Install opensuse 12.3 64bits on win 8 pre-installed laptop

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2 weeks ago, i got a new dell xps 14 ultrabook with two disks (500 G SATA + 32 G SSD)
it looks awesome at the first sight, but a bit annoying with windows 8 pre-installed.
recently i found it is a bit difficult to install opensuse for dual-booting with win8…regarding issues about UEFI and secure boot…
i am a new linuxer, so i would like to ask for your help…

i distributed un-allocated 70 G for linux and tried once for 12.3 installation
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but…the installation cannot go forward
on the configuration page, the following option pop out:

***You are running on the Intel(R) Matrix Storage Manager compatible platform.
If they are clean devices or contain partitions then you can choose to use MD Partitionable RAID sysbsystem to handle them.
In case of clean device you will be able to install system on it and boot from such RAID.
*Do you want MD Partitionable RAID subsystem to manage those partitions?
**
i selected “yes” → the installation didn’t detect any partitions, but only 2 disks…
i selected “no” → it showed wrong information…dev/mapper instead of dev/sda or dev/sdb…

so my question is, should i try fdisk and dmraid before the installation?

should i turn the secure boot off before linux installation?

many thanks in advance.:slight_smile:

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no one’s gonna help?

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I can suggest this:

with respect to UEFI issues. However, I have no experience with RAID.

You would need “gdisk” rather than “fdisk” for GPT partitioned disks.

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Turn off secure boot. I think you can turn it on again once the system is installed and patched.

Looks ike the SDD is set up to act as a cache not sure how that works but in essence you should avoid RAID unless you understand it.

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thanks a lot, i understand better on UEFI and secure boot with your link…

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Please be aware of the fact that we’re all volunteers, with families, daily jobs etc., supporting others in our spare time.

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you are right, i am sorry for being pushy…:slight_smile:

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thank you, i do have to understand my disk configuration before the installation…