Return a new ImageSegment which splits "split_len" bytes
        from the beginning of the data. Remaining bytes are kept in
        this segment object (and the start address is adjusted to match.)

def split_image(self, split_len):
        """ Return a new ImageSegment which splits "split_len" bytes
        from the beginning of the data. Remaining bytes are kept in
        this segment object (and the start address is adjusted to match.) """
        result = copy.copy(self)
        result.data = self.data[:split_len]
        self.data = self.data[split_len:]
        self.addr += split_len
        self.file_offs = None
        result.file_offs = None
        return result