How to install an NVMe M.2 SSD + Linux Ubuntu SSD Optimization [Tutorial/Guide]

[@dleepero]

As someone who’s learning the basics, the step-by-step was incredibly helpful.

[@LarryCarlin]

Brilliant English, Superb delivery and exactly the technical information I was seeking. Big Thanks!

[@Badinfos]

Glad it was helpful!

[@dhruvyadav2663]

Congradulation for completing 74k subscribers keep going

[@Badinfos]

Thanks!

[@TheFreshMango]

When downloading ubuntu I actually suggest downloading Lts version cuz u get 5 years of support and I think more 5 years of extended support so u don't need to update for 10 years. The interim releases have the latest software but only have 9 months of support and u will then have to update to get support. If u don't mind updating ur pc every 9 months then go with interim release.

[@Quisie]

your twitch streams have been entertaining and thanks for the helpful guide

[@Badinfos]

Great, hope to see you again on Twitch :)

[@lfernandorg]

Thanks, I believe now I understand why my Ubuntu didn't work before, when I tryed to install on my NVME m.2.

[@TheFreshMango]

Badinfos making a linux related video was not something I expected but I loved it!

[@PeterSserwangaShow]

yo yo dude...this helped this helped me out

[@chiranjivi6975]

Oof, the quality is like a star shining in my eyes. Its so nice. It already tells that you are near the top of the chart, as og loc says😂😂. I dont know anything what you said in this video as I am still in 9th grade and will be promoted to 10th grade in 5 days after exams.

[@jasonshrout8921]

I clicked 'Like' even though it didn't cover what i was hoping to find for the optimization bit... Currently, Samsung only provides tools for their NVME Drives for Windows :( There is a bottleneck when this awesome drive is used for Linux. I was really hoping that this video could help me identify and rectify it. Anyone happen to have an applied tool experience?

[@user-fo2sk6qf1w]

Too big, 100GB for efi partition is too big. Efi partition just need 500MB is enough.

[@jeetpaul4499]

need more technical videos like this nice one

[@rfrancoi]

Great video Sir. Very well presented.

[@deepto5430]

Love your videos bro I saw your gta sa walkthrough twice I loved when ever I see....Keep it up waiting for gta 6 to come and for your gta 6 walkthrough....👍👍👍👍

[@andytoskovic]

I really enjoy your PC build videos! How do you like Linux? I personally never found myself interested enough to try it out, since I use Windows my whole life and I like Windows 10 the way it is.

[@Badinfos]

Not a big fan, everything takes longer to do. Windows is more convenient, but Linux has it's pros too. For one it's much faster and more stable.

[@andytoskovic]

@@Badinfos good to know, thanks!

[@Randomisticful]

@@Badinfos longer for everything? I wouldnt agree here with you...

[@oscaride283]

@@Randomisticful Yea. I also dont get it

[@micmacha]

@@Badinfos Interesting, I've had the exact opposite experience. I only run Windows in a VM these days.

[@micmacha]

I'm about to pick up my first NVMe drive, and am psyched. I'm assuming that Linux (the actual OS) will automatically pick it up as available hardware, and I won't typically need to enable it in the BIOS or anything wonky.

[@Jacek..]

There was one thing missing from the video: showing and discussing what the system boot looks like. Is this dualboot? Before loading the system, do I have a table with the system selection?

[@evalidtyzon3356]

Ayy this video helped me a bit with my pc

[@Badinfos]

Great, glad I could help!

[@Maisonier]

Great video. There is any tuning to make on Ubuntu? Disable the swap partition or any other option for keep the ssd in safety conditions?

[@VincentHermes]

You should not disable swap as this is the buffer you have if your memory is filling. If your memory reaches critical point and you dont have swap, processes will be killed by OOM error. Especially on nvme there is no drawback of using swap.

[@brianlmerritt]

Very useful - I had missed the ext4 mount as /

[@breakhart]

103G for EFI isn't that overkill

[@failman_hf]

can you make a video speaking your native language? i know your native language isn't english and i'm very curious

[@Badinfos]

This video is 6 years old, but here you go: kzbin.info/www/bejne/jGO3aWmgrcl2rcU

[@thatscandinavianguy841]

Excellent guidance boss man XD

[@Badinfos]

Glad you think so!

[@thatscandinavianguy841]

@@Badinfos XD

[@MATAM29]

You can use Rufus or balenaEtcher too to make a bootable USB drive.

[@Badinfos]

Yes, there are many different programs you can use.

[@iammiguel9657]

Badinfos your specs are to die for

The best video!

[@perksvaild]

I hope u hit 1m subs

[@nemanjamilenkovic5559]

Good evening, Badinfos. This may be off topic but, I just wanted to say I have deleted my comment on your Top 5 Best Games of 2006 (regarding Need for Speed: Carbon). I have been thinking quite a lot about this game lately, reminiscing of when I used to play it, sheer amount of excellence in soundtrack (which is the best in the series in my opinion), gameplay, characters, customization, police pursuits etc. I don't know if this is permitted or not, but I suggest you watch Raycevick's Need for Speed: Carbon...15 years later video, and judge it for yourself. I regretted every single thing I have said about this game, where it has now become one of my favorites in the series. Anyways, take care.

[@Badinfos]

Thank you for the comment. I watch Raycevick and have probably seen that video. I also like Carbon and glad you like it too now :)

[@nemanjamilenkovic5559]

Thank you for your time to reply. NFS: Carbon was just huge part of my childhood. The early 2000s were great year for video games.

[@Bhartchauhan]

i want to install mx linux 23.1 "ahs". my computer boots successfully from the 8gb "mx linux 23.1" flash drive made bootable with belena etcher.. i have nvme m.2 pci ssd, but when i try to install the os on that ssd , the installer did not detect the ssd. the installer detects only the flash drive, i have no other SSD OR HDD . i have only that nvme ssd. please help.

[@yoursix]

What about the swap file tho? We don't need it with nvme? Why is this?😅

[@manjunathcn4962]

Can u do a playthrough of cyberpunk 2077 Btw luv your vids

[@TheDJZeroX]

I wouldn't recommend turning on fast boot since it disables the button options for entering boot manager or bios. You get more trouble with it than it helps.

[@Badinfos]

There are ways of turning it back on and if you DO need it back you can bring it back. Having it OFF saves you time in the long run. But of course it's up to you, it's your PC, you do what you find best.

[@TheDJZeroX]

​@@Badinfos Yes, but since this is a tutorial for beginner I wouldn't recommend someone something to turn on while not mentioning how to turn it off. I'm speaking of experience. It did cost me a lot more time to disable fast boot to access BIOS again that it saved me while booting. ;)

[@aymanelhasbi5030]

why 103 gb for EFi partition ??

[@sousupercurioso9567]

I also didn't get that. After I put 512Mb in my uefi arch install, I started questioning my life choices

[@brogamer4520]

I have an nvidia gpu. I have an issue. The drivers wont load. Fastboot is turned off same for secure boot and the secure key is deleted.

[@satriafaestha]

Hi. Thanks for the tutorial. Have you tried to install ubuntu on samsung 980 ? is it any problem? I want to use 980 because my motherboard (msi z270 krait gaming) still use m.2 pci e 3.0 x 4.

[@Badinfos]

The installation works the same on all SSDs.

[@fatih9331]

i hope thyis video helps everyone :)

[@Badinfos]

I hope so too :)

[@judenasser8231]

When is you new wall through coming

[@deandee8082]

welp, I downloaded ubuntu from distrowatch onto a DVD and installed 20.04 on an NVMe 500gig about 2 years ago on a Asus Z97 Pro wifi GTX 970, 8 gigs ram yadda yadda.. they said you must perform a raid install, well I didn't, it didn't want to boot up, so I got in the CMOS and moved things around and it would boot but not normally, I kept getting errors, and I kept sending them in to support, in fact I just went automatic it happened so much, slowly but surely they figured it out and it not only boots up normally now but it actually recognizes it as an NVMe but it display it, you know how the boot splash says where its booting ubuntu up dsk 0 whatever, it says NVMe bus whatever at first it was annoying as it was booting up to my CMOS every time as I shut down every day, and upon boot up it would go straight to the bios due to major conflicts, yes Asus BIOS are pretty good I prefer them all day long for Nix, I figured out I just had to move the NVME to the top of the list and adjust a few other settings and then it would boot to the command prompt, from there I would just startX login and go, I did this for months, however each boot up I would get a few conflicts, and asked if I wanted to send it in to support and I did, after about 8 months they finally have it straight, I have it set up in the BIOS just like an spinner.. before i installed I searched and everyone said install as raid so on so forth I never did, I just forgot and BTT I was done I did not want to star over, but they sorted it for me, something they needed to do anyways, as the boot loader forget what i am using Grub I believe wasn't recognizing the M.2 or the NVMe one or the other, or it kept kicking it out of the boot order for some reason, Grub would, why on boot up it would make it to the loader then the loader would kick me back to the BIOS apparently l knowing something was wrong but not knowing what.. it used to say booting to dsk0 whatever it as assigned but now it boots up saying NVMe on yaddda yadda .. they have it sorted I believe ti was just too soon for Grub and they hadn't worked out all the M.2s when I installed.. yet to plug in all my other drives, spinners, I have one SSD and 2 DVDs burners connected but the two spinners I unplugged to help eliminate the confusion.. I am sure i can connect everything fine at this point.. so don't think your feedback or whatever doesn't help, when asked if you want to send in conflicts and other issues do it because it helps your situation and they do get to it eventually, they must have been getting 3 or 4 a day form me so they got tired of it and dealt with it.. and TY Ubuntu and grub support you run a fine show for sure, I've used pretty much every flavor of Nix up to like 2010 when there was only 100 or so flavors... I started out on network installs from Berkeley free BSD like 1.9 whatever, and much enjoyed that, creating drivers or using wrappers for wireless all that fun stuff, manual configuring everything, Nix has come a long ways, a LONG ways, and today i don't believe there is anything to learn if you want to sue it, its real easy to use way easier than Doze thats for sure, and its not as bloated or heavy and its its not just a propaganda data mining OS, it actually does the job its supposed to do.. its actually better and easier than Doze because it has its own onboard software and program installer, so anything you want you just search it in your installer and then click install.. good to go.. today you can use Ubuntu and never even look at a console for sure, i still roll my own time to time just because old habits are hard to break .. but anyone can use and install ubuntu so easily.. dual boots are easy as well

[@fatih9331]

hey badinfos you said nully is gonna be a next walkthourgh right ? after bully what will gonna do i hope after bully rdr2 walkthourgh could be so good but its your choice :)

[@Badinfos]

RDR2 won't be next, watch this: www.twitch.tv/videos/898116128

[@fatih9331]

@@Badinfos oh ok :(

[@fatih9331]

@@Badinfos man thats a paradox hehe :D

[@johnross3752]

I used an ADT link in m.2 E-key to pcie adaptor so I can run a parallel port but i dont think it's working. Is there something i need to do to get it working I did run power to the adaptor I am running a Latta Panda Alpha 800. And in the bios under sata port's it reads Empty /Unknown (OS-is Linuxcnc Deben)

[@stakingwalrus1935]

Can I install a nvme ssd on a laptop which has pre installed hdd. It has i3 10 gen 8 gb ram

[@Badinfos]

Yeah if there is a free slot you can. The installation is the same as it is on a desktop PC.

[@stakingwalrus1935]

How can I change my windows 10 boot option from hdd to ssd. So it's load faster.

[@ritverse]

i have a challenge can u do it? Search all the spaceship parts and action figures in gta 5 and gta online without the help of any yt video

[@lovro_ribic]

Why are you doing this, are you going to primarly use windows and only use linux sometimes or the other way around? Or are you going to dual boot

[@Badinfos]

Just making a tutorial to help people out incase they want to use Linux. I've used Ubuntu before and had some knowledge I wanted to share.

[@vononcyka4702]

Wtf I was just watching ur ssd instalation from 4 years ago

[@kevinjadoo3187]

hello badinfos ubuntu or windows 10 ?

[@------country-boy-------]

Does ubuntu boot faster from the m.2 drive than the sata ssd ???

[@p30jeff57]

An OS will always boot faster from a NVMe M.2 drive compared to a SATA SSD. Simply due to the limitations of SATA itself.

[@alanben75]

for god sake get the radiator to the top of your case. any air will collect at the top....

[@Badinfos]

Both methods of mounting (top or front) are completely fine and depend on your case and where you place it. The only thing you should not do is to mount it on the bottom. On my new PC build the radiator is on the top because it makes more sence with what I want to achieve with it and the space I have to work with. Again it doesn't metter where you mount it as long as your pump is below the highest point of the radiator.

[@nareshKumar-jb1mx]

Why not samsung 980 pro gen 4x4. It is a latest gen.

[@Badinfos]

Because when I bought it the 980 did not exist.

[@TheFreshMango]

Is it possible to install Ubuntu in that ext4 partition?

[@Badinfos]

You will need at least one EFI partition.

[@TheFreshMango]

@@Badinfos the way I had installed Ubuntu in my laptop was by making a 256 mb efi partition and the remaining space was a ext 4 with mount point /. My laptops hdd is 32gb. I had installed it in the ext 4 partition and it worked just fine.

[@Badinfos]

Yup like I wrote, one EFI partition has to be present, but place Linux wherever you want. Or just don't select "something else" and let Ubuntu do the job for you.

[@PGHLFan399]

Rank the gangs from Gta games

[@seghired]

100Gb for efi 😳

[@SPECTRASTORM]

Badinfos you ignored my comments I'm really sorry I hope don't be angry

[@glue2308]

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[@Badinfos]

Why?

[@glue2308]

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[@GuyWithAnAnimeProfile]

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