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USB NVME available in mount partitions tool, but not in IFL

Posted: Sat Dec 16, 2023 5:11 pm
by timg11
I'm using IFL 3.62 booted from a USB drive.
I have an NVME drive attached by USB that I want to use as a destination for IFL.

IFL shows an internal NVME drive as NVME0n1, followed by sda through sdj

Work with Partitions shows the same list of drives.

The partition mounting tool shows NVME0n1, sda through sdj, and nvme0n1p1, nvme0n1p2, nvme0n1p4 and nvme0n1p5.
These correspond to the partition layout for Windows, and it appears to be the external drive in USB.

Why is it not available in IFL?

Re: USB NVME available in mount partitions tool, but not in IFL

Posted: Sat Dec 16, 2023 9:40 pm
by Brian K
Out of interest, does Image for UEFI show both NVMe drives?

Re: USB NVME available in mount partitions tool, but not in IFL

Posted: Sat Dec 16, 2023 9:49 pm
by TeraByte Support
Did you ever send a report?

Re: USB NVME available in mount partitions tool, but not in IFL

Posted: Sun Dec 17, 2023 5:52 pm
by timg11
I worked this out. It was appearing as sdj and not nvme - apparently because it was on USB.

I was ignoring sdj because it did not show expected the data partition. The drive was copied from an existing drive, so I was looking for the same partitions. When I had inserted the USB M.2 NVME adapter while Windows was booted, it apparently hid the data partition because it had the same ID as the existing drive.

I was able to use Partition Work in IFL to "undelete" the data partition, save off a final image, and then I deleted all partitions on the drive so it is ready for its next use.

I ended up getting a larger NVME for the upgrade, so I have not used this one yet.