Is PCIE x4 bootable for NVMe SSD under Linux

[jzhang18]

1) LXDE release is known to be less usable than minimal, stick to minimal.

2) If you boot a newly flashed minimal then hopefully you can see the NVMe? I suggest lsblk and sudo blkid all the time to check what is happening. If you add the Mate-Desktop and NOT lightdm presumably you login to a console prompt? Check again. Then add lightdm etc.

I do not have the Pine64 PCIe riser for my NVMe (got some other no-name) so have no insight what is correct LED behaviour, sorry.

Thanks, dukla2000

It turned out my NVMe SSD is not stable.  Today I submit a RMA on the manufacture's web site. (https://www.corsair.com/us/en/)  

https://www.amazon.com/Corsair-Force-MP5...B01MQU72O9

I am also considering to buy Samsung NVMe SM961 SSD,  just like most people used here in the forum.

Nothing is related to M.2 ->PCIe adapter. the circuit seems very simple and stable.  majority of no-named adapter should work with Rockpro64 board.

After I get a new SSD, I will report it back.

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BTW -- how about your instructions for kernel-4.18.0-rc8-1060-ayufan? eager to see it.