Is there a way to browse through the image files?

[x23piracy]

Hi,

is there a way to extract single files and folders out of the image files?

[B]EDIT:[/B]
I found this on the net:
[QUOTE]partimage only copies used blocks so you need to restore to a device (in this case a block file loop mounted) – I have done this with FOG images as an experiment.[/QUOTE]

Do these using sudo/as root if required:
[CODE]1. gunzip image file (force suffix with -S “”)
2. partimage imginfo <imagefile>
3. dd if=/dev/zero of=<blockfile> bs=1024 count=0 seek=<size in GB10241024>
4. losetup /dev/loop0 <blockfile>
5. partimage restore /dev/loop0 <imagefile>
6. sudo mount -t ntfs-3g /dev/loop0 /media/temp/[/CODE]

Will this work?

Greetz X23

[x23piracy]

Hi,

i found something more:

[QUOTE]
[INDENT=1]yoda wrote:I’ve found a fairly easy way to extract individual files from a partimage image file. These are the steps (Linux):[/INDENT]
[INDENT=1] [/INDENT]
[INDENT=1]1. create a target image file using dd, e.g.[/INDENT]
[INDENT=1]Code: [URL=‘http://www.partimage.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=950#’]Select all[/URL][/INDENT]
[INDENT=1]dd if=/dev/zero of=image bs=1024 count=3774771[/INDENT]
[INDENT=1] [/INDENT]
[INDENT=1]where 3774771 is the number of 1K blocks. You can use “fdisk -l” on the original system to obtain the exact amount. However, I suppose you can obtain the rounded amount from partimage imginfo command and use an overestimated value;[/INDENT]
[INDENT=1] [/INDENT]
[INDENT=1]2. associate this image with a loopback device, e.g.[/INDENT]
[INDENT=1]Code: [URL=‘http://www.partimage.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=950#’]Select all[/URL][/INDENT]
[INDENT=1]losetup /dev/loop0 image[/INDENT]
[INDENT=1] [/INDENT]
[INDENT=1]where loop0 has to be replaced with a higher numbered device (loop1, loop2, etc.) if loop0 is already in use (you can also use the -f option to use the next one available);[/INDENT]
[INDENT=1] [/INDENT]
[INDENT=1]3. create a mount point, e.g.[/INDENT]
[INDENT=1]Code: [URL=‘http://www.partimage.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=950#’]Select all[/URL][/INDENT]
[INDENT=1]mkdir mnt[/INDENT]
[INDENT=1] [/INDENT]
[INDENT=1] [/INDENT]
[INDENT=1]4. mount the image from the loopback device, e.g.[/INDENT]
[INDENT=1]Code: [URL=‘http://www.partimage.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=950#’]Select all[/URL][/INDENT]
[INDENT=1]mount -o ro /dev/loop0 mnt[/INDENT]
[INDENT=1] [/INDENT]
[INDENT=1] [/INDENT]
[INDENT=1]5. and that is! You can now browse the files in the mnt directory.[/INDENT]
[INDENT=1] [/INDENT]
[INDENT=1]Note that steps 2-4 have to be done as superuser (root).[/INDENT]
[INDENT=1] [/INDENT]
[INDENT=1]Regards,[/INDENT]
[INDENT=1]Rodrigo Ventura[/INDENT]

Hello Yoda

I think there is one step missing, because:

1. create an empty file
2. connect it to a loop device
3. create mountpoint
4. mount loop device/file to the mountpoint
   -> 5) you see an empty filesystem

So between 2) and 4) one has to restore the partimage image to this filesystem… right?[/QUOTE]

Can someone tell if these steps are correct and working?

Greetz X23