fresh PathPilot install from recovery USB - bootable device not detected

Hi everyone,

I'm trying to do a fresh install of PathPilot on an Intel NUC, which I'm sure will have it's own challenges but for now I want to make sure I'm understanding what the recovery USB is for. 

I should be able to do a full/fresh install from the recovery USB onto a new SSD, correct?

I can boot to the USB just fine, it goes through a few steps, recognizes the SSD as the correct destination drive, reformats it, and finishes with no errors. 
However, when I reboot, it can't boot to the SSD and I just get an error on screen
'A bootable device has not been detected'

The USB should do a full install right??

Thank you!

Yes it should,
But make sure the PC is set for a UEFI boot not master boot record.

thanks, yes I did check that. however in checking that I noticed a few things. I do not have the option to disable UEFI boot, intel stopped supporting it on newer NUC's.

For what it's worth, the PP version I received on the recovery disk is 2.8.3

Ok I made some great progress, but not in a way I wanted.

Looks like UEFI boot is the issue and it will not work with it. Do you have it working with UEFI?

I installed it in VMware and had the exact same result where it appeared to install OK but then wouldn't recognize a bootable drive.

When I went into the VM settings and changed the VM BIOS from UEFI to BIOS, it immediately booted up to the Tormach screen.

this specific Intel NUC will not support Legacy, non UEFI bios.

But linuxCNC supports UEFI doesn't it?

LinuxCNC does not deal with BIOS or UEFI, Linux does.
Is "secure boot" disabled?
See if there is something like " legacy" and/or CMS and enable those.

Correct, linux not linuxcnc

Yes secure boot is disabled as well.

There is no option to enable legacy boot on this PC. It is only UEFI on the Intel NUC 11’s, they officially stopped supporting it. I found a document on Intel‘s website last night.
The previous gen NUC 10 was the last to support legacy boot.

I wonder if I’d have to get the pathpilot source disk. I found another thread on here I’m able to request that instead of just the recovery USB