Dual boot ubuntu on a hdd with Intel optane

I have just bought a lenovo 330s-15ikb, and would like to dual boot windows 10 and ubuntu (any version!) on it. Windows appears to run with no problem, but when I try to install ubuntu from a usb it skips the first installation type page and jumps straight to the manual repartition page, but with no partitions actually shown. Running parted -l shows nothing, but running sudo parted -l shows the existing partitions.

I have a 1tb had with a 16gb optane drive, as seems to be common in similar devices. I have seen people with similar problems suggest the problem is Intel's rst sata controller.

Ideally I would like to install ubuntu with drivers to support the optane memory. Does anyone know if/when that will be possible?

If not, has anyone successfully installed windows in ahci mode on this machine? Ive tried both the regedit method and restarting in safe mode after changing to ahci in the bios method which I've seen in various places, but neither seem to work for me.

Also, is this issue likely to affect any machine with a hdd accelerated using Intel optane?

Solution 1:

You cannot dual boot the Intel optane linked HDD. This is a serious limitation and various complaints/discussions are going on the intel official forum.

However one thing you could try is Disable the (RTS/Optane), then create a separate partition for ubuntu and try dual booting. If works later the optane memory can be enabled for the remaining partition.