On Sat, 2020-05-09 at 09:30 -0400, sean darcy wrote: > On 5/9/20 1:38 AM, Robert G (Doc) Savage via users wrote: > > On Thu, 2020-05-07 at 10:49 -0400, sean darcy wrote: > > > My new laptop has Windows 10 installed with the Intel > > > rapid Storage Technology (optane) system chip. Windows is on an > > > nvme > > > drive. > > > > > > FC31 is on a SATA ssd. > > > > > > BIOS allows me to choose AHCI or RST. I must use AHCI to boot the > > > FC31 > > > drive, and RST to boot the Windows drive. Neither will boot with > > > the > > > other. Sigh. > > > > > > 1. Is there a way to get the FC31 drive to boot with RST ? > > > > > > 2. Any way to have the Windows drive boot with AHCI ? > > > > > > sean > > > > I have Intel RST "fake RAID" on my Lenovo ThinkPad P72. As > > delivered, > > Windows 10 Pro was installed on two 2TB NVMe SSDs in a RAID1 > > mirror > > configuration. While I could have also installed a standard > > notebook > > SATA SSD, I postponed that idea (see below) and broke the RAID1 > > mirror > > instead. The BIOS Storage setting gave me two options: RST or AHCI. > > The > > BIOS is wrong. It should say RST or NVMe. SATA or AHCI are not > > options. > > And boy are the two raw NVMe drives F-A-S-T !!!! > > > > I went through all the hand wringing and fear of screwing up > > something I > > didn't completely understand at the time. I backed up everything I > > could > > think of from Windows 10, and a went to the trouble of getting a > > Lenovo > > ThinkPad Windows restoration thumb drive. > > > > Happily, once I broke the RAID1 mirror, I was able to boot to a > > Fedora > > live ISO on a thumb drive. It could see both /dev/nvme0 and > > /dev/nvme1 > > SSDs. The #0 device still contained one half of the mirrored > > Windows 10 > > installation. fdisk shows the following detail: > > > > # fdisk -l /dev/nvme0n1 > > > > Disk /dev/nvme0n1: 1.88 TiB, 2048408248320 bytes, 4000797360 > > sectors > > > > Disk model: SAMSUNG MZVLB2T0HMLB-000L7 > > > > Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes > > > > Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes > > > > I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes > > > > Disklabel type: gpt > > > > Disk identifier: 868B8A59-AF35-48EB-AD4F-0B2966DD92F5 > > > > > > Device Start End Sectors Size Type > > > > /dev/nvme0n1p1 2048 534527 532480 260M EFI System > > > > /dev/nvme0n1p2 534528 567295 32768 16M Microsoft > > reserved > > > > /dev/nvme0n1p3 567296 3998748671 3998181376 1.9T Microsoft basic data > > > > /dev/nvme0n1p4 3998748672 4000796671 2048000 1000M Windows > > recovery > > environment > > > > > > This frees /dev/nvme1n1 for a normal installation from a live CD > > image. > > It will set up GRUB2 for a Windows + Fedora dual boot. When > > installed, > > your second NVMe drive should be partitioned something like this: > > > > > > # fdisk -l /dev/nvme1n1 > > > > Disk /dev/nvme1n1: 1.88 TiB, 2048408248320 bytes, 4000797360 > > sectors > > > > Disk model: SAMSUNG MZVLB2T0HMLB-000L7 > > > > Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytesSector size > > (logical/physical): 512 > > bytes / 512 bytes > > > > I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes > > > > Disklabel type: gpt > > > > Disk identifier: D02F3FF2-CE20-43A2-A2E2-92053E91D817 > > > > > > Device Start End Sectors Size Type > > /dev/nvme1n1p1 2048 411647 409600 200M EFI System > > /dev/nvme1n1p2 411648 2508799 2097152 1G Linux filesystem > > /dev/nvme1n1p3 2508800 4000796671 3998287872 1.9T Linux LVM > > > > As I indicated above, I later installed a 4TB SATA internal drive > > in an > > expansion space inside the P72. I had to buy a wiring adapter to > > connect > > the SATA drive to the P72's internal chassis wiring. That wiring > > doesn't > > come instsalled from the factory. I got the kit from EggHead. > > > > Hope this helps. > > > > --Doc Savage > > Fairview Heights, IL > > > > > > Very interesting. Are you now able to boot into Windows on nvme0 from > grub ? > > sean Of course. It's not my default, so when the GRUB2 menu appears I have to arrow down to the 4th entry to boot into Windows. What's really nice about this setup is that when default booted into Fedora 32 I can mount the /dev/nvme0n1p3 Windows partition r/w. --Doc Savage Fairview Heights, IL _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
