On Sat, Sep 30, 2023 at 05:34:31PM +0200, Hans wrote: > Dear folks, > > since days I am now fighting with a big and special problem I fell into. > > On my notebook I have 2 drives, one is a NVME drive, the other a normal > harddrive. > > The NVME has got Widows_11 and Debian_12 on it. > > But here is the problem: > > As I resized the Windows and Linux partitions, the UUIDs have changed. Thus, > now the root partition can not be found any more, as the UUID has changed. > > This is not the only problem! Windows has changed the BIOS settings during an > update. Now it has set from AHCI to RAID. This is the first problem. >
I hate to say this: you need to reinstall Windows 11, potentially and then reinstall Debian. AHCI is the appropriate setting - maybe if you wipe the machine it should work. Quite often, the machine has a setting in firmware which embeds a Windows licence key these days. Windows first, then Debian, I think. All best, as ever, > > Now I am complete lost, because I have no more clue. > > In short, things do not work: > > 1. Debian Installer does not see the harddrive (/dev/nvmeXXXX) > > 2. With UEFI enabled, most lifesystems do NOT boot. > > 3. All /dev/nvmeXXXXX can not be seen or activated > > 4. All UUID lost! > > 5. In BIOS there is no setting "AHCI/IDE/RAID" (existed once, but it is now > gone). Windows has obviously overwritten it. > > I could install a fresh debian_12 on the second harddrive (which is no nvme), > but also from this one, I can not get access to the first harddrive (nvme), > even not with nvme-cli tools. > > I would be happy, if someone would share some other ideas if any, as my ideas > at the moment are out. > > Thank you for reading this and any help. > > Oh, last but not least: A fresh install would be no problem, but the Debian > installer DVD does ALSO NOT see the /dev/nvme. > > Big big problem..... > > Thanks for reading and your help. > > Best regards > > Hans > > >
