Gparted/libparted allows creating the partition but does not allow
creating a EFI partition ID... but fdisk can create EFI partition ID!
After creating a 8Mb unformatted partition, with gparted for
convenience, at the end of /dev/sda... new partition will be /dev/sda2
if there is only one primary
http://wiki.debian.org/DebianEeePC/Boot#BootBooster
Not straightforward though; libparted doesn't know how to create this
kind of partition, which makes it a pain.
** Also affects: partman-auto (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Changed in: ubiquity
Status: New =