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Re:Linux can’t be installed on a recent Lenovo laptop by voltagex_ on Wednesday September 21, 2016 @04:10AM (#12546284)
Props to that guy going above and beyond.

I wonder what it'll take to get Linux to see the drive in RAID mode.

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Re:Linux can’t be installed on a recent Lenovo laptop by Hydraulix989 on Wednesday September 21, 2016 @04:16AM (#12546316)
New kernel drivers from Intel, most likely.

djpohly and the BIOS hackers deserve some credit too for their REing:

https://www.bios-mods.com/forum/Thread-Request-Lenovo-Yoga-9...

Conditional flag locking users out of the Advanced settings page (with the RAID settings) of the BIOS, as shown in disassembled code:

https://lnv.i.lithium.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/76843...

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