Can't see SSD on ASUS G752

[someone2353]

Hi.
I try to install Ubuntu on Asus G752, but when It's time to configure partitions, I see only my HDD. Someone knows what can I do about this?
This is my lspci:

00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Sky Lake Host Bridge/DRAM Registers (rev 07)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Sky Lake PCIe Controller (x16) (rev 07)
00:04.0 Signal processing controller: Intel Corporation Device 1903 (rev 07)
00:14.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-H USB 3.0 xHCI Controller (rev 31)
00:14.2 Signal processing controller: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-H Thermal subsystem (rev 31)
00:15.0 Signal processing controller: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-H LPSS I2C Controller #0 (rev 31)
00:15.1 Signal processing controller: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-H LPSS I2C Controller #1 (rev 31)
00:16.0 Communication controller: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-H CSME HECI #1 (rev 31)
00:17.0 RAID bus controller: Intel Corporation SATA Controller [RAID mode] (rev 31)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-H PCI Express Root Port #3 (rev f1)
00:1c.3 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-H PCI Express Root Port #4 (rev f1)
00:1c.4 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-H PCI Express Root Port #5 (rev f1)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-H LPC Controller (rev 31)
00:1f.2 Memory controller: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-H PMC (rev 31)
00:1f.3 Audio device: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-H HD Audio (rev 31)
00:1f.4 SMBus: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-H SMBus (rev 31)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation GM204M [GeForce GTX 970M] (rev a1)
01:00.1 Audio device: NVIDIA Corporation GM204 High Definition Audio Controller (rev a1)
02:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation Wireless 7265 (rev 59)
03:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 10)

[oldfred]

You are showing Skylake with nVidia. And is RAID really on? Some high end laptops do have RAID or Intel SRT which looks like RAID?

What version of Ubuntu?
With Skylake you need the newest plus some updates to have it work well or wait for 16.04. You can try a test install of 16.04, but until released in April, 2016, should not necessarily rely on it. Updates may break it at any point.

Best Ubuntu version for new Z170 motherboards /w Intel video? Oct 2015
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2292521

Xeon Skylake Users May Run Into Display Problems With Current Distributions Dec 2015
http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?pag...GT2-No-Modeset
Intel's Skylake Audio Firmware Lands
http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?pag...Audio-Firmware
http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?pag...Firmware-Blobs
Skylake Intel Core i5 6500: A Great Skylake CPU For $200, Works Well On Linux, 4.3 kernel for best graphics
http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?pag...-i5-6500&num=1
Skylake needs this boot parameter: i915.preliminary_hw_support=1
http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Intel-SKL-Prelim-Support


ASUS ROG GL552VW-CN104T
http://askubuntu.com/questions/69445...oot-parameters

[someone2353]

without 16.04 it won't at all, or it won't work optimally?
I try to install 15.10, and RAID is marked as ON on BIOS. Currently I try to focus on my SSD problem, before I'll move on to my Skylake problems (I hope I won't have any)

[oldfred]

Is it RAID as you have two drives, or RAID using Intel SRT which creates a smaller hibernation partition.
What type of SSD.
Some new NVMe also need newer drivers and newer version of gparted than in installer.
gparted should be at least version 0.24.0-1 to recognize NVMe devices

[someone2353]

I have two drives, 128 SSD, and 1T HDD.
My SSD is nvme samsung mzvpv128.

[oldfred]

If you download the newer gparted does it show the NVMe devices?
The simple part is to look in "/dev/nvme*". The devices will be numbered and the actual block device will have an n1 on the end, to support NVMe namespaces. So if you have one PCIe card or front-loading 2.5" drive, you'll have /dev/nvme0n1 as a block device to format, partition and use.

This says that NVMe should be in latest Ubuntu. Do you see drives with commands shown?
https://communities.intel.com/commun...-nvme-not-scsi
You may need to load the driver or compile kernel:
http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/....4freebsd.html

[someone2353]

lspci | grep 0953: nothing
lsblk|grep nvm: nothing

filename:       /lib/modules/4.2.0-16-generic/kernel/drivers/block/nvme.ko
version:        1.0
license:        GPL
author:         Matthew Wilcox <willy@linux.intel.com>
srcversion:     25AFBF2AB9A28059C4784ED
alias:          pci:v*d*sv*sd*bc01sc08i02*
depends:        
intree:         Y
vermagic:       4.2.0-16-generic SMP mod_unload modversions 
signer:         Build time autogenerated kernel key
sig_key:        6A:1C:9C:21:F0:4A:B8:6F:D1:D7:CE:D6:CA:11:35:40:FC:8E:35:B6
sig_hashalgo:   sha512
parm:           admin_timeout:timeout in seconds for admin commands (byte)
parm:           io_timeout:timeout in seconds for I/O (byte)
parm:           shutdown_timeout:timeout in seconds for controller shutdown (byte)
parm:           nvme_major:int
parm:           nvme_char_major:int
parm:           use_threaded_interrupts:int

lsmod | grep nvm: nothing
ll /dev/nvme*n1: ls: cannot access /dev/nvme*n1: No such file or directory

hdparm -tT --direct /dev/nvme01: nothing

[oldfred]

It is beyond me now.
Did you look at the Asus user with a somewhat differnent model in post #2? He seemed to use NVMe.

[someone2353]

Do you mean this user? https://askubuntu.com/questions/6944...oot-parameters

[someone2353]

I've tried 16.04. I still cannot see the SSD.