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Old 01-03-2021, 11:19 AM   #1
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Angry Can't find Ramexal SSD on Lenovo IdeaPad 1 11ADA05


I am trying to install Linux on my Lenovo IdeaPad 1 11ADA05. I have prepared the installer on an SD card. It boots into the SD card fine, but when I try to install the distro, it can't find my SSD. My SSD model is an eMMC card 64gb Ramexal SSD. I have tried multiple different distros, including Arch, Manjaro, Ubuntu, Mint, Kubuntu, and GNU Guix. Is there any way to get my SSD to work or am I stuck on Windows?
 
Old 01-03-2021, 02:18 PM   #2
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eMMC chips have a lot of protection features. It would be beneficial to have information regarding the state of the eMMC, you might just need to set it properly for access to it. It is likely all the Linux you have tried can install mmc-utils, but I know Ubuntu will make quick work of it.

Can you boot Ubuntu to the desktop in live mode with internet, open the terminal app and type the two commands below to install mmc-utils which is a utility for working with eMMC drives.
Code:
sudo apt update
sudo apt install mmc-utils
Once installed, type in the terminal: fdisk -l to get the drive's name. As to what the name of the drive will be may be different than the drive name in the example below but it is important to get proper name, not use the one in my example below.
Code:
fdisk -l
Partition 1 = /dev/mmcblk1rpmb
Partition 2 = /dev/mmcblk1boot1
Partition 3 = /dev/mmcblk1boot2
Partition 4 = User space
In the example output above, the drive is called mmcblk1, it has 4 partitions called rpmb, boot1, boot2, and the part of the drive you can play with, User space. To get information regarding the state of the drive I would then run the command below, you would do the same command except use the proper name of the drive in your command. The output will be lengthy, highlight the output, copy and paste it here in code/quote tags.
Code:
mmc extcsd read /dev/mmcblk1

Last edited by Brains; 01-03-2021 at 02:20 PM.
 
Old 01-03-2021, 07:20 PM   #3
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Failure

Unfortunately, it won't work. The eMMC card isn't found and doesn't have a device file.
The output of fdisk:
Quote:
Disk /dev/loop0: 1.98 GiB, 2103640064 bytes, 4108672 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes


Disk /dev/loop1: 29.9 MiB, 31334400 bytes, 61200 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes


Disk /dev/loop2: 54.98 MiB, 57626624 bytes, 112552 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes


Disk /dev/loop3: 255.58 MiB, 267980800 bytes, 523400 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes


Disk /dev/loop4: 62.9 MiB, 65105920 bytes, 127160 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes


Disk /dev/loop5: 49.8 MiB, 52203520 bytes, 101960 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes


Disk /dev/sda: 29.74 GiB, 31914983424 bytes, 62333952 sectors
Disk model: MassStorageClass
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disklabel type: dos
Disk identifier: 0x0186a966

Device Boot Start End Sectors Size Id Type
/dev/sda1 * 2048 62333951 62331904 29.7G c W95 FAT32 (LBA)
/dev/sda1 is the installation medium.

Last edited by skiscratcher; 01-03-2021 at 07:23 PM.
 
Old 01-04-2021, 11:36 AM   #4
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Another detail: I am booting from an SD card.
 
Old 09-23-2021, 04:12 PM   #5
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The Linux Kernel from 5.13 on will detect the eMMC.
 
  


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