Replace stale Dell tar.gz URL and deb extraction method across
complete-walkthrough.md and walkthrough-phases-7-9.md with the
working method: curl with referer header to get RPM, convert with
alien, symlink binary into PATH.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Phase 7 — H730 non-RAID conversion:
- perccli download with direct Dell URL and manual fallback
- Script output explained column by column (EID:Slt, State, Size)
- What JBOD vs UGood vs Onln states mean
- Post-reboot verification with lsblk
Phase 8 — Bay mapping:
- build-bay-map.sh output walkthrough
- Physical LED blink procedure (ledctl locate/locate_off per drive)
- Bay numbering convention on R730xd front panel
- How to fill in hardware-layout.md and VM config placeholders
Phase 9 — GPU passthrough:
- Pre-check: dmesg IOMMU confirmation, IOMMU group inspection
- Script output walkthrough step by step
- PCI address capture and immediate VM config update
- Post-reboot verification (must show vfio-pci not nouveau)
- Troubleshooting if wrong driver appears
https://claude.ai/code/session_01TxTSnxDjgEVuNztdsWQjMD
Claude