I recently built a new desktop, with the following config:
Core i7 4690
Asus Z97 Pro motherboard
NVIDIA GTX 770
256GB Samsung Pro SSD connected to the onboard ASMedia SATA controller
4 x 3TB HDDs on RAID5 connected to the onboard Intel SATA controller (SATA mode set to RAID)
SecureBoot is disabled, and the Platform Key is unloaded. The mode as reported by the BIOS is 'Windows UEFI'
I'm trying to dual boot the system with windows 8.1, with Ubuntu to be installed to an unallocated region on the SSD.
I've tried starting the installer in both UEFI and legacy modes. In both cases the installer doesn't get to the GUI. I've tried combinations of nomodeset, nodmraid, acpi off, all to no avail. The last error message I'm able to see (when quiet and splash params to the kernel are removed) is that Ubuntu is unable to restore SATA connection after discovering USB devices, SStatus and SControl both being set to FFFFFFFF. The system tends to become unresponsive after this. I've also tried 13.10, 12.04.4 as well and both face similar issues.
Can anyone suggest a solution here?
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