The crappiest thing I've ever read in all my life - Lenovo "signature" PC's

[Dieselboy]

"Reddit user BaronHK reported that he found it impossible to install Linux on the Signature Edition Lenovo Yoga 900 ISK2 UltraBook because Microsoft has locked the SSD in a proprietary RAID mode that can only be read by Windows."

http://thehackernews.com/2016/09/microsoft-signature-edition-linux.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+TheHackersNews+%28The+Hackers+News+-+Security+Blog%29&_m=3n.009a.1328.mb0ao0879l.rzg

So when Windows 10 breaks, you wont be able to use a free Linux distro to fix Windows anymore, then.

Not sure I'd ever be interested in a Microsoft WindowsOS-locked hardware.

I also get the impression that MS are a tad scared about the popularity of other OS's and how good they are of late.

[wintermute000]

Its not that they locked anything, its because they didn't bother to write a driver for 'nix.

If they didn't bother with custom RAID it wouldn't have mattered. More an oversight (or don't care about 1% of the market, lets be honest)

[Dieselboy]

Is that how it went down?

I read it that it was done on purpose to prevent other OS from being run on that specific hardware. If it's just that the driver doesn't exist then it's a worthless post IMO. Plus it just means wait some time before the driver is available (if someone bothers to spend time on it)

[icecream-guy]

Reminds me of the old days, when installing WindowNT, we had to put in a floppy disk with 3rd party drivers on it, and load them before NT would recognize the hard disks, then we could then proceed to install WindowsNT.

[deanwebb]

Hey, if malware can't read the hard drive, it's a security precaution! Awesome!