Lenovo Issues Yoga Laptop BIOS Update To Fix Linux Woes

Written by Michael Larabel in Hardware on 27 October 2016 at 06:28 AM EDT. 34 Comments
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Last month was the controversy over some Lenovo Yoga laptops not working with Linux that was first alleged to be due to a Microsoft "Signature PC" requirement that later turned out to be incorrect. Well, the good news now is that Lenovo has issued a BIOS update and should allow for better Linux compatibility.

The new BIOS release that's specifically targeting Linux users now creates an AHCI SATA Controller Mode option from the BIOS and once that's enabled, you should have no problems installing Linux on the Yoga Y900. This BIOS update isn't intended for WIndows users.

More details here and here. Good to see Lenovo finally come through and provide this change for Linux users.
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