Shattered Crystalline Matrix

…what the fuck?! After spending around 5 hours (spread out over several sessions) trying to get this new server (Intel Frost Burg DG33FB mobo) to boot grub off the hard drive, I eventually discover that the BIOS doesn't even bother trying to boot off a hard drive if it can't find a partition flagged bootable. !@#$%!@#$%