Hi Tim, > The laptop uses Intel Rapid Storage Technology,
This seems to be a new name for Intel Matrix RAID which is a ‘fake’ RAID in Linux terms. Intel added support to Linux: https://www.intel.com/content/dam/www/public/us/en/documents/white-papers/rst-linux-paper.pdf > Is there a way to stick with Intel RST but have un-RAIDed disks > installed? https://medium.com/@pmarrapese/arch-linux-and-intel-rst-fake-raid-cece10b61ac3 may be useful even though it's not what you want to do. Would a plan be to keep the new drive outside of the RST fake RAID, leaving Windows happy with its RAID of one disk, install Linux on the new drive, and then arrange for a bootloader on the original disk to give the option of which route to take, with it being able to see the RST-array-of-one and the new drive? I'm assuming it's UEFI? https://www.rodsbooks.com/refind/ is a good starting point for a flexible bootloader and lots of background information. This is unanswered, but I think he's wanting to do the same as you. https://askubuntu.com/questions/1200736/refind-and-intel-rst-dual-boot > Alternatively, is there a way to boot into the (Windows) installation > on the already-RST-formatted disk, after switching the BIOS to AHCI? Use Linux and its fake-RAID support to chain load? :-) You don't mention which Windows, but https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advanced_Host_Controller_Interface#System_drive_boot_issues suggests AHCI can be enabled after install, but it isn't RST specific. Look forward to hearing how you got it working tonight. :-) -- Cheers, Ralph. -- Next meeting: Online, Jitsi, Tuesday, 2021-01-05 20:00 Check to whom you are replying Meetings, mailing list, IRC, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk New thread, don't hijack: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk
