On Mon, Nov 22, 2021 at 5:34 PM D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk <[email protected]> wrote:
> | From: Peter King via talk <[email protected]> > > | Anyone had success with getting linux to boot from an nvme disk? > > Installation just worked for me (Fedora). But I've only installed > them in recent computers. Mind you, I might be using knowledge that I > don't remember I'm using. > > Back in the Haswell days, firmware would not boot from NVMe. I don't > remember when that changed but it was several Intel generations ago. > > Computers built as complete units (i.e. not sold as parts to be > assembled) sometimes have very limited firmware setup screens. In > particular it can sometimes be very hard to set a boot target. But if > I remember correctly, your computer was assembled from components by > you or your dealer. > > One funny trick: have one ESP (EFI System Partition) on the system, > even if there are two drives. I do that sometimes. That means that > you steer the firmware between .efi files in that ESP rather than > between drive-and-thus-ESPs. I'm not advocating this. > > | (Over the years I've learning to approach installing Linux with fear and > | loathing, with almost all the problems being with the bootloader -- from > | LILO through GRUB and GRUB2 now down to UEFI.) > > Do it enough and it becomes second nature? > > I claim to have no problems but I just upgraded to Fedora 35 on my > main desktop and had the nvidia driver fail (because my card is too > old). Grrr. > If your needs are not overly complex nouveau does a reasonable job. If, on the other had, you are asking a lot from my graphics - - - - well then nouveau may not cut it. Nouveau does multi-monitor far better than nvidia, if your monitors are hdmi - - - - dunno how things will work. Regards
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