Fixing Linux installation problems with Intel RST
Since I like to use Linux as my main OS for development but I also like to have access to my games library, I want to use Windows — Linux dual boot. However, I ran into trouble installing Linux on my new device which has so-called Intel RST enabled.
The trouble appeared when I was installing Linux as my second OS. I created a bootable USB disk, and when I was going through the installation wizard a spotted the problem. There were simply no available hardware devices to install Linux on. It was caused by the Intel RST enabled and Linux not having drivers that can work with it.
I resolved this issue switching from RST to AHCI mode using this simple recipe.
Although you shouldn’t face any problems using this recipe, I recommend creating a backup of your important files since we are changing important things about how the disk works.
- Open Command Prompt as Admin and enter this command:
bcdedit /set {current} safeboot minimal
- Restart your PC and enter BIOS
- In BIOS change the RST mode to AHCI (and proceed with the warning) and save
- Launch Windows again
- Open Command Prompt again and enter this command:
bcdedit /deletevalue {current} safeboot
- Restart your PC
- Install Linux!
This procedure saved me a lot of time looking for resolution of the problem with no drives in Linux. Therefore I want to share it with others when they face the same problem.
For more info see this post on StackExchange.