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On Sat, Jun 05, 2021 at 08:53:30AM +0100, Michael wrote |
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> Back to the original question: |
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> I've not had a Dell with this option yet, but I understand Dell uses |
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> RAID with NVMe drives because it allows Intel RST drivers to work |
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> with most/all NVMe drives. I'm not sure if any of the Dell onboard |
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> software to restore the Win10 OS also depend on this. Once you |
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> initialize the OS I think you won't be able to run it in a different |
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> mode. |
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> http://forum.notebookreview.com/threads/why-does-dell-set-the-bios-to-raid-always.832016/ |
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> However, I've seen it mentioned in various places Linux will not be able to |
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> see the drive if RAID is selected - I don't know if this is still the case. |
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> https://www.dell.com/community/XPS/Pros-Cons-AHCI-vs-Raid-On-XPS13-9300-NVMe/td-p/7636984 |
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Some years ago, I had a Dell with a hard drive (no SSD), that would't |
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work with RAID enabled. Apparently things haven't changed much. Thanks |
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for the info; I'll know to select AHCI when I install. |
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Walter Dnes <waltdnes@××××××××.org> |
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I don't run "desktop environments"; I run useful applications |
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