Re: OpenBSD Installation Doesn't Detect NVMe SSD, but Detects My USB Drives
On Fri, Apr 19, 2024 at 5:38 AM Stuart Longland wrote: > Not sure there's any such animal when the device is NVMe. NVMe directly > connects to the PCI Express bus, not to a SATA controller. > -- Because some BIOS/UEFI are coded by idiots. I tested fake-raid on one of my "high-end" MSI boards, and the only way for setting it up on NVME drives was to set SATA to RAID.
Re: OpenBSD Installation Doesn't Detect NVMe SSD, but Detects My USB Drives
(misc@*openbsd*.org, not misc@*opensmtpd*.org… duh!) On 16/4/24 04:45, Wolfgang Pfeiffer wrote: On Mon, Apr 15, 2024 at 08:38:51PM +0200, Wolfgang Pfeiffer wrote: On Mon, Apr 15, 2024 at 08:29:21AM +0200, aliyu...@tutanota.com wrote: Hello, I'm currently trying to install OpenBSD on my laptop, and I'm coming across a problem. The installation only detects my installation drive and my other USB flash drive that I use for data storage, but not my NVMe SSD I want to do an installation on. SATA settings in your BIOS might be worth a try: if sata mode is set to RAID it might help to switch to ACPI [ .. ] Wrong: Not ACPI, but AHCI. Not sure there's any such animal when the device is NVMe. NVMe directly connects to the PCI Express bus, not to a SATA controller. -- Stuart Longland (aka Redhatter, VK4MSL) I haven't lost my mind... ...it's backed up on a tape somewhere.
Re: OpenBSD Installation Doesn't Detect NVMe SSD, but Detects My USB Drives
Hello, Sorry, I think I sent the mails directly to the people that replied to me. I'm using an ASUS laptop and disabling the VMD controller in UEFI setup worked, and now my drive is visible as 'sd0' Thanks! Ali Yuruk Apr 15, 2024, 21:47 by r...@gmx.net: > On Mon, Apr 15, 2024 at 08:29:21AM +0200, aliyu...@tutanota.com wrote: > >> Hello, >> >> I'm currently trying to install OpenBSD on my laptop, and I'm coming >> across a problem. The installation only detects my installation drive >> and my other USB flash drive that I use for data storage, but not my >> NVMe SSD I want to do an installation on. >> > > SATA settings in your BIOS might be worth a try: if sata mode is > set to RAID it might help to switch to ACPI - there was a thread > recently about that on this list: > > https://marc.info/?t=17124438522=1=2 > > -- > Wolfgang >
Re: OpenBSD Installation Doesn't Detect NVMe SSD, but Detects My USB Drives
On Mon, Apr 15, 2024 at 08:38:51PM +0200, Wolfgang Pfeiffer wrote: On Mon, Apr 15, 2024 at 08:29:21AM +0200, aliyu...@tutanota.com wrote: Hello, I'm currently trying to install OpenBSD on my laptop, and I'm coming across a problem. The installation only detects my installation drive and my other USB flash drive that I use for data storage, but not my NVMe SSD I want to do an installation on. SATA settings in your BIOS might be worth a try: if sata mode is set to RAID it might help to switch to ACPI [ .. ] Wrong: Not ACPI, but AHCI. Sorry. -- Wolfgang
Re: OpenBSD Installation Doesn't Detect NVMe SSD, but Detects My USB Drives
On Mon, Apr 15, 2024 at 08:29:21AM +0200, aliyu...@tutanota.com wrote: Hello, I'm currently trying to install OpenBSD on my laptop, and I'm coming across a problem. The installation only detects my installation drive and my other USB flash drive that I use for data storage, but not my NVMe SSD I want to do an installation on. SATA settings in your BIOS might be worth a try: if sata mode is set to RAID it might help to switch to ACPI - there was a thread recently about that on this list: https://marc.info/?t=17124438522=1=2 -- Wolfgang
Re: OpenBSD Installation Doesn't Detect NVMe SSD, but Detects My USB Drives
On Mon, Apr 15, 2024 at 08:29:21AM +0200, aliyu...@tutanota.com wrote: > > I'm currently trying to install OpenBSD on my laptop, and I'm coming > across a problem. The installation only detects my installation drive > and my other USB flash drive that I use for data storage, but not my > NVMe SSD I want to do an installation on. > > This same problem also occurs in NetBSD, but not FreeBSD. The UEFI > setup acknowledges my drive as a Non-RAID disk, and Linux also shows > it as nvme0n1, so there isn't any problems with the drive itself. As Brian mentioned, it would generally be useful to have dmesg output from a system where the drive works as well as from the OpenBSD config where the drive is not recognized. That said, I would recommend looking into the BIOS options to see whether there is a setting for the storage controller mode. In an ASUS laptop I bought a little while back, the options were somewhat non-intuitive: "The option turned out to live in the BIOS' Advanced menu, labeled VMD setup menu, where you set the Enable VMD controller option to Disabled." which made the drive visible to OpenBSD. (the fuller story is at https://nxdomain.no/~peter/blog_wild_wild_world_of_windows.html or with nicer formatting and trackers https://bsdly.blogspot.com/2021/07/the-impending-doom-of-your-operating.html) In your case, the relevant option (if it exists) may be labeled something completely different. But it's likely worth checking for. -- Peter N. M. Hansteen, member of the first RFC 1149 implementation team https://bsdly.blogspot.com/ https://www.bsdly.net/ https://www.nuug.no/ "Remember to set the evil bit on all malicious network traffic" delilah spamd[29949]: 85.152.224.147: disconnected after 42673 seconds.
Re: OpenBSD Installation Doesn't Detect NVMe SSD, but Detects My USB Drives
On Mon, Apr 15, 2024, at 1:29 AM, aliyu...@tutanota.com wrote: > Hello, > > I'm currently trying to install OpenBSD on my laptop, and I'm coming > across a problem. The installation only detects my installation drive > and my other USB flash drive that I use for data storage, but not my > NVMe SSD I want to do an installation on. > > This same problem also occurs in NetBSD, but not FreeBSD. The UEFI > setup acknowledges my drive as a Non-RAID disk, and Linux also shows > it as nvme0n1, so there isn't any problems with the drive itself. > > Running 'sysctl hw.disknames' only shows 3 disks: > 'sd0' (my installation drive), 'sd1' (my media drive), and 'rd0' > > The disk currently has Alpine Linux installed on it, if that gives > more information. > > Thanks for any help! > > Ali Yuruk Sorry to hear of your trouble. I recommend including some actionable information, such as: - make and model of the NVMe drive - OpenBSD installer dmesg with the drive not recognized - FreeBSD or Linux dmesg with the drive working Brian Conway Owner RCE Software, LLC
OpenBSD Installation Doesn't Detect NVMe SSD, but Detects My USB Drives
Hello, I'm currently trying to install OpenBSD on my laptop, and I'm coming across a problem. The installation only detects my installation drive and my other USB flash drive that I use for data storage, but not my NVMe SSD I want to do an installation on. This same problem also occurs in NetBSD, but not FreeBSD. The UEFI setup acknowledges my drive as a Non-RAID disk, and Linux also shows it as nvme0n1, so there isn't any problems with the drive itself. Running 'sysctl hw.disknames' only shows 3 disks: 'sd0' (my installation drive), 'sd1' (my media drive), and 'rd0' The disk currently has Alpine Linux installed on it, if that gives more information. Thanks for any help! Ali Yuruk
