Does not detect SSD disk in the installation

rmu

I have a 512 GB SSD disk, like GPT, but when installing Solus, the disk is not detected, it is formatted in ext4. Gparted does not identify it as /dev/sda, but rather: /dev/nvme0n1

WetGeek

rmu I have a 512 GB SSD disk, like GPT, but when installing Solus, the disk is not detected

Whether a disk is recognized has a lot to do with your BIOS settings. Have you looked there for a possible reason why it's not detected?

nolan

rmu Gparted does not identify it as /dev/sda, but rather: /dev/nvme0n1

That is correct as old IDE HDD are identified as hda,hdb and so on, SATA HDD/SSD as sda, sdb and so on and M.2 NVME SSD as nvme as you noticed.

tomscharbach

rmu Could it be that the Solus Kernel is different and still does not detect it because it is not updated?

Probably not. The Solus ISO kernel (the kernel that is used when you create a Live USB) is 5.13. A few earlier kernels (e.g. 5.6 and 5.7) had issues with some (not all) Samsung M.2 NVMe SSDs, but those issues were resolved by 5.10, so the kernel (5.13) used in the Live USB is almost certainly not the issue.

rmu Gparted does not identify it as /dev/sda, but rather: /dev/nvme0n1

If Gparted (run from the Solus Live USB, I assume) recognizes the drive, the kernel is not the issue.

Axios

nolan format it fat32 and see if solus sees it then solus will change it and format it correct.

rmu

I can't disable secure boot or enable AHCI because it doesn't give an option in the Bios. The other linux distributions if they detect it, maybe it is a problem of the kernel version or add something in the grub, but I will not do it. Nor does it detect fat32, I think it is not a question of format, but of identifying it.

murbert

rmu I can't disable secure boot or enable AHCI because it doesn't give an option in the Bios

That is your problem, right there

rmu

murbert If it were a problem to configure the BIOS, because ALL other distributions detect the disk (now I have Fedora installed without problems), but I would like to have Solus. Could it be that the Solus Kernel is different and still does not detect it because it is not updated?

rmu

tomscharbach When I start Solus and open Gparted, it does NOT recognize the SSD, only the installation USB. The disc is from a not very well-known brand, KBG40ZNV512G KIOXIA The computer is an All-in-One, HP I5 It still surprises me because other distributions detect it and Solus does not. Thanks for your help, I will keep trying, maybe later in new updates, if I detect it, as it happened with the Samsung brand.

kyrios

Check the very last line and let us know if it helps

https://getsol.us/articles/installation/disks/en/

rmu

kyrios Thank you, there is everything correct

rmu

Hello again. I tried to install Opensuse 15.3 and it did not detect the disk, but days later, version 15.4 is available and surprise, if the disk detects me. So I firmly deduce that it is a problem of some kind of update in the new versions, and I hope that Solus will also detect the album in its new version.

nolan

kernel issue ?

rmu

nolan It's possible... Opensuse Leap 15.4 uses kernel 5.14.21, I do not know which version Solus uses in version 4.3 It could also be that Solus being a distro that is not based on any parent distribution, its kernel is different. Do not saturate it until they update their version. Thanks a lot

nolan

At the moment solus uses kernel 5.15.43