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No bootable device?

Hi all,

I'm very new to Sophos after moving from Untangle and I'm trying to install XG Firewall on a spare laptop computer I have lying around. I followed the installation instructions exactly to the letter using the program mentioned, on a 4GB flash drive, and while the installer appears to run successfully, when I reboot the BIOS tells me "No bootable device -- insert boot disk and press any key". Looking at the partitions using a Ubuntu live CD, the disk is completely empty... Please help!

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0 varunparikh over 8 years ago in reply to Joseph Marsden

If it is a SATA drive, could you try switching SATA legacy and SATA AHCI mode in BIOS.
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0 Joseph Marsden over 8 years ago in reply to varunparikh

All I have in the BIOS is "Legacy Support", which is Enabled. It's using InsydeH20 which seems to be quite limited.

The UEFI boot order is as follows:

OS boot Manager

USB Diskette on Key/USB Hard Disk

USB CD/DVD ROM Drive

! Network Adapter

The Legacy boot order is as follows:

Notebook Hard Drive

USB Diskette on Key/USB Hard Disk

USB CD/DVD ROM Drive

! Network Adapter
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0 varunparikh over 8 years ago in reply to Joseph Marsden

Hello Joseph,

Please raise a request at support@sophos.com

I'll be waiting to hear the solution.
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0 Joseph Marsden over 8 years ago in reply to varunparikh

I can't do that. I'm using the XG home license.
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0 Alfredo Solis over 8 years ago

I have the same situation. The installer finish without error but when i reboot the message is "No bootable device -- insert boot disk and press any key".

My hard is:

Intel D945GCLF2D

2GB DDR2

WD 320GB SATA

I can install and try Sophos UTM (in the same hardware) and work's a little slow, but i don't care now.

Maybe the chipset is not compatible?
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