diff --git a/create-image.sh b/create-image.sh
index 0290fff..c9a07a2 100755
--- a/create-image.sh
+++ b/create-image.sh
@@ -15,6 +15,41 @@ for COMMAND in "${COMMANDS_TO_CHECK[@]}"; do
     fi
 done
 
+function create_new_image {
+    UBOOT_MAX_SIZE='32'
+    EFI_END=$(( 512 + UBOOT_MAX_SIZE ))
+    BOOT_START=$(( EFI_END + 1 ))
+    BOOT_END=$(( BOOT_START + 1024 ))
+    ROOT_START=$(( BOOT_END + 1 ))
+    IMAGE_SIZE=$(( $(stat -c '%s' "${IMAGE_NAME}") / 1024 / 1024 ))
+    NEW_IMAGE_NAME="${IMAGE_NAME}.new"
+    truncate -s "$(( IMAGE_SIZE + UBOOT_MAX_SIZE ))"MiB "${NEW_IMAGE_NAME}"
+
+    LOOPBACK_01=$(losetup -f -P --show "${IMAGE_NAME}")
+    LOOPBACK_02=$(losetup -f -P --show "${NEW_IMAGE_NAME}")
+
+    parted -s "${LOOPBACK_02}" mklabel gpt
+    parted -s "${LOOPBACK_02}" mkpart efi fat32 "${UBOOT_MAX_SIZE}"MiB "${EFI_END}"MiB
+    parted -s "${LOOPBACK_02}" mkpart boot ext4 "${BOOT_START}"MiB "${BOOT_END}"MiB
+    parted -s "${LOOPBACK_02}" mkpart root ext4 "${ROOT_START}"MiB 100%
+    parted -s "${LOOPBACK_02}" set 1 boot on
+    sync; sync; sync; sync;
+    sleep 10
+    hdparm -z "${LOOPBACK_02}"
+
+    dd bs=4M conv=sync status=progress if="${LOOPBACK_01}p1" if="${LOOPBACK_02}p1"
+    dd bs=4M conv=sync status=progress if="${LOOPBACK_01}p2" if="${LOOPBACK_02}p2"
+    dd bs=4M conv=sync status=progress if="${LOOPBACK_01}p3" if="${LOOPBACK_02}p3"
+    sync; sync; sync; sync;
+    sleep 10
+
+    losetup -d "${LOOPBACK_02}"
+    losetup -d "${LOOPBACK_01}"
+    mv "${NEW_IMAGE_NAME}" "${IMAGE_NAME}"
+    sync; sync; sync; sync;
+    sleep 10
+}
+
 appliance-creator \
     --config "${KICKSTART_FILE}" \
     --name "${APPLIANCE_NAME}" \
@@ -28,6 +63,10 @@ appliance-creator \
 if [[ -d "${APPLIANCE_NAME}" ]]; then
     pushd "${APPLIANCE_NAME}" || exit 1
     mv "${APPLIANCE_NAME}-sda.raw" "${IMAGE_NAME}"
+    create_new_image
+    zstd --compress -9 "${IMAGE_NAME}"
+    sha512sum -- *.raw* > SHA512SUMS
+    sha256sum -- *.raw* > SHA256SUMS
     popd || exit 0
 else
     >&2 echo "$0: ERROR: unable to find the appliance output directory"