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Synopsis: If your device is using Intel Rapid Storage Technology, RST (default for many new devices), Mageia installer can not operate unless you disable RST in UEFI/BIOS setup.

Here be dragons! Disabling RST without the following steps will make your Microsoft Windows (R) installation unbootable.

Symptom

Error message "io super block error" (FIXME : to be verified and expand description)

Solution

1. Boot your Microsoft system and using msconfig, in the boot tab, configure it as fail safe boot.
2. Restart your Microsoft system and confirm that boots in fail safe mode.
3. Restart the device and go to the EFI/BIOS settings.
4. In the hard drive options (maybe this is different in every EFI/BIOS setup) change from RST to AHCI.
5. Start your Microsoft system and leave working until the desktop appears.
6. Using msconfig again, remove the failsafe booting.
7. Start your Microsoft system normally and from this point you can install Mageia.

Also see

Longer description at Ubuntu

Reddit thread about why Linux do not support RST

Installation of Mageia in dual boot with Windows (legacy BIOS; not UEFI)

Installing on systems with UEFI firmware

Mageia in dual boot with Windows8 and over (UEFI)