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  • cfdisk won't see second D: drive during install

    From Bogomips@VERT to All on Thu May 8 15:19:14 2025
    Im trying to install Slackware to dual boot on an Alienware laptop with two 1.8T harddrives.

    When I get to the section to cfdisk the drive, it won't see the second one where i want to install Linux onto.

    At first I thought it was a RAID issue from what I saw on the interweb. So I changed it to ACHI in the BIOS but it still doesnt recognize the D: drive.

    More research and I was led to physically moving the drive. Not a fan. I'll pick up a single drive, used laptop and wipe it and install before i open up this one.

    It's running win10 right now.

    One other option i have, but don't want to do is, partition the c: drive with 100 Gigs for windows and 50 for Slack. There are so many partitions on it already with all the recovery stuff. *stuff* is an industry term btw.

    Thanks

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