Linux support for WD Black NVME 2018

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Hi everyone in this thread,

I bought a WDS250G2X0C last week, and I also tried to install Ubuntu 18.04.1 and 16.04.5 on this NVMe SSD.

Firstly I went into same circumstance like you, Ubuntu cannot detect this SSD while installation.

And I found solution how to fix it.

  1. In the GRUB boot menu, press e to edit startup parameter
    Add nvme_core.default_ps_max_latency_us=5500 by the end of quiet splash
    Ctrl-x to boot up, the installer should detect this disk in partition step.
  2. After finishing finish installation, press shift while power on to enter GRUB again, add same kernel parameter nvme_core.default_ps_max_latency_us=5500, Ctrl-x to boot up.
  3. You will see Ubuntu boot up successfully, edit /etc/default/grub, add parameter nvme_core.default_ps_max_latency_us=5500 again, execute sudo update-grub. so that every time boot up will contain this parameter in the grub automatically, no more manually edit.

Wish this solution can help you to install Ubuntu successfully and have fun.

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