk list. > > Then I booted with Debian Install on the flash drive and, again, when > it came to partitioning, no SSD was available. So, I suppose it is > some setup issue. I'm not very familiar with SSD drives. > > On the notebook setup, under "Boot" section, I disabled "Secure Boot" > to be able to boot from flash drive. There is a "Boot Mode" set to > "UEFI", but I can't change that. Under "Security" menu, I don't see > any relevant options. Under "Advanced" there is only "Intel VTX" and > "Intel VTD", which don't seem relevant. > > The previous Linux installation is using the SSD normally. What am I > doing wrong? I have Dell Latitude 5400 laptop that I have been experimenting with: 1. Changing CMOS "Settings" -> "System Configuration" -> "SATA Operation" from "RAID On" to "AHCI" allows Debian to see the internal SSD. 2. "Legacy" mode (e.g. BIOS) no longer exists -- the firmware is UEFI only. The Debian Installer detects this and boots into UEFI mode. 3. I successfully installed Debian 11 onto a USB flash drive with "Secure Boot" enabled. David