Either a bug in LMDE or your disk has really poor Linux support. Are you using RAID by chance? Have you tried another Linux distro with a more modern kernel to see if your disk is recognized?
RAID is when you have multiple disk drives, and some BIOS lets you configure them to act as one with improved performance or to add redundancy. It sounds like it prob isn’t an issue with a RAID controller. You could try another distro or loading GParted to see if it shows up there. I don’t have personal experience with LMDE specifically to know if there is something specific there, but for it to not show up at all is surprising.
Thanks! I solved one problem (SATA mode changed to AHCI made the disk appear) and quickly found another, so I may be investigating RAID solutions next. Appreciate the succinct explanation!
![[Solved]"Erase a disk and install LMDE on it." But no disk is showing up.](https://slrpnk.net/pictrs/image/5b425ba7-50ea-44c8-92f0-2d96a2c0d1cc.jpeg){kind=link}
Either a bug in LMDE or your disk has really poor Linux support. Are you using RAID by chance? Have you tried another Linux distro with a more modern kernel to see if your disk is recognized?
What is this, and how would I know?
I have not yet tried another distro.
This kernel is 6.1.0-12-amd64.
Laptop is ~7 years old.
RAID is when you have multiple disk drives, and some BIOS lets you configure them to act as one with improved performance or to add redundancy. It sounds like it prob isn’t an issue with a RAID controller. You could try another distro or loading GParted to see if it shows up there. I don’t have personal experience with LMDE specifically to know if there is something specific there, but for it to not show up at all is surprising.
Thanks! I solved one problem (SATA mode changed to AHCI made the disk appear) and quickly found another, so I may be investigating RAID solutions next. Appreciate the succinct explanation!