I’ve tinkered with Linux installations before but the last time I made changes to a BIOS it looked 8-bit, not like a windows program (I use Macs, for reference).

I have a Dell Inspiron 5502 (2021) that I just want to remove Windows from and install Batocera for gaming, but I can’t figure out how to wipe it.

I’m running Batocera from USB but when I go to “Install on a new disk” there are no targets available. Anyone have any ideas? Thanks!

  • carzian@lemmy.ml
    5·
    1 year ago

    Have you tried using a partition manager like gparted to wipe the windows partions?

    Another thing is Dell has been doing an awesome (/s) thing lately where they have their disks configured as raid by default on their laptops. Try going into the bios and make sure raid is disabled and the SSD is set to AHCI

    • X3I@lemmy.x3i.tech
      3·
      1 year ago

      Just confirming this being a thing; had to battle the same crap recently at work trying to install Ubuntu server onto Dell Optiplex’s… also make sure SATA is set to AHCI and not RAID, as well as the boot options that someone already pointed out in another comment.

  • bbbhltz@beehaw.org
    1·
    1 year ago

    So, you’ve been in the BIOS? I’d imagine it is set to UEFI and you’ve disables Legacy option ROMS and secure boot?

    Somewhere in the BIOS settings there should be a section or entry called Removable Media Boot/USB boot under “device”, “storage” or “boot”. You’ll need to toggle an option there.