External SSD Drive fails to appear in BIOS???
by Jeff Maxwell from LinuxQuestions.org on (#5D7MG)
I'm trying to set up a Linux OS on an external SSD.
This is my system:
Desktop: KDE Plasma 5.14.5 wm: kwin_x11 dm: SDDM
Distro: MX-19.3_KDE-beta2_x64 patito feo July 5 2020 base: Debian GNU/Linux 10 (buster)
Machine: Type: Desktop Mobo: Micro-Star model: X370 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A32) v: 1.0 serial: <filter>
UEFI [Legacy]: American Megatrends v: 1.L0 date: 01/21/2019
CPU: Topology: Quad Core model: AMD Ryzen 3 1200 bits: 64 type: MCP arch: Zen family: 17 (23)
model-id: 1 stepping: 1 microcode: 8001137 L2 cache: 2048
Speed: 2571 MHz min/max: 1550/3100 MHz boost: enabled Core speeds (MHz): 1: 2571 2: 1799 3: 2031
4: 1968
Graphics: Device-1: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] Baffin [Radeon RX 460] vendor: ASUSTeK driver: amdgpu
v: kernel bus ID: 1d:00.0 chip ID: 1002:67ef
Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.9 driver: amdgpu,ati unloaded: fbdev,modesetting,vesa
compositor: kwin_x11 resolution: 1920x1080~60Hz
OpenGL: renderer: Radeon RX 560 Series (POLARIS11 DRM 3.36.0 5.6.0-2-amd64 LLVM 10.0.0)
v: 4.6 Mesa 20.1.8 direct render: Yes
Audio: Device-1: AMD Baffin HDMI/DP Audio [Radeon RX 550 640SP / RX 560/560X] vendor: ASUSTeK
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus ID: 1d:00.1 chip ID: 1002:aae0
Device-2: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 17h HD Audio vendor: Micro-Star MSI
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus ID: 1f:00.3 chip ID: 1022:1457
The SSD is recognized from inside my running system without a problem and it has been formatted and the Linux OS installed but my BIOS doesn't recognize it as a boot device. I have successfully run 6 or 8 different OS's including the one I want on this SSD from a standard USB (thumb) drive. The SSD is a JOIOT 120GB usb 2.0/3.0/3.1.
Any assistance would be much appreciated.
Thanks,
Jeff
This is my system:
Desktop: KDE Plasma 5.14.5 wm: kwin_x11 dm: SDDM
Distro: MX-19.3_KDE-beta2_x64 patito feo July 5 2020 base: Debian GNU/Linux 10 (buster)
Machine: Type: Desktop Mobo: Micro-Star model: X370 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A32) v: 1.0 serial: <filter>
UEFI [Legacy]: American Megatrends v: 1.L0 date: 01/21/2019
CPU: Topology: Quad Core model: AMD Ryzen 3 1200 bits: 64 type: MCP arch: Zen family: 17 (23)
model-id: 1 stepping: 1 microcode: 8001137 L2 cache: 2048
Speed: 2571 MHz min/max: 1550/3100 MHz boost: enabled Core speeds (MHz): 1: 2571 2: 1799 3: 2031
4: 1968
Graphics: Device-1: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] Baffin [Radeon RX 460] vendor: ASUSTeK driver: amdgpu
v: kernel bus ID: 1d:00.0 chip ID: 1002:67ef
Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.9 driver: amdgpu,ati unloaded: fbdev,modesetting,vesa
compositor: kwin_x11 resolution: 1920x1080~60Hz
OpenGL: renderer: Radeon RX 560 Series (POLARIS11 DRM 3.36.0 5.6.0-2-amd64 LLVM 10.0.0)
v: 4.6 Mesa 20.1.8 direct render: Yes
Audio: Device-1: AMD Baffin HDMI/DP Audio [Radeon RX 550 640SP / RX 560/560X] vendor: ASUSTeK
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus ID: 1d:00.1 chip ID: 1002:aae0
Device-2: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 17h HD Audio vendor: Micro-Star MSI
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus ID: 1f:00.3 chip ID: 1022:1457
The SSD is recognized from inside my running system without a problem and it has been formatted and the Linux OS installed but my BIOS doesn't recognize it as a boot device. I have successfully run 6 or 8 different OS's including the one I want on this SSD from a standard USB (thumb) drive. The SSD is a JOIOT 120GB usb 2.0/3.0/3.1.
Any assistance would be much appreciated.
Thanks,
Jeff