Trying to boot with Intel-VMD enabled

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This is where reading (e.g. the GitHub gist linked in the thread, and/or the Arch wiki), rather than assuming, comes in.

But, let’s look at each of the bullet points and expand on them:

  • Change SATA mode to AHCI in system configuration of my Dell Precision 7920 (BIOS system settings)
  • Enable Intel VMD in the system configuration

These should be straightforward as they are BIOS/EFI settings.

  • add “vmd” module to /etc/mkinitcpio.conf

Add the module vmd to the MODULES list, then run sudo mkinitcpio -P to regenerate all initramfs.

  • add nvme_load=YES

Edit /etc/default/grub and add nvme_load=YES to GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX line, then regenerate the GRUB menu with sudo grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg .

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