On 12/24/22 02:39, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote:
On Fri, Dec 23, 2022 at 07:29:01PM -0800, David Christensen wrote:
debian-user:
I have a SanDisk Ultra Fit USB 3.0 16 GB flash drive with Debian installed
on it EUFI, GPT, and Secure Boot. I use it for maintenance/
trouble-shooting on newer computers.
When I boot the flash drive in a Dell Precision 3630 Tower that has Windows
11 Pro installed on the internal NVMe drive, the internal PCIe NVMe drive is
not visible to Linux:
The work-around is to change CMOS Setup -> System Configuration -> SATA
Operation from "RAID On: to "AHCI".
You've been hit by the Dell configuration of Windows on their hardware,
I suspect. This was noted a couple of years back when people couldn't
install Debian on Dell laptops.
The answer is probably to switch it - to obtain the recovery media you
need to reinstall Windows / just download the .iso, switch it to AHCI
and install Windows like that. I think it's _just_ a Dell funny.
That might be the most pragmatic approach. The machine is an eBay
purchase and has a Windows GML effective September 2017. So, there
should be a Windows 10/11 product key in the motherboard firmware or TPM:
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/howtotell/hardware-pc-purchase
Andy - who's just done somthing almost identical to a second hand Thinkpad
- putting it back to manufacturer's original installation media to ensure
that I could install it my way.
(And you've reminded me that I probably need to write a blog post on how
to get Debian and Windows dual booting nicely with Bitlocker on Windows)
All the very best, as ever,
Andy Cater
David
