[Nix-dev] Can't install NixOS on an NVME drive

[David Izquierdo]

If that was indeed the problem, the way to "keep" windows working is to 
reinstall it in AHCI mode. Its recovery tools may or may not be able to 
fix that too.


On 19/04/17 09:55, Julien Tanguy wrote:
> Hello Liam,
>
> For NixOS to work, you have to change the SSD controller from RAID ON to
> AHCI. This effectively *breaks *the windows install. As of today I haven't
> found a better way to switch to windows than to change this SSD setting
> each time I want to boot to another OS.
>
> I wrote something about my NixOS install for a Dell XPS 15, you can read
> about it here https://jtanguy.cleverapps.io/installing-nixos-on-a-xps-9560/
> Domen Kožar pointed me out on Twitter to another config, with a more
> elaborate setup with LUKS and such :
> https://gist.github.com/grahamc/fba67370053acc01ac216a6e4b73d308
>
> I hope you find what you need.
> Julien
>
>
>
> On Tue, Apr 18, 2017 at 4:35 PM Liam Wigney <liamwigney950 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hey all,
>>
>> I've been trying to install NixOS on the new XPS 13 but I've found that
>> NixOS can't find the drive in /dev/. There's no listing for /sdax or /nvmex.
>>
>> I've looked online and found that changing some bios settings (Something
>> about raid) makes it show up, however doing that stops windows booting.
>>
>> I'm thinking this could be related to the lenovo controversy
>> https://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/53ri0m/warning_microsoft_signature_pc_program_now/.
>> The comments say that a Linux compatible driver should be available now but
>> do I have to enable it somehow? How would I do this for the LiveCD?
>>
>> I'm brand new to Nix and NixOS so I'm sorry if I missed anything.
>>
>> Thanks.
>> Liam
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