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aversglay

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Registered: 2014-10-06

Posts: 4

[SOLVED]won't boot after update Dell xps15 9550 "No boot device found"

I can arch-chroot into my drive from a boot disk, but cannot boot from the drive. It had been working fine for about two years now. I tried downgrading the kernel, but that did not solve the problem. Not sure what else to try.

Last edited by aversglay (2018-10-11 13:37:41)

aversglay

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Registered: 2014-10-06

Posts: 4

Re: [SOLVED]won't boot after update Dell xps15 9550 "No boot device found"

partition setup:
(not copy/pasted)

(parted) print
Model: Unknown (unknown)
Disk /dev/nvme0n1: 256GB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
Partition Table:gpt
Disk Flags:

Number      Start              End            Size              File system      Name  Flags
1                      1049kB        538MB    537MB             fat 32                         boot, esp
2                     538MB           255GB   254GB              ext4

Skunky

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Registered: 2018-01-25

Posts: 231

Re: [SOLVED]won't boot after update Dell xps15 9550 "No boot device found"

Hi aversglay, what's the error you get when you boot the system?

aversglay

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Registered: 2014-10-06

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Re: [SOLVED]won't boot after update Dell xps15 9550 "No boot device found"

"No Boot Device Found. Press any key to reboot this machine" is all I see if I don't put a USB live disk in.

Scimmia

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Registered: 2012-09-01

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Re: [SOLVED]won't boot after update Dell xps15 9550 "No boot device found"

Sounds like a BIOS error. Are you sure the system is booting UEFI?

unnilquadium

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Registered: 2017-08-27

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Re: [SOLVED]won't boot after update Dell xps15 9550 "No boot device found"

Maybe the BIOS is trying a non-UEFI boot? Try forcing a UEFI boot in the BIOS.

aversglay

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Registered: 2014-10-06

Posts: 4

Re: [SOLVED]won't boot after update Dell xps15 9550 "No boot device found"

Thanks, yes played around with the bios settings until I got it to boot. Not sure why it stopped booting,  but it is booting now. I will mark this solved.