On Wed, May 11, 2022 at 5:33 PM David Christensen wrote: > On the few occasions that I have tried Debian on recent hardware, I have > found that Debian Stable may not support it. One possibility is to try > Debian Testing. (That is how I ran this Intel DQ67SW / Core i7-2600S > computer when it was new.)
It is Testing I was using (Testing with non-free drivers, which I guess is the same installer). > Other options: > > 1. Restore Windows 10 and run Debian in a VM. Once you have everything > dialed in and switch to full-screen mode, it is hard to tell that Debian > is not running on hardware (especially when the host is new and fast). It has no Windows. > 2. Find a Linux distribution that is known to work on that laptop with > that Optane NVMe drive. (It is an Acer? What model?) What Linux > distribution(s) have you used in the past? It is an Acer Aspire 5 (A515-54G). It came with Endless Linux. On Thu, May 12, 2022 at 11:36 AM Felmon Davis wrote: > > essentially in the main window hit 'ctrl + s' and see if options > appear. > Thank you. Hitting Ctrl+S in the "Main" tab causes the "SATA Mode" option to appear, and I can change to AHCI. I'll try to install Debian now. -- Bruno Schneider