Date: Thu, 7 Jan 2021 13:07:21 -0700 From: "@lbutlr" <kremels@kreme.com> To: FreeBSD <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: making one disk image from two Message-ID: <B687399B-56AA-4E29-BC71-D4F211029EB5@kreme.com> In-Reply-To: <X/cUm5cr%2BPThwNol@bastion.zyxst.net>
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On 07 Jan 2021, at 07:03, tech-lists <tech-lists@zyxst.net> wrote: > If one were to make say a 16GB image, format it to msdos, then make a 64GB image, format it to freebsd, then concatenate[1] the images to make one image, would it be seen as one image with two partitions? You would have to make a partitioned image first, then write your 16GB to one partition¹ and your 64GB to the other partition. > [1] # cat freebsd.img >> msdos.img If you were very lucky, that would still be a msdos bootable image. Otherwise, it would be garbage. ¹ Or perhaps volumes or containers, depending on the disk format. -- THE PRESIDENT DID IT IS NOT AN EXCUSE Bart chalkboard Ep. AABF05home | help
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