how to extract hard disk image (hdb1.ext2-ptcl-img.gz) given by clonezilla
 

Hi,

I am using clonezilla server for taking bakup from a client PC.
i got the image file of the Client PC as "hdb1.ext2-ptcl-img.gz"
how to extract this image file.

I have tried using gunzip
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[root@zepplin 2009-09-10-09-img]# gunzip hdb1.ext2-ptcl-img.gz

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it converted hdb1.ext2-ptcl-img.gz to hdb1.ext2-ptcl-img

how to extract the files from hdb1.ext2-ptcl-img file..?


Using mount

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[root@zepplin]# mount -o loop hdb1.ext2-ptcl-img /mnt
mount: you must specify the filesystem type

[root@zepplin]# mount -o loop hdb1.ext2-ptcl-img /mnt
mount: you must specify the filesystem type


[root@zepplin]# mount -o loop -t ext2 hdb1.ext2-ptcl-img /mnt
mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/loop0,
or too many mounted file systems
(could this be the IDE device where you in fact use
ide-scsi so that sr0 or sda or so is needed?)


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cheers
Nagesh

YOu don't want to mount this on /mnt; try mounting it on /mnt/mymountpoint.

I *think* the system should have mounted the img on /mnt anyway, which would royally screw things up for you, but possibly it couldn't because /mnt itself was open, or one of the subcommands in mount was directly accessing something in /mnt, which led to some self-reference problem. Dunno