• minibyte@sh.itjust.works
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    5 months ago

    Just flat out getting Debian to install. This was my first OS swap on a Dell Latitude. Holy whirlwind that bios is locked down with half a dozen secure boot “features”.

    My problem ended up being in storage configuration. After I set it from raid to achi Debian install was able to detect the drive. Why my laptop with a single m.2 slot was configured for raid, I’ll never know.

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      5 months ago

      I remember a time when that was a common thing for laptop drives to come preconfigured as Raid 0. Maybe the OEMs thought it would be easier to add storage that way…?

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        5 months ago

        I get that maybe it’s preconfigured which might make sense on dell pc’s that’d fit a few drives in empty sata slots, but it took me nearly two days to think of that solution.

        I figured throw it out there in case someone else has issues with an install locating the main drive on a Dell.

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          I just got a Dell precision through work, and I am glad I accidentally stumbled on that in the bios menu, I would not have guessed either