GPT Image

Create GUID Partition Table disk images on local disks. Written in pure Python gpt-image allows GPT disk images to be built on a local filesystem and exported to a destination device.

This is useful for creating a disk image on SD Cards or embedded devices.

Quick Start

Installation

pip install gpt-image

Create a GPT disk image

from gpt_image.disk import Disk
from gpt_image.partition import Partition, PartitionType

# create a new, 16 MB disk, size is in bytes
disk = Disk("disk-image.raw")
disk.create(16 * 1024 * 1024)

# create a 2MB Linux partition named "boot"
boot_part = Partition(
        "boot", 
        2 * 1024 * 1024, 
        PartitionType.EFI_SYSTEM_PARTITION.value
    )
disk.table.partitions.add(boot_part)

# create an 8MB Linux partition named "data"
data_part = Partition(
        "data", 
        8 * 1024 * 1024, 
        PartitionType.LINUX_FILE_SYSTEM.value
    )
disk.table.partitions.add(data_part)

# commit the change to disk
disk.commit()

# dump the current GPT information:

print(disk)

The final print(disk) command outputs a JSON document of the current GPT configuration:

{
  "path": "disk-image.raw",
  "image_size": 16777216,
  "sector_size": 512,
  "primary_header": {
    "backup": false,
    "signature": "EFI PART",
    "revision": "\u0000\u0000\u0001\u0000",
    "header_size": 92,
    "header_crc32": 3533962731,
    "reserved": 0,
    "my_lba": 1,
    "alternate_lba": 32767,
    "first_usable_lba": 34,
    "last_usable_lba": 32734,
    "disk_guid": "3f09c9fe-66ea-4c67-b0fb-fd35906b393a",
    "partition_entry_lba": 2,
    "number_of_partition_entries": 128,
    "size_of_partition_entries": 128,
    "partition_entry_array_crc32": 673632436
  },
  "backup_header": {
    "backup": true,
    "signature": "EFI PART",
    "revision": "\u0000\u0000\u0001\u0000",
    "header_size": 92,
    "header_crc32": 727034965,
    "reserved": 0,
    "my_lba": 32767,
    "alternate_lba": 1,
    "first_usable_lba": 34,
    "last_usable_lba": 32734,
    "disk_guid": "3f09c9fe-66ea-4c67-b0fb-fd35906b393a",
    "partition_entry_lba": 32735,
    "number_of_partition_entries": 128,
    "size_of_partition_entries": 128,
    "partition_entry_array_crc32": 673632436
  },
  "partitions": [
    {
      "type_guid": "C12A7328-F81F-11D2-BA4B-00A0C93EC93B",
      "partition_name": "boot",
      "partition_guid": "67ed0675-9d44-46a6-bc29-99a2778e7563",
      "first_lba": 40,
      "last_lba": 4135,
      "alignment": 8,
      "size": 2097152,
      "attribute_flags": []
    },
    {
      "type_guid": "0FC63DAF-8483-4772-8E79-3D69D8477DE4",
      "partition_name": "data",
      "partition_guid": "1a44bc84-bb53-4f9f-b699-1d1268bfdbfa",
      "first_lba": 4136,
      "last_lba": 20519,
      "alignment": 8,
      "size": 8388608,
      "attribute_flags": []
    }
  ]
}