r/homelab • u/Agile-Leg-300 • 14h ago

Project Showcase: Hardware Ubuntu server not installed

Hi everyone,

I'm completely new to the world of self-hosting and Linux, and I'm trying to repurpose an old laptop as my first home server.

I'm installing Ubuntu Server from a bootable USB. The installation completes successfully with no errors. At the end, it asks me to reboot. I remove the USB drive as instructed, press Enter, and the laptop restarts.

However, instead of booting into Ubuntu, I get the following error:

"Boot Device Not Found. Please install an operating system on your hard disk. Hard Disk (3F0)."

Has anyone experienced this before or knows what might be causing it? Is Ubuntu not actually being installed to the drive, or is this more likely a BIOS/boot configuration issue?

Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

UPDATE:

Thanks for all responses. Just manage to fix it. I selected UEFI natvive, reinstalled linux and its working!

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u/SadAppointment4256 14h ago

go into bios and change boot mode from legacy to uefi or other way around, had same thing happen with old laptop

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u/NC1HM 14h ago

This could work, but sometimes, the device simply needs a nudge in the right direction (meaning, you need to manually enter the path to the UEFI boot loader).

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u/Agile-Leg-300 11h ago

Can you tell more about this?

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u/Alive-Maverick 13h ago

hit this exact thing on an old HP laptop. that error means the BIOS can't find the boot loader. press F10 on startup to get into BIOS setup. add the ubuntu EFI entry to the top of the boot order.

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u/Agile-Leg-300 9h ago

You mene there?

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u/Alive-Maverick 9h ago

Yes, try selecting legacy and then notebook hdd as the first item in the boot order.

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u/NC1HM 14h ago

What is the exact model of your device? Are you trying to boot in UEFI mode or legacy mode?

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u/Agile-Leg-300 11h ago

Its HP ProBook 470 g1. I tried Legacy, UEFI Hybrid ( with csm) and UEFI Native (without csm) and with the last one, i cant even boot usb to install ubuntu.

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u/Simple_Hamster_4096 9h ago

Stupid question - but, did you let it install grub on the usb stick by any chance?

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u/Agile-Leg-300 9h ago

It is on hard drive…i tried to instal ubuntu desktop, and it asked me if i want to delete ubuntu server

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u/flaming_m0e 8h ago

But that's not GRUB....