diff --git a/live-build/ubuntu-cpc/hooks/032-disk-image.binary b/live-build/ubuntu-cpc/hooks/032-disk-image.binary
index 239c03a3..06fa4f39 100755
--- a/live-build/ubuntu-cpc/hooks/032-disk-image.binary
+++ b/live-build/ubuntu-cpc/hooks/032-disk-image.binary
@@ -9,24 +9,41 @@ case $ARCH in
 		;;
 	*)
 		ROOTPART=1
+		ROOTPART_START=1
 		;;
 esac
 
-create_empty_partition() {
+create_empty_partition_table() {
     apt-get install -qqy parted
-    parted_prefix="parted $1 --script --"
 
-    ${parted_prefix} mklabel msdos
-    ${parted_prefix} mkpart primary 1 -1
-    ${parted_prefix} set 1 B
+    parted "$1" --script -- mklabel msdos
+}
+
+create_empty_partition() {
+    local disk="$1"
+    local part="$2"
+    local start="$3"
+    local end="$4"
+    local bootable="$5"
+
+    parted_prefix="parted $disk --script --"
+    ${parted_prefix} mkpart primary "$start" "$end"
+    if [ -n "$bootable" ]; then
+        ${parted_prefix} set "$part" B
+    fi
     ${parted_prefix} print
-    ${parted_prefix} align-check opt "$2"
+    ${parted_prefix} align-check opt "$part"
 }
 
 disk_image=binary/boot/disk.ext4
 
 create_empty_disk_image "${disk_image}"
-create_empty_partition "${disk_image}" "$ROOTPART"
+create_empty_partition_table "${disk_image}"
+if [ -n "$BOOTPART_START" ]; then
+	create_empty_partition "$disk_image" 1 "$BOOTPART_START" "$BOOTPART_END" 1
+fi
+create_empty_partition "${disk_image}" "$ROOTPART" "$ROOTPART_START" -1
+
 mount_image "${disk_image}" "$ROOTPART"
 
 # Copy the chroot in to the disk
@@ -34,8 +51,6 @@ make_ext4_partition "${rootfs_dev_mapper}"
 mkdir mountpoint
 mount "${rootfs_dev_mapper}" mountpoint
 cp -a chroot/* mountpoint/
-umount mountpoint
-rmdir mountpoint
 
 case $ARCH in
     amd64|i386) should_install_grub=1;;
@@ -43,9 +58,6 @@ case $ARCH in
 esac
 
 if [ "${should_install_grub}" -eq 1 ]; then
-    mkdir mountpoint
-    mount_partition "${rootfs_dev_mapper}" mountpoint
-
     echo "(hd0) ${loop_device}" > mountpoint/tmp/device.map
     chroot mountpoint grub-install ${loop_device}
     chroot mountpoint grub-bios-setup \
@@ -56,14 +68,10 @@ if [ "${should_install_grub}" -eq 1 ]; then
         ${loop_device}
 
     rm mountpoint/tmp/device.map
-    umount_partition mountpoint
-    rmdir mountpoint
 fi
 
 if [ "$ARCH" = "s390x" ]; then
     # Do ZIPL install bits
-    mkdir mountpoint
-    mount_partition "${rootfs_dev_mapper}" mountpoint
 
     # Write out cloudy zipl.conf for future kernel updates
     cat << EOF > mountpoint/etc/zipl.conf
@@ -89,9 +97,10 @@ EOF
         --targetblocksize=512 \
         --targetoffset=2048
 
-    umount_partition mountpoint
-    rmdir mountpoint
 fi
 
+umount_partition mountpoint
+rmdir mountpoint
+
 clean_loops
 trap - EXIT