How to make APM disk which can be detected by Linux' GParted?

[Andrey V. Elsukov]

On 14.02.2013 20:06, Muammer Hamutçu wrote:
> It looks roughly like that:
> http://f1302.hizliresim.com/16/f/k2fqu.jpg
> 
> 
> The problem is, the apple-boot partitions must have some free space
> before them (25K~1M in size) in order to be detected by Ubuntu
> Install (or Linux GParted for the same matter)
> 
> 
> If there's no such space before apple boot blocks, Ubuntu Install
> cannot see the partitions thereby making the installation of Ubuntu
> impossible.
> 
> The question is how can I properly add such free space using FreeBSD
> gpart? Or using any other partitioning tool?

You can use "-b start_offset" parameter in the gpart(8):
# gpart create -s apm ad0
# gpart add -t apple-boot -b 64 -s 800k ad0

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WBR, Andrey V. Elsukov