Bug#704191: HP EliteBook 8570p BIOS-GPT install succeeds, with bootable flag

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Subject: Bug#704191: HP EliteBook 8570p BIOS-GPT install succeeds, with bootable flag
From: Mike <debian@good-with-numbers.com>
Date: Fri, 29 Mar 2013 07:35:22 +0000
Message-id: <20130329073522.GA30174@64-142-29-25.dsl.static.sonic.net>
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Control: retitle -1 HP EliteBook 8570p BIOS-GPT install succeeds, with bootable flag

> But rebooting fails to find boot code, gives HP screen:
> 
> ----------------------------------------
> BootDevice Not Found
> 
> Please install an operating system on your hard disk.
> [...]
> ----------------------------------------

With hints from http://www.rodsbooks.com/gdisk/bios.html this can be 
made to work.  In rescue mode, use fdisk to set the bootable flag on the 
one partition in the protective MBR.  Rebooting boots into GRUB/Linux.

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