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Xaryon Sep 13, 2015 @ 1:30pm
SteamOS stuck on "partitions formatting"
Hello,

I am currently fighting to change my laptop into so-called portable steambox. However, I am not able to get past the formatting sequence. It gets stuck and there is no HDD activity indication... What can I do about it?
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Shark Sep 13, 2015 @ 1:56pm 
Try to set your disks to ide mode in the bios.
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Xaryon Sep 13, 2015 @ 2:19pm 
Originally posted by Shark:
Try to set your disks to ide mode in the bios.

I cannot do such thing. All BIOS options I have are to change my date/time, set BIOS password, run diagnostics and configure the boot order.
Last edited by Xaryon; Sep 13, 2015 @ 2:20pm
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gibblets Sep 13, 2015 @ 3:23pm 
That sounds like an incredibly limited BIOS. I'd look around more for advanced options or consider a better motherboard.
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Xaryon Sep 13, 2015 @ 9:51pm 
Originally posted by punished.snake:
That sounds like an incredibly limited BIOS. I'd look around more for advanced options or consider a better motherboard.

It would be extremely hard to "consider a better motherboard" since we're dealing with a laptop here - HP Pavilion dv5-1060ew. They have the BIOS like that.
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Shark Sep 14, 2015 @ 2:16am 
Is this an SSHD? If it is, that might be your problem.
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Xaryon Sep 14, 2015 @ 12:14pm 
Originally posted by Shark:
Is this an SSHD? If it is, that might be your problem.

Indeed it is an SSHD. Why is that a problem?
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directhex Sep 14, 2015 @ 12:32pm 
Originally posted by Xaryon:
Originally posted by Shark:
Is this an SSHD? If it is, that might be your problem.

Indeed it is an SSHD. Why is that a problem?

It should be fine if it's a Seagate.

WD is another matter.
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Xaryon Sep 14, 2015 @ 2:02pm 
Originally posted by directhex:
Originally posted by Xaryon:

Indeed it is an SSHD. Why is that a problem?

It should be fine if it's a Seagate.

WD is another matter.

I have a Toshiba one. Why does it matter if it's an SSHD?
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Shark Sep 14, 2015 @ 2:21pm 
Some SSHDs don't work on Linux. Blame the manufactures for this.
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directhex Sep 14, 2015 @ 2:30pm 
Originally posted by Xaryon:
Originally posted by directhex:

It should be fine if it's a Seagate.

WD is another matter.

I have a Toshiba one. Why does it matter if it's an SSHD?

In the general case it's fine.

Some manufacturers (definitely WD, definitely not Seagate) implement their SSHD in Windows-only drivers, not in the firmware, and those can't work on Linux.
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Xaryon Sep 14, 2015 @ 11:45pm 
Originally posted by directhex:
Originally posted by Xaryon:

I have a Toshiba one. Why does it matter if it's an SSHD?

In the general case it's fine.

Some manufacturers (definitely WD, definitely not Seagate) implement their SSHD in Windows-only drivers, not in the firmware, and those can't work on Linux.

So basically I wiped my drive clean for nothing.
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directhex Sep 15, 2015 @ 5:57am 
Originally posted by Xaryon:
Originally posted by directhex:

In the general case it's fine.

Some manufacturers (definitely WD, definitely not Seagate) implement their SSHD in Windows-only drivers, not in the firmware, and those can't work on Linux.

So basically I wiped my drive clean for nothing.

I have no idea. I don't know anything about the implementation of Toshiba's SSHD
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