How to mount Virtualbox drive image(vdi) on Ubuntu 16.10
This tutorial will explain How to mount Virtualbox drive image(.vdi) on Ubuntu 16.10.First we need to install QEMU tools using the following command
sudo apt-get install qemu-kvm
Now we need to load the network block device (nbd) module using the following command
sudo modprobe nbd
run qemu-nbd, which is a user space loopback block device server for QEMU-supported disk images.
qemu-nbd -c /dev/nbd0 [vdi-file]
Note:- vdi-file :- Your vdi file location for example /home/test/ubuntu.vdi
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Example
qemu-nbd -c /dev/nbd0 /home/test/ubuntu.vdi
You can check the partitions in the image using the following command
sudo fdisk -l /dev/nbd0
The above command will check the entire image as a block device named /dev/nbd0, and the partitions within it as subdevices. For example, the first partition in the image will appear as /dev/nbd0p1.
If you want to mount the first partition use the following command
sudo mount /dev/nbd0p1 /mnt
Now you can check all the contents of /mnt partition and copy all the required files.
After completing your work you can unmount the partition using the following command
sudo umount /mnt
Shutdown nbd services using the following command
sudo qemu-nbd -d /dev/nbd0
Thanks for your effort to help, but I needed to do some research, because the partitions did not mount. Then I discovered that you need to modify the following:
sudo modprobe nbd max_part=16
The max_part=16 is important, without it you won’t see the /dev/nbd0p1 part.