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release: Comply with Azure Marketplace requirements for aarch64

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release: Comply with Azure Marketplace requirements for aarch64

Azure requires the first 1 MB (2,048 sectors) of the OS disk to remain
empty for VM images:

https://learn.microsoft.com/partner-center/marketplace-offers/azure-vm-certification-faq#vm-images-must-have-1-mb-of-free-space

Also append the BOOTPARTSOFFSET suffix for aarch64 images, which only
has an ESP partition for booting.

Co-authored-by: Brad Davis <brd@FreeBSD.org>
Approved by: re (cperciva)
Sponsored by: The FreeBSD Foundation
Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D53628

(cherry picked from commit 36095c942031f7f1613eec554f1c7615cbd891fd)
(cherry picked from commit 72617603a28fb19d45b1aac380f998c4551d5f72)

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lwhsuAuthored on Nov 7 2025, 5:10 AM
cpercivaCommitted on Nov 7 2025, 5:15 AM
Differential Revision
D53628: release: Comply with Azure Marketplace requirements for aarch64
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rG715cc30d2975: sysrc.8: Rewrite examples for mdoc conformance
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