Yesterday a friends PC which was running Manjaro KDE Testing started having issue. At first I thought maybe the latest round of updates had gone sideways, but when I went to rollback his system I noticed he only had 3 Timeshift snapshots when there should of been at least 12. I selected 1 from the 2…

can you check this point [image] Razer 2021 Missing NVME Drive with new kernels Support I think this has something to with device - I don’t remember the exact argument but try searching for vmd driver. TL:DR edit /etc/mkinitcpio.conf and add vmd to the module…

Thanks but like I said I’m looking to test all the hardware before even thinking of doing another install of Manjaro to see if it was just a bad install. I won’t swear to it but I’m willing to bet the corruption of the OS was due to hardware failure which means till I track down the issue there is n…

This could be addressed a number of ways … You could use something like hw-probe, but since its hardware, you dont need to rely on any specific OS … and you could use something like ‘UltimateBootCD’ and go from there. Arguably such tools (like memtest) may be preferable.

Guess I’d prefer a stand alone app or suite of apps in ISO format that I can just toss onto my Ventoy key. I’ll have a look at the info for UltimateBootCD. Thanks

There is several tools - bootable system - I have category called recovery tools - you can use for various system tasks. Tools Overview | root.nix.dk When a system like Manjaro acts up it is usually due to misconfiguration or actions based on guess work rather than actual knowledge. Very often - …

Thanks for the link and I’ll have a look, but as I clearly stated I am sure it is hardware related and NOT OS related. The file system is not the issue. I recognize the symptoms. Slow to install, hardware not recognized correctly, once in the OS missing components and or software. Both his Windows a…

You are the guy with hands on - you know what to do. I have nvme which is listed as a sata device - how they are seen by the system depends on how they are connected. In my case the nvme is connected on PCI-e card.

To be honest it’s been so long since I installed the OS for him the drives reading that way my be normal. He has a habit of going for the cheapest which means SATA based M.2’s is very possible. I just want to completely rule out any other possible damaged hardware. Thanks agin for the link.

Update on this. Looks like even though he has both PCIe 3.0 and 4.0 M.2 slots he is using M.2’s that read as SDA and SDB instead of reading as NVME drives. I just got around to checking his hardware thoroughly and no issues that I can find. Manjaro is back in, updated, switched to testing, updated a…

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stephane 26 October 2021 17:22 2

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