Installed on my spo-book a Kingston SSD 60GB, then pre-installation of Ubuntu by the factory, updated it regularly with apt-get and Ubuntu software center. Everything went well until one fine day when I started the system a start/up error shows up telling error device not found, tried to fix that with a lot of advice seen in here, now I stuck totally.
Here is my system, started by a Ubuntu 12.04 Live-CD
ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ sudo lshw -short
PCI (sysfs)
H/W path Device Class Description
system (To be filled by O.E.M.)
/0 bus Fusion
/0/0 memory 64KiB BIOS
/0/4 processor AMD E-350 Processor
/0/4/5 memory 64KiB L1 cache
/0/4/6 memory 512KiB L2 cache
/0/26 memory 4GiB System Memory
/0/26/0 memory DIMM Synchronous [empty]
/0/26/1 memory 4GiB DIMM DDR3 Synchronous 1600 MHz (0.6
/0/1 processor
/0/1/0 memory 64KiB L1 cache
/0/1/1 memory 512KiB L2 cache
/0/100 bridge Family 14h Processor Root Complex
/0/100/1 display Wrestler [Radeon HD 6310]
/0/100/1.1 multimedia Wrestler HDMI Audio Radeon HD 6250/6310
/0/100/4 bridge Family 14h Processor Root Port
/0/100/11 storage SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 SATA Controller IDE m
/0/100/12 bus SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 USB OHCI0 Controller
/0/100/12.2 bus SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 USB EHCI Controller
/0/100/13.2 bus SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 USB EHCI Controller
/0/100/14 bus SBx00 SMBus Controller
/0/100/14.1 storage SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 IDE Controller
/0/100/14.2 multimedia SBx00 Azalia (Intel HDA)
/0/100/14.3 bridge SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 LPC host controller
/0/100/14.4 bridge SBx00 PCI to PCI Bridge
/0/100/14.5 bus SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 USB OHCI2 Controller
/0/100/15 bridge SB700/SB800/SB900 PCI to PCI bridge (PCI
/0/100/15.2 bridge SB900 PCI to PCI bridge (PCIE port 2)
/0/100/15.2/0 eth0 network RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethern
/0/100/16 bus SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 USB OHCI0 Controller
/0/100/16.2 bus SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 USB EHCI Controller
/0/101 bridge Family 12h/14h Processor Function 0
/0/102 bridge Family 12h/14h Processor Function 1
/0/103 bridge Family 12h/14h Processor Function 2
/0/104 bridge Family 12h/14h Processor Function 3
/0/105 bridge Family 12h/14h Processor Function 4
/0/106 bridge Family 12h/14h Processor Function 6
/0/107 bridge Family 12h/14h Processor Function 5
/0/108 bridge Family 12h/14h Processor Function 7
/0/2 scsi0 storage
/0/2/0.0.0 /dev/sda disk 60GB KINGSTON SVP200S
/0/2/0.0.0/1 /dev/sda1 volume 243MiB Linux filesystem partition
/0/2/0.0.0/2 /dev/sda2 volume 55GiB Extended partition
/0/2/0.0.0/2/5 /dev/sda5 volume 55GiB Linux filesystem partition
/0/3 scsi6 storage
/0/3/0.0.0 /dev/cdrom disk DVDRAM GP50NB40
/0/3/0.0.0/0 /dev/cdrom disk
/0/3/0.0.0/0/1 volume 753MiB Hidden HPFS/NTFS partition
ubuntu@ubuntu:~$
ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ sudo fdisk -l
Disk /dev/sda: 60.0 GB, 60022480896 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 7297 cylinders, total 117231408 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 identifier: 0x000b173c
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 2048 499711 248832 83 Linux
/dev/sda2 501758 117229567 58363905 5 Extended
/dev/sda5 501760 117229567 58363904 83 Linux
Disk /dev/mapper/luks-e1947161-3359-45a6-bfe2-5a140d8498fe: 59.8 GB, 59762540544 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 7265 cylinders, total 116723712 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 identifier: 0x00000000
Disk /dev/mapper/luks-e1947161-3359-45a6-bfe2-5a140d8498fe doesn’t contain a valid partition table
Disk /dev/mapper/ubuntu-root: 55.9 GB, 55889100800 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 6794 cylinders, total 109158400 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 identifier: 0x00000000
Disk /dev/mapper/ubuntu-root doesn’t contain a valid partition table
Disk /dev/mapper/ubuntu-swap_1: 3871 MB, 3871342592 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 470 cylinders, total 7561216 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 identifier: 0x00000000
Disk /dev/mapper/ubuntu-swap_1 doesn’t contain a valid partition table
ubuntu@ubuntu:~$
When I insert my bootable USB stick and redo the command then I get the following
ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ sudo fdisk -l
Disk /dev/sda: 60.0 GB, 60022480896 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 7297 cylinders, total 117231408 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 identifier: 0x000b173c
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 2048 499711 248832 83 Linux
/dev/sda2 501758 117229567 58363905 5 Extended
/dev/sda5 501760 117229567 58363904 83 Linux
Disk /dev/mapper/luks-e1947161-3359-45a6-bfe2-5a140d8498fe: 59.8 GB, 59762540544 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 7265 cylinders, total 116723712 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 identifier: 0x00000000
Disk /dev/mapper/luks-e1947161-3359-45a6-bfe2-5a140d8498fe doesn’t contain a valid partition table
Disk /dev/mapper/ubuntu-root: 55.9 GB, 55889100800 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 6794 cylinders, total 109158400 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 identifier: 0x00000000
Disk /dev/mapper/ubuntu-root doesn’t contain a valid partition table
Disk /dev/mapper/ubuntu-swap_1: 3871 MB, 3871342592 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 470 cylinders, total 7561216 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 identifier: 0x00000000
Disk /dev/mapper/ubuntu-swap_1 doesn’t contain a valid partition table
Disk /dev/sdb: 7759 MB, 7759462400 bytes
239 heads, 62 sectors/track, 1022 cylinders, total 15155200 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 identifier: 0x000bec46
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdb1 2048 3084287 1541120 83 Linux
/dev/sdb2 3084288 3903487 409600 82 Linux swap / Solaris
ubuntu@ubuntu:~$
Cant start the system nor write a new installation onto it, the SSD is locked up by the hidden partition with the LUKS on it.
Need help, by the way all my personal data is backed up, so there is no fear of data loss.
Is there a way to get back the system or do I need to buy my a new SSD? :’(