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impulse462

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Jun 3, 2009
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Hi all,

I apologize if this has been addressed, but I'm not finding that many resources about it.

I was interested in running ubuntu natively on a MP7,1 using a separate internal SSD that I would install in a PCI express slot (so not the same as the included SSDs linked to the T2 enclave). Is there any confirmation that this works?

My plan is to
1. Install the latest Ubuntu on a 2TB SSD Samsung Evo M.2 NVMe and boot from that.
2. I wanted to then install an NVIDIA gpu in another PCE express 16 slot so i can have access to the GPU while i use pytorch/tensorflow natively in Ubuntu.

I figured if windows installations can see nvidia drivers, ubuntu installations should be able to install CUDA drivers and work correctly also. Is this a safe assumption? I also assume for this I will have to disable Secure Boot.

Is this a right approach and has anyone had success doing this? I figured this would be better than trying to partition the internal SSD via bootcamp and install ubuntu that way.

Any advice is appreciated
 
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