How to Mount Disk Image (*.img) File on Linux

In some cases, we need to mount disk image to modify O/S files. Let’s review the Mount Disk Image (*.img) File on Linux.

There are many cases I used and remember one of them during the ODA VM Cloning process to get zero down time I change the IP configuration to not get IP conflict.

Mount Disk Image (*.img) File on Linux

Here is the steps

[root@ittutorial test]# losetup -f

/dev/loop0




[root@ittutorial test]# losetup /dev/loop0 System.img

[root@ittutorial test]# kpartx -a /dev/loop0

[root@ittutorial test]# vgscan

Reading all physical volumes. This may take a while...

Found volume group "vg_crpapp" using metadata type lvm2




 [root@ittutorial test]# vgchange -ay vg_crpapp

2 logical volume(s) in volume group "vg_crpapp" now active




[root@ittutorial test]# ls -lrt /dev/mapper/vg_crpapp*

brw-rw---- 1 root disk 252, 67 Nov  5 16:32 /dev/mapper/vg_crpapp-lv_swap

brw-rw---- 1 root disk 252, 66 Nov  5 16:32 /dev/mapper/vg_crpapp-lv_root




[root@ittutorial test]# mkdir /image

[root@ittutorial test]# mount /dev/mapper/vg_crpapp-lv_root /CRP2/

vi /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0

TYPE=Ethernet

BOOTPROTO=none

IPADDR=1.1.1.2

PREFIX=24

GATEWAY=1.1.1.1

DEFROUTE=yes

IPV4_FAILURE_FATAL=yes

IPV6INIT=no

NAME="eth0"

UUID=60ba15ca-4460-40bf-9ae5-c041539f83ad

ONBOOT=yes

DEVICE=eth0

USERCTL=no

LAST_CONNECT=1471983821

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