Re: [Qemu-devel] How to extract content of a raw image on host?

[JonY]

Dirk Behme wrote:
> Hi,
>
> is there a way to extract the contents of a qemu raw image on (x86 
> Linux) host without starting QEMU itself? If so, any hint would be quite 
> nice.
>
> I'm looking for anything like the reverse what
>
> http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2006-04/msg00448.html
>
> seems to do. Extract files/directories from an existing raw image.
>
> qemu-img reports me
>
>  > qemu-img info disk.img
> image: disk.img
> file format: raw
> virtual size: 4.3M (4515328 bytes)
> disk size: 4.3M
>
> but what is in it and how to access the content?
>
> Thanks, and sorry if this is a FAQ and I missed the correct search string,
>
> Dirk

Hi,

have you tried using a loop back mount?