On Mon, 2021-02-08 at 20:07 +0000, Bernard McNeill wrote: [...] > I was planning the re-install, and came across this page: > https://wiki.debian.org/InstallingDebianOn/Dell/Dell_XPS_13_9360 > > It says to 'Change the SATA from RAID On to AHCI, without this change > Linux will not find SSD'. > Questions: 1. To me, SATA is a reference to HDD, no internal HDD on my > copy of this model - so not relevant ? > 2. I don't care if Linux just 'finds' the SSD. > But I care very greatly about Linux _disturbing_ the > contents of the SSD - I consider this Win-10's domain. > Do I need to worry about this?
SATA is the wiring/controller for the internal storage, spinning or SSD. I don't see why you should change it. I am suspicious of the idea of some kind of Dell RAID settings though. Are you using or planing to use a RAID setup? > In passing, I note the same link shows a need to disable Secure Boot - > is this now obsolete? Yes, you can leave Secure Boot on, modern debian versions are fine with that.
