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joshuad

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Registered: 2022-03-12

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[SOLVED] NVMe drive not detected by cfdisk

Hello all,

Apologies in advance if this is not the appropriate forum.

New to base Arch, used Manjaro some to get familiar. I installed Arch in VirtualBox to make sure I could at least complete the install when specific hardware was not part of the equation.
I am trying to partition my NVMe drive for installation, but cfdisk doesn't see it (just sees the install USB). When I originally installed Manjaro, I had to edit mkinitcpio to add a VMD hook. However, that was not necessary until after installation.

My laptop is an Acer Swift SF314-511 BIOS v1.05.
HDD Model Name: SAMSUNG MZVL2512HCJQ-00B07

I looked for a solution online, and many pointed out that it could be my SATA mode being in RAID and not AHCI. My BIOS does not display SATA mode by default. ctrl+s on the MAIN page reveals VMD Controller and Touchpad options only. I disabled VMD Controller, but cfdisk still doesn't see the drive. I can see it just fine via lsblk.

Thanks in advance for any assistance.

Last edited by joshuad (2022-03-17 21:15:16)