Re: how to mount an image file ( .img ) in a loopback - mount -o loop ?

[tripolar <tripolar@comcast.net>]

Sergio Cuéllar Valdés wrote:

>2005/7/25, tripolar <tripolar@comcast.net>:
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>>I backed up a 72Gig partition from a failing harddrive into an image
>>file badpart.img
>>How can I mount that image file in a loopback ( ? ) device?  mount -o loop
>>Any help would be appreciated
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>First you could create a mount point, for example:
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># mkdir /media/images
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>or you could use too /media/floppy or /media/cdrom, but it is better
>to have different mountpoints. Next:
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># mount -o ro,loop,nodev,noexec,noatime /path/to/file.img /media/images
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>You could use other options with -o, check the man of mount : )
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>Cheers,
>Sergio
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Thanks
I still havent been able to mount it. again I get an "error 990"
I posted a detailed message on Saturday about my problem. I will repost
it and hopefully with more details someone can help me out.
Thanks again