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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?