Show pageOld revisionsBacklinksExport to PDFBack to top This page is read only. You can view the source, but not change it. Ask your administrator if you think this is wrong. ====== How to mount a .dd file ====== A favourite backup tool of mine is to dd/ddrescue a drive before I reinstall stuff so I can go back to exactly how it was before. dd however is not always friendliest to work with when you are done and need to grap say just 4 or 5 files off that old setup. With tar or squashfs, it's easy, thankfully, easy enough here as well. 1) Mount the file as a loop sudo losetup --partscan --find --show tonyssd.dd This creates /dev/loop* items. 2) Mount /dev/loop* as you would the partition if it were on an actual disk. Since your whole dd file is preallocated, you should be safe, but put an -o=ro if unsure. sudo mount -o ro /dev/loop0 /media/foo scripts/files/mount_dd_image.txt Last modified: 2025-02-13 18:47by Tony