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= Mounting a filesystem image for editing =
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<source lang='bash'>
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# Create a destination directory
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mkdir /tmp/toto
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# Mount your existing filesystem image into it
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sudo mount -o loop image.bin /tmp/toto
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# Now you can see what is in this filesystem image and change the files ;)
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# Don't forget to umount when you're done
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</source>
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= Unmounting =
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<source lang='bash'>
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sudo umount /tmp/toto
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</source>
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= Create an ext4 image from a sdcard =
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<source lang='bash'>
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sudo dd if=/dev/sdcard of=/tmp/image.bin
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</source>
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= Restore the sdcard =
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<source lang='bash'>
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sudo dd if=/tmp/image.bin of=/dev/sdcard
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</source>
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= Creating an empty disk image =
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<source lang='bash'>
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dd if=/dev/zero of=/tmp/image.bin bs=1M count=512 # a new 512M image
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mkfs.ext4 -F /tmp/image.bin # "format" the disk image, works as a normal user !
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</source>

Revision as of 16:49, 24 February 2015

Contents

Mounting a filesystem image for editing

# Create a destination directory
mkdir /tmp/toto
# Mount your existing filesystem image into it
sudo mount -o loop image.bin /tmp/toto
# Now you can see what is in this filesystem image and change the files ;)
# Don't forget to umount when you're done

Unmounting

sudo umount /tmp/toto

Create an ext4 image from a sdcard

sudo dd if=/dev/sdcard of=/tmp/image.bin

Restore the sdcard

sudo dd if=/tmp/image.bin of=/dev/sdcard

Creating an empty disk image

dd if=/dev/zero of=/tmp/image.bin bs=1M count=512 # a new 512M image
mkfs.ext4 -F /tmp/image.bin # "format" the disk image, works as a normal user !
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