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Ubuntu install on Lenovo X1 Extreme 2nd Gen with RAID

A successful installation of Ubuntu 19.10 on the Lenovo X1 Extreme (gen2) laptop, configured with 2 solid state hard drives configured for RAID-0 with LLVM encrypted partitions. , along with The laptop is configured with 32Gb memory and 2 SSDs in RAID-0 configuration for speed

This laptop will be used for real-time video encoding for the Practicalli broadcasts via YouTube as well as doing some data science in Clojure.

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This was a very smooth installation and all the hardware works correctly. The nVidia open source drivers and WiFi adaptor did cause a little extra work, so I have included tips and troubleshooting guides to help you reslove these issues quickly.

Getting the Ubuntu Install

Download Ubuntu server 19.10 iso image to have the option of setting up RAID across multiple SSD's. If RAID is not required then just use the Ubuntu desktop 19.10 distribution.

There is little point in configuring the Intel Rapid Raid in the BIOS as Linux software raid (mdadm) is much better.

Use the Startup Disk Creator application on Ubuntu to burn the Ubuntu server image to a 1Gb USB memory stick Boot computer, press Enter for boot menu, F1 to open bios configuration

Configure the Bios

Switch on the computer and press Enter when you see the prompt to interrupt the system startup. Press F1 to enter the BIOS configuration.

Make the following changes to the BIOS

  • Disable Secure Boot: NVIDIA Drivers are not signed which makes Secure Boot interrupt the boot processit when it attempts to verify these drivers are trusted.
  • Disable Windows 10 fast startup if dual booting Windows and Linux. When enabled it builds hibernation files on Windows reboot instead of a normal compuer shutdown.
  • Ubuntu can crash when loading the default (open source driver). Consequently we will blacklist it and installing the NVIDIA proprietary driver which works fine.

Save changes and reboot

Ubuntu server install

Follow the Ubuntu server install guide with the following additional steps.

Temporarily Blacklist Ubuntu’s Nouveau NVIDIA Driver

In the GRUB menu press E to edit the command to boot the operating system

Type nomodeset at the end of the linux line

The Prevents the system from loading the Nouveau graphics drivers which cause issues and may hang the computer. The Nouveau drivers will be permanently blacklisted once Ubuntu server is installed.

Section 8: Configure Storage - RAID

If you have two solid state drives (SSD's) in the laptop you can configure a redundant array of disks (RAID).

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RAID requires two or more unformatted partitions (ext4 and xfs partitions cannot be used). Partitions used in a RAID should have the same size partition.

Its not possible to boot from a RAID partition, so we need a separate partition for /boot

From the Configure Storage menu, select manual to open the partition editor

The following steps were used to create a raid array with logical volume management and encrypted disks.

  • delete all existing partitions (wipes the Windows recovery partition too - only do this if you never want Windows)
  • create 250 Mb unformatted partition on each disk
  • create 476.939 Gb unformatted partition on each disk
  • create a RAID 0 partition using the two 476.939 Gb partitions (use RAID 1 if you want redundancy rather than speed/size)
  • create LVM on raid partition, set encryption on the disk (prompted for password when ever you boot the computer)
  • Format one of 250Mb partitons and set mount point to /boot
  • [optional] Format the remaining 250Mb partition how ever you want. I left it unused

Follow the rest of the Ubuntu server install guide and reboot when finished.

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Use RAID-0 (striping) for maximum speed, allowing data to be written to both SSD storage devices in parallel. Use RAID-1 (mirroring) for redundancy as data is copied to both storage devices.

If RAID-0 fails then it will not be possible to access any data, however, the whole space on the disk is available. RAID-1 is safer as even if one partition or disk fails, then data can still be accessed.

All my development work, documments and configurations are saved to the cloud (usually multiple services), so even if one SSD should become corrupt, I would not loose any work.

Installing a destkop environment

The Ubuntu server does not install a desktop environment by default, but has access to all the same packages so its easy to add one.

Once the server is rebooted, login with your new account name and password. This account has access rights to install software and configure the server using the sudo command.

Blacklist Nouveau driver to avoid conflicts.

Open up terminal and enter the following linux commands:

Confirm the content of the new modprobe config file:

Install the nVidia closed source drivers

The closed source nVidia drivers get the most out of the graphics card in the laptop.

The ubuntu-drivers command show you which drivers are recommended for your given hardware

The same command can be used to automatically install the recommended driver.

Install desktop environment

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Gnome is the default desktop environment for Ubuntu. To install, use the following command

There are other desktop environments available. List them using the command

Use the command apt-cache show followed by the package name to see a description of that package.

Issues

The nVidia driver issue is well known and solutions shared. There was an unexpected issue with the WiFi. It was unexpected because it wasn't actually an issue at all.

Update the firmware

If you have a custom build of the laptop it probably has the latest version of the firmware. Pre-built laptops may not have the latest firmware version.

It is prudent to check anyway and you can see if there is an upgrade for your hardware using the fwupdmgr command

WiFi adaptor not recognised

If you have a Lenovo Ethernet adaptor plugged in (not the USB type) then WiFi is automatically disabled. Unplug the Ethernet adaptor and WiFi hardware is automatically enabled (no reboot required). Plugging the Ethernet adaptor back in will shut down the WiFi hardware, saving power.

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If you are still having issues, ensure you are using kernel version 5.0.18 or greater (Ubuntu 19.10 has 5.0.23 at time of writing)

Lenovo B560 Bluetooth Driver

Start diagnosing the issue with the lspci command to see what hardware is detected.

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Then check to see if the network hardware is actually working. The following was done with the Lenovo Ethernet adaptor plugged in, so disabling the WiFi hardware.

Try the suggestions on the askubuntu website