Hey Nicholas!   
      
    NB> I've been partitioning with GPT, and it seems I need to do it   
    NB> with MBR only. At least now I know why.   
      
   Right.  The neighbour had that exact problem about a couple or few years ago.    
   I tried gpt when it first reared it's ugly head and never cared much for it.    
   So far I have gotten away with the old fashioned mbr way but had to do some   
   jiggery-pokery on the Supermicro A1SRM-2758F board's bios to ensure it would   
   boot.   
      
   Life is good,   
   Maurice   
      
   ... Don't cry for me I have vi.   
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