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Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2005 01:42:19 +0100
From: Magnus Damm <magnus.damm@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] Mounting qemu virtual disk images from host linux os
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On Sun, 16 Jan 2005 18:33:54 -0500, Tom Sandholm <sandholm@gsinet.net> wrote:
> I found the lomount program that is supposed to mount your qemu
> virtual-disk-images; but it isn't working for me.
> 
> I've installed debian "sarge" onto the virtual image, using ext3
> filesystems as default, with /dev/hda1 as the primary bootable linux
> partition (root).
> 
> When I execute the lomount program, here's what I get.
> ============================================================
> nixsys:/qemu# ./lomount -t ext3 -diskimage debian02_sarge_hda.img /mnt
> mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/loop0,
>        or too many mounted file systems
> nixsys:/qemu#
> ===========================================================
> 
> What am I doing wrong?

I don't know about lomount, but are you sure your .img-file is a partition?
Maybe the file represents a virtual disk with partition table and partitions?

/ magnus