Tag: dd

Growing a qcow2 image file

First, convert it to raw: qemu-img convert system.qcow2 -O raw system.raw Read More »
By halfgaar, 3 years ago, on October 08, 2010, at 17:10 | 1 comment

Increasing (encrypted) disk image size with dd

When you have a raw disk image file, you may need to increase its size at some point. With dd, you can do this: Read More »
By halfgaar, 4 years ago, on April 03, 2009, at 10:04 | No comments

Mounting partititions residing inside a disk image

When you've read a disk with dd or ddrescue into an image file, one of the things you want to do is mount the partitions inside it. But, how does one do that? The answer is using losetup, with a bit of knowledge of partition offsets. Read More »
By halfgaar, 5 years ago, on July 09, 2008, at 13:07 | 1 comment