On 12/30/21 01:10, Carlos E. R. wrote:
On 30/12/2021 04.46, J Leslie Turriff wrote:
On 2021-12-29 20:47:55 Carlos E. R. wrote:
|On 30/12/2021 01.51, Felix Miata wrote: |> Carlos E. R. composed on 2021-12-29 23:31 (UTC+0100): |>> Marc Chamberlin wrote: |>>> Disk /dev/nvme1n1: 27.3 GiB, 29260513280 bytes, 57149440 sectors |>>> Disk model: INTEL HBRPEKNX0203AHO |>>> Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes |>>> Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes |>>> I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes |>> |>> I have no idea what this is. Another SSD? |> |> Google returned Intel Optane Memory for HBRPEKNX0203AHO search: |> <https://ark.intel.com/content/www/us/en/ark/products/189611/intel-optan |>e-memory-h10-with-solid-state-storage-intel-optane-memory-32gb-intel-qlc-
|>3d-nand-ssd-1tb-m-2-80mm-pcie-3-0.html> | |Yeah, but what for? What's it's job?
The webpage says it's an M.2 form factor memory module.
I know that.
You don't understand.
The laptop has two such disks: one of 1 TB, and one of 32GB. WHY?
Pattrick and Felix says use as cache. That would make sense if the big one was rotating rust, but both are terribly fast, both are nvme or M.2 disks. There is no speeding.
Of course, if it is working as cache, that would explain why the installation fails. I would then open up the machine and remove it.
Hi Carlos - It is fun reading all the comments about how my laptop works! LOL Anywise maybe this link will help, it is both a technical explanation and a bunch of HP's marketing hype - https://www.hp.com/us-en/shop/tech-takes/what-is-intel-optane-memory HTHs I finally got a disappointing call back from HP and they were most unhelpful! I talked to two of the service support techs, then escalated my conversation to a couple of their supervisors. I got the same reaction from all of them, the moment I mentioned I wanted to install Linux also and have dual boot capability, it was like having a door slammed in my face. Their response was "not our problem and not something we are going to help you with" So I guess the lesson is - if you want help from HP, DON'T mention Linux! I can understand their reluctance to give help on an OS that they don't support, but all I wanted to know is if there is something about the way Windows was installed, or something about the laptop hardware, that is preventing a dual boot system from being created. That is not a Linux question but a generic question about their product, but after hearing the word Linux they refused to "hear" the question I was trying to ask. My Google searches has led me to a speculation that HP may have installed Windows inside a Docker container which is preventing access to the SSD drive and partition tables, but I know nothing about Docker containers and whether that is a possibility or not. I tried to ask HP support that question also, but they were already refusing to offer any support, so refused to answer that question as well. Sigh, so I guess I am on my own and cannot ask HP any technical questions. Kinda a rough way to treat their customers IMHO! Can anyone tell me if Docker container could be the problem? I would like to get a second opinion since I don't want to have to learn all about Docker containers if I don't have to. If so, couldn't I just blow away the Windows installation that HP did, and reinstall Windows in a regular fashion, or would doing so wreck Window's capability to use the Optane memory cache? Seems like that is a pretty risky thing to do... As always, much appreciate any thoughts, advice, and/or guidance to a solution... Marc... -- *"The Truth is out there" - Spooky* *_ _ . . . . . . _ _ . _ _ _ _ . . . . _ . . . . _ _ . _ _ _ . . . . _ _ . _ . . _ . _ _ _ _ . _ . _ . _ . _ . * Computers: the final frontier. These are the voyages of the user Marc. His mission: to explore strange new hardware. To seek out new software and new applications. To boldly go where no Marc has gone before! (/This email is digitally signed and the electronic signature is attached. If you know how, you can use my public key to prove this email indeed came from me and has not been modified in transit. My public key, which can be used for sending encrypted email to me also, can be found at - https://keys.openpgp.org/search?q=marc@marcchamberlin.com or just ask me for it and I will send it to you as an attachment. If you don't understand all this geek speak, no worries, just ignore this explanation and ignore the signature key attached to this email (it will look like gibberish if you open it) and/or ask me to explain it further if you like./)