Re: Problem installing Debian on Dell XPS 13 9360 laptop
On Mon, 2021-02-08 at 22:26 +0000, Bernard McNeill wrote:
>
> On 08/02/2021 21:57, Lou Poppler wrote:
> > On Mon, 2021-02-08 at 20:47 +0000, Bernard McNeill wrote:
> > >
> > > On 08/02/2021 20:33, Cyril Brulebois wrote:
> > > > Bernard McNeill <bmqawsed4@gmail.com> (2021-02-08):
> > > > > 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 ?
> > > >
> > > > Used for almost anything really, HDD, SSD, USB sticks, etc.
> > > >
> > > > > In passing, I note the same link shows a need to disable Secure Boot -
> > > > > is this now obsolete?
> > > >
> > > > Likely. We've started supporting SB with Debian 10 (buster).
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Cheers,
> > > >
> > >
> > > If I change the SATA from RAID On to AHCI, do I mess up whatever is
> > > currently on the SSD?
> > >
> > > Best regards
> > >
> >
> > See https://www.dell.com/community/XPS/Pros-Cons-AHCI-vs-Raid-On-XPS13-9300-NVMe/td-p/7636984
> >
> > You have Windows on a regular, spinning hard disk in the machine, and you also have an
> > unused SSD -- is this correct? Or maybe they are already RAIDed together by the factory?
> >
> > I thing especially if you are now introducing a third external disk to the mix, you probably
> > do not want this factory RAID thing, but I don't know how safe it is to turn it off if you
> > already have two mass-storage devices controlled by the thing.
> >
>
> + You have Windows on a regular, spinning hard disk in the machine, and
> + you also have an
> + unused SSD -- is this correct? Or maybe they are already RAIDed
> + together by the factory?
> I have one SSD (which has Win-10 on it), there is no other disk
> (spinning or otherwise) on the machine.
> The BIOS System Information says 'M.2. SATA =(none)'
> and 'M.2. PCIe SSD-0=87NB51ASK5HS'.
> However: Under BIOS System Configuration, 'SATA Operation' is set to
> 'RAID On', [other options are 'Disabled' and 'AHCI' ].
>
> Best regards
That Dell Community webpage also says there is a *chance* that you can change
the BIOS option, and get into Windows "safe mode" and recover.
I strongly suggest making a backup now, of anything in the windows install that
you do not want to lose.
[ also note, I made a couple small modernizing edits to
https://wiki.debian.org/InstallingDebianOn/Dell/Dell_XPS_13_9360 ]
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