GNU/Linux Tips

Mounting partition from VDI image

$ od -j344 -N4 -td4 /work/FreeDos.vdi | awk 'NR==1{print $2;}'
8192

$ sudo losetup -f --show -o 8192 /work/FreeDos.vdi
/dev/loop0

$ sudo fdisk  -lu /dev/loop0

Disk /dev/loop0: 113 MB, 113246208 bytes
16 heads, 63 sectors/track, 219 cylinders, total 221184 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x00000000

      Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/loop0p1   *          63     1023119      511528+   6  FAT16

$ sudo mount -o loop,offset=$((512*63)) /dev/loop0 /mnt

$ ls /mnt/
AUTOEXEC.BAT  BOOTSECT.BIN  COMMAND.COM  FDCONFIG.SYS  FDOS  KERNEL.SYS


$ sudo umount /mnt
$ sudo losetup -d /dev/loop0

$ VBoxManage clonehd /work/FreeDos.vdi /work/freedos.vdi --format VDI --variant Fixe