On 07/13/2017 08:13 PM, Tim wrote:
On 14/7/2017 3:54 am, Sherman Grunewagen wrote:
I want to use Ubuntu first because the machine is certified from Dell
to work with it as that's what it shipped with. If the SSD PCIe drive
I'm putting in doesn't work, I'll only have that (and the copy
process) as factors w/o complicating things with Fedora 26 (which I
didn't realise was even out.
So, boot up with the supplied disc, check things work, pull out that disc, and store it somewhere (or leave it bolted-in but unplugged) for that moment you need to deal with them.
Put in your new disc, install what you want, use it by itself.
If dual booting is not your thing, and you only want the other drive for that one time you might have to deal with your supplier, it's easier to completely remove the original disc from your normal operating condition.
Thanks, everyone, for your sage advice. To be clear, my issue is with
the new M.2 PCIe SSD "drive" itself which I ordered from amazon. It
arrives today and I'm not certain it will work. I've not been able to
confirm it does or doesn't, and Dell support has been no help. (I've
never used SSD before, let alone PCIe SSD) It's the Samsung PM961 1TB
card, by the way, if anyone knows about this stuff.
Anticipating problems, _that's_ why I thought I should start with the
officially sanctioned Ubuntu before finally installing Fedora. (I'll
start with 25 and let 26 settle a bit. I'm in the middle of moving to
China and don't have time to futz with 26 yet. I just last week
installed 25 on my current (dying) laptop and am getting used to
it. I've been using 21 KDE for a long time and 25 is very different.)
Anyway, I'm taking everyone's suggestion and will use my F25 live usb
to first try the system after I take out the rotary disk and put in
the PCIe drive.
-Sherman
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