--- /dev/null
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+OUTPUT="$1"
+KERNELSIZE="$2"
+KERNELIMAGE="$3"
+ROOTFSSIZE="$4"
+ROOTFSIMAGE="$5"
+
+rm -f "$OUTPUT"
+
+# create partition table
+set `ptgen -o "$OUTPUT" -h 16 -s 32 -t 0x27 -p ${KERNELSIZE}m -t 0x83 -p ${ROOTFSSIZE}m`
+
+KERNELOFFSET="$(($1 / 512))"
+ROOTFSOFFSET="$(($2 / 512))"
+
+dd if="$KERNELIMAGE" of="$OUTPUT" bs=512 conv=notrunc seek="$KERNELOFFSET"
+dd if="$ROOTFSIMAGE" of="$OUTPUT" bs=512 conv=notrunc seek="$ROOTFSOFFSET"