..No Boot Device Found. Press any key to reboot..

[mikethe1wheelnut]

I just realized that the info in that last post is invalid. it's for the usb-key, not the hard-drive. here is the info for the hard-drive:

ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ sudo gdisk -l /dev/sda
GPT fdisk (gdisk) version 1.0.5

Partition table scan:
MBR: not present
BSD: not present
APM: not present
GPT: not present

Creating new GPT entries in memory.
Disk /dev/sda: 250069680 sectors, 119.2 GiB
Model: SAMSUNG SSD SM84
Sector size (logical/physical): 512/512 bytes
Disk identifier (GUID): 85F97A24-87D4-48EE-8204-0289954483AE
Partition table holds up to 128 entries
Main partition table begins at sector 2 and ends at sector 33
First usable sector is 34, last usable sector is 250069646
Partitions will be aligned on 2048-sector boundaries
Total free space is 250069613 sectors (119.2 GiB)

Number Start (sector) End (sector) Size Code Name

..so there are no partition tables present.

[mikethe1wheelnut]

I stumbled on some more things to try:

ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ sudo fdisk -l
Disk /dev/loop0: 2.23 GiB, 2392006656 bytes, 4671888 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes


Disk /dev/loop1: 63.29 MiB, 66359296 bytes, 129608 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes


Disk /dev/loop2: 346.34 MiB, 363151360 bytes, 709280 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes


Disk /dev/loop3: 4 KiB, 4096 bytes, 8 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes


Disk /dev/loop4: 91.7 MiB, 96141312 bytes, 187776 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes


Disk /dev/loop5: 45.95 MiB, 48160768 bytes, 94064 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes


Disk /dev/loop6: 49.86 MiB, 52260864 bytes, 102072 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes


Disk /dev/sda: 119.25 GiB, 128035676160 bytes, 250069680 sectors
Disk model: SAMSUNG SSD SM84
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes


Disk /dev/sdb: 57.77 GiB, 62008590336 bytes, 121110528 sectors
Disk model: USB DISK 3.0
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disklabel type: dos
Disk identifier: 0x405a23c7

Device Boot Start End Sectors Size Id Type
/dev/sdb1 * 0 8498951 8498952 4.1G 0 Empty
/dev/sdb2 5717156 5725283 8128 4M ef EFI (FAT-12/16/32)
/dev/sdb3 8499200 121110527 112611328 53.7G 83 Linux


..it's starting to look more and more like the whole computer got wiped.. (..not terrible and horrible, I have backups..) -as long as I can re-install and have a working computer..

[mikethe1wheelnut]

ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ sudo blkid
/dev/sdb1: UUID="2023-03-16-15-57-27-00" LABEL="Ubuntu 20.04.6 LTS amd64" TYPE="iso9660" PTUUID="405a23c7" PTTYPE="dos" PARTUUID="405a23c7-01"
/dev/loop0: TYPE="squashfs"
/dev/loop1: TYPE="squashfs"
/dev/loop2: TYPE="squashfs"
/dev/loop3: TYPE="squashfs"
/dev/loop4: TYPE="squashfs"
/dev/loop5: TYPE="squashfs"
/dev/loop6: TYPE="squashfs"
/dev/sdb2: SEC_TYPE="msdos" UUID="1544-BBA2" TYPE="vfat" PARTUUID="405a23c7-02"
/dev/sdb3: LABEL="writable" UUID="877155b2-880a-4ccb-970f-ba7d6a3afe77" TYPE="ext4" PARTUUID="405a23c7-03"