[SOLVED] How to access the outpuf file created using dd command

devUnix · 06-02-2016, 09:16 PM

Hi,

I did this:

Code:

dd if=/dev/sdb1 of=/root/backup bs=4096 conv=noerror,sync

As well as:

Code:

dd if=/dev/sdb1 of=/root/image_of_sdb1

How can I see the contents of the files (backup and image_of_sb1) created above? Do I need to copy them back to a partition to view the directory structure? Or can I directly use it somehow?

syg00 · 06-02-2016, 09:53 PM

Use a loop mount

Code:

mount -o loop /root/backup /mnt/somewhere

devUnix · 06-02-2016, 09:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by syg00

Use a loop mount

Code:

mount -o loop /root/backup /mnt/somewhere

Excellent!

Code:

[root@localhost ~]# mount -o loop backup_home /mnt
[root@localhost ~]# ls -l /mnt/
total 19
drwx------. 29 demo demo  3072 Jun  2 10:01 demo
drwx------.  2 root root 12288 May 10 08:49 lost+found
drwx------.  4 test test  1024 May 19 13:38 test