mount qemu image
 

Qemu is a virtual machine program. You can use it to make and mount, for example, a windows image.

If you want to mount your .img, type the following command:

id <username>

It will reply with your uid=* - you'll need that for the next step.

As root, type:

mkdir /mnt/<dir name>

and then
mount -o loop,offset=32256 -o uid=* /path/to/image.img /mnt/<dir name>


That should mount your image and make it writable by you in konqueror.

If you have any questions, let me know.

If anyone knows how to make this command into a desktop clicky, it'd be a nice addition to this thread.

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windows.img win.img win2000.img

I tried it but i got the error message below

# mount -o loop,offset=32256 -o uid=Administrator /root/Documents/hd.img /mnt/qemu_C/
mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/loop1,
missing codepage or helper program, or other error
In some cases useful info is found in syslog - try
dmesg | tail or so

i have tried administrator with single quote dbl quotes, and also changed the case but didnt worked.

uid stands for a NUMBER, not your username.

do this command:
id Administrator

and use the number that command returns.

for example, on my system:
$ id root
uid=0(root) gid=0(root) groups=0(root)

so, my mount command would be:
mount -o loop,offset=32256 -o uid=0 /path/to/image.img /mnt/<dir name>

okay so, i'm 13 so could you "stupify" that for me?

LOL
does that work on a partitioned qemu-img too?
or just a qemu-img where the whole device is 1 partition?

youth doesn't explain ignorance, nor does age imply knowledge.

Don't let anyone look down on you because you are young...
1 Timothy 4:12 NIV

not exactly sure what your question is, so i'll try to explain as much as possible:

linux has something called uid's and gid's. this stands for UserID and GroupID. each group and user also has a name.

linux has something called a terminal. you can open this and type different commands. the simplest terminal you can bring up on KDE is by hitting alt-F2. then you can type a command into that terminal. if you have KDE, you probably also have konsole. you can open that by hitting 'alt-f2' then typing konsole.

now you have a consol (i guess that's a terminal window, i'm not too sure) where you can type commands.

try this one:
ls -l
that should bring up some file names like this:
-rw-rw-r-- 1 dan dan 23164 2009-06-15 17:33
the first thing is permissions, and the two that say 'dan' 'dan' on my screen are the group and user that owns the files.
then you can try this one:
ls -n
that should bring up some files like this:
-rw-rw-r-- 1 500 500 56757 2008-12-19 17:55
in place of the username and group name, you see gid's and uid's. so, user dan is the same as uid 500 (on my system, at least.)

this is what i meant when i said:
"uid stands for a NUMBER, not your username."

then i said:
do this command:
id Administrator

i just mean type 'id Administrator' in the terminal/console (konsole, maybe). my system has no 'administrator' - so, i might type 'root' or 'dan'
id root
gives me back:
uid=0(root) gid=0(root) groups=0(root)

that tells me the uid, gid, and what groups root belongs to. (i think, but i'm not really sure. when this happens, i can always say 'command --help' or 'man command' - this will tell me everything i need to know about a command. in this case, i would type: 'man id' or 'id --help' to find out more.)


and that's where the rest comes from:

and use the number that command returns.

for example, on my system:
$ id root
uid=0(root) gid=0(root) groups=0(root)

so, my mount command would be:
mount -o loop,offset=32256 -o uid=0 /path/to/image.img /mnt/<dir name>


so, if you're baffled by this explanation... well, just remember that we're not exactly dealing with changeable parts here. if you asked me how to tighten your head bolts on your car, i could say, "turn it to a torque of 215 lbs and then use a serpentine drive belt remover to turn it by another 3/4 turn" - i'd probably be wrong when i told you that, and it'd probably be more helpful for me to tell you how to use a torque wrench and how to find the torque of your engine's head bolts...

hi
i'm trying to mount a partition named hhdshare.img and i have this error, could some one help me please

debian:/opt/argos/images# mount -o loop,offset=32256 -o uid=1000 hddshare.img /mnt/point
mount: you must specify the filesystem type
debian:/opt/argos/images# mount -t vfat -o loop,offset=32256 -o uid=1000 hddshare.img /mnt/point
mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/loop1,
missing codepage or helper program, or other error
In some cases useful info is found in syslog - try
dmesg | tail or so

hey emmytun!
Welcome to LQ!

I now use kpartx to mount partitioned qemu img files
see this how to here
http://panoskrt.wordpress.com/2009/0...in-image-file/

what distro are you using?

thinks linus72 for your help
i'm using Debian lenny if i understand your question :)

i checked the link that you posted and when i tried to mount the partition i get this error msg :

" No entry for device-mapper found "

did you install kpartx?

sudo apt-get install kpartx

yes i did

apt-get install kpartx

then

kpartx -a /path/to/image/hddshare.img

and i got this

/proc/misc: No entry for device-mapper found
Is device-mapper driver missing from kernel?
Failure to communicate with kernel device-mapper driver.
/proc/misc: No entry for device-mapper found
Is device-mapper driver missing from kernel?
Failure to communicate with kernel device-mapper driver.
Incompatible libdevmapper 1.02.27 (2008-06-25)(compat) and kernel driver
device mapper prerequisites not met

Already all over the web.

http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/...ard_disk_image

http://how-to.wikia.com/wiki/How_to_...Linux-based_OS