neysx 09/01/09 18:12:12 Modified: hb-install-x86+amd64-disk.xml Log: Bootable flag needs to be on. We all thought it was a thing of the past... My brand new intel itx motherboard with dual-code atom 330 will not boot HD if flag is not on :-(
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