As we discovered back in September, the new Lenovo Yoga Signature Editions on the market would not allow you to boot your machine from a Linux installation. This was caused by the Intel software RAID used in these machines which has had a long history of trouble with Linux. Today Lenovo made a BIOS update available which will allow your Yoga to see a disk with Linux installed and to boot from it, likely by allowing you to switch your SATA drive from RAID to AHCI mode. Lenovo has made it clear that any support for RAID mode will have to come from Linux developers which makes perfect sense as they are the driving force behind such support. What confuses many, including The Register, is why Lenovo removed the ability to switch SATA modes in the BIOS in the first place.
"Following last month's criticisms, Lenovo has released a BIOS update for its Yoga 900 range of laptops, finally allowing them to support GNU/Linux installations."
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“why Lenovo removed the
“why Lenovo removed the ability to switch SATA modes in the BIOS in the first place.”
Nondescript brown envelopes stuffed full of rectangular high quality paper with pictures of dead US presidents printed on them, passed across the table directly from the hand of a M$ Minion! — Tatata bala tu, Linux!
My first thought was M$…
My first thought was M$…
No that is incorrect, which
No that is incorrect, which you would know if you had read either of my posts or the stories I linked to instead of sticking to your own narrative.
Does the Yoga use multiple
Does the Yoga use multiple drives? Like a really small 16GB flash mated to a larger SSD?
No it doesn’t. Depending on
No it doesn’t. Depending on model it’s either a single 256 or 512 GB NVMe SSD manufactured by Samsung.
What in the fuck is “Linux”?
What in the fuck is “Linux”?
Hopefully you’re just being
Hopefully you’re just being obtuse – in the case that you’re not, you’re a fucking retard.
It’s for grown ups, don’t
It's for grown ups, don't worry your pretty little head about it.
Don't try to ready the wiki, it will be beyond your reading level and you also won't get how funny the reply to you is.