From owner-freebsd-ppc@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Feb 14 20:57:20 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [8.8.178.115]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 467C4696 for ; Thu, 14 Feb 2013 20:57:20 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from torfinn.ingolfsen@getmail.no) Received: from smtp.getmail.no (smtp.getmail.no [84.208.15.66]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 05887D91 for ; Thu, 14 Feb 2013 20:57:19 +0000 (UTC) MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Received: from get-mta-scan01.get.basefarm.net ([10.5.16.4]) by get-mta-out02.get.basefarm.net (Sun Java(tm) System Messaging Server 7.0-0.04 64bit (built Jun 20 2008)) with ESMTP id <0MI800L8E7F82S80@get-mta-out02.get.basefarm.net> for freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org; Thu, 14 Feb 2013 20:57:08 +0100 (MET) Received: from get-mta-scan01.get.basefarm.net (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by localhost (Email Security Appliance) with SMTP id 3C055179BB52_11D4194B for ; Thu, 14 Feb 2013 19:57:08 +0000 (GMT) Received: from kg-v2.kg4.no (cm-84.215.134.159.getinternet.no [84.215.134.159]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by get-mta-scan01.get.basefarm.net (Sophos Email Appliance) with ESMTPSA id 1779D179E8A6_11D4194F for ; Thu, 14 Feb 2013 19:57:08 +0000 (GMT) Date: Thu, 14 Feb 2013 20:57:07 +0100 From: Torfinn Ingolfsen To: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: How to make APM disk which can be detected by Linux' GParted? Message-id: <20130214205707.83ab04b6383a4ff81c32f9ff@getmail.no> In-reply-to: <1360858013.53771.YahooMailNeo@web160704.mail.bf1.yahoo.com> References: <1360858013.53771.YahooMailNeo@web160704.mail.bf1.yahoo.com> X-Mailer: Sylpheed 3.3.0 (GTK+ 2.24.6; amd64-portbld-freebsd8.3) Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable X-BeenThere: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the PowerPC List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 14 Feb 2013 20:57:20 -0000 On Thu, 14 Feb 2013 08:06:53 -0800 (PST) Muammer Hamut=E7u wrote: >=20 > The problem is, the apple-boot partitions must have some free space befor= e them (25K~1M in size) in order to be detected by Ubuntu Install (or Linux= GParted for the same matter) >=20 >=20 > If there's no such space before apple boot blocks, Ubuntu Install cannot = see the partitions thereby making the installation of Ubuntu impossible. >=20 > The question is how can I properly add such free space using FreeBSD gpar= t? Or using any other partitioning tool?=20 I haven't tried this, but does it work if you create a small FreeBSD partit= ion (with gpart), and then delete it after you have created the others? HTH --=20 Torfinn Ingolfsen