With the command pv it is possible to clone a drive, how do I mount it?

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I was able to backup a drive using the following command.



pv -EE /dev/sda > disk-image.img


This is all well and good, but now I have no way of seeing the files unless I use this command



pv disk-image.img > /dev/sda


This, of course, writes the data back to the disk which is not what I want to do. My question is what can I do to mount the .img file itself instead of just writing back to a disk?



I've tried mounting using loop but it seems to complain about an invalid NTFS.



$ mount -o loop disk-image.img
mount: disk-image.img: can't find in /etc/fstab.
$ mount -o loop disk-image.img /mnt/disk-image/
NTFS signature is missing.
Failed to mount '/dev/loop32': Invalid argument
The device '/dev/loop32' doesn't seem to have a valid NTFS.
Maybe the wrong device is used? Or the whole disk instead of a
partition (e.g. /dev/sda, not /dev/sda1)? Or the other way around?





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    What does file disk-image.img tell you?
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    disk-image.img: DOS/MBR boot sector
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I was able to backup a drive using the following command.



pv -EE /dev/sda > disk-image.img


This is all well and good, but now I have no way of seeing the files unless I use this command



pv disk-image.img > /dev/sda


This, of course, writes the data back to the disk which is not what I want to do. My question is what can I do to mount the .img file itself instead of just writing back to a disk?



I've tried mounting using loop but it seems to complain about an invalid NTFS.



$ mount -o loop disk-image.img
mount: disk-image.img: can't find in /etc/fstab.
$ mount -o loop disk-image.img /mnt/disk-image/
NTFS signature is missing.
Failed to mount '/dev/loop32': Invalid argument
The device '/dev/loop32' doesn't seem to have a valid NTFS.
Maybe the wrong device is used? Or the whole disk instead of a
partition (e.g. /dev/sda, not /dev/sda1)? Or the other way around?





mount disk-image pv







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    What does file disk-image.img tell you?
    – Nick ODell
    2 hours ago






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    disk-image.img: DOS/MBR boot sector
    – tisaconundrum
    2 hours ago












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I was able to backup a drive using the following command.



pv -EE /dev/sda > disk-image.img


This is all well and good, but now I have no way of seeing the files unless I use this command



pv disk-image.img > /dev/sda


This, of course, writes the data back to the disk which is not what I want to do. My question is what can I do to mount the .img file itself instead of just writing back to a disk?



I've tried mounting using loop but it seems to complain about an invalid NTFS.



$ mount -o loop disk-image.img
mount: disk-image.img: can't find in /etc/fstab.
$ mount -o loop disk-image.img /mnt/disk-image/
NTFS signature is missing.
Failed to mount '/dev/loop32': Invalid argument
The device '/dev/loop32' doesn't seem to have a valid NTFS.
Maybe the wrong device is used? Or the whole disk instead of a
partition (e.g. /dev/sda, not /dev/sda1)? Or the other way around?





mount disk-image pv







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I was able to backup a drive using the following command.



pv -EE /dev/sda > disk-image.img


This is all well and good, but now I have no way of seeing the files unless I use this command



pv disk-image.img > /dev/sda


This, of course, writes the data back to the disk which is not what I want to do. My question is what can I do to mount the .img file itself instead of just writing back to a disk?



I've tried mounting using loop but it seems to complain about an invalid NTFS.



$ mount -o loop disk-image.img
mount: disk-image.img: can't find in /etc/fstab.
$ mount -o loop disk-image.img /mnt/disk-image/
NTFS signature is missing.
Failed to mount '/dev/loop32': Invalid argument
The device '/dev/loop32' doesn't seem to have a valid NTFS.
Maybe the wrong device is used? Or the whole disk instead of a
partition (e.g. /dev/sda, not /dev/sda1)? Or the other way around?





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    What does file disk-image.img tell you?
    – Nick ODell
    2 hours ago






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    disk-image.img: DOS/MBR boot sector
    – tisaconundrum
    2 hours ago












  • 1




    What does file disk-image.img tell you?
    – Nick ODell
    2 hours ago






  • 1




    disk-image.img: DOS/MBR boot sector
    – tisaconundrum
    2 hours ago







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What does file disk-image.img tell you?
– Nick ODell
2 hours ago




What does file disk-image.img tell you?
– Nick ODell
2 hours ago




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disk-image.img: DOS/MBR boot sector
– tisaconundrum
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disk-image.img: DOS/MBR boot sector
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You backed up the whole disk including the MBR (512 bytes), and not a simple partition which you can mount, so you have to skip the MBR.



Please try with:



sudo losetup -o 512 /dev/loop0 disk-image.img
sudo mount -t ntfs-3g /dev/loop0 /mnt





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Install p7zip-full if you don't have it already, then take a look with 



sudo 7z /pathtowhereitis/whatever.img





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    You backed up the whole disk including the MBR (512 bytes), and not a simple partition which you can mount, so you have to skip the MBR.



    Please try with:



    sudo losetup -o 512 /dev/loop0 disk-image.img
    sudo mount -t ntfs-3g /dev/loop0 /mnt





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    You backed up the whole disk including the MBR (512 bytes), and not a simple partition which you can mount, so you have to skip the MBR.



    Please try with:



    sudo losetup -o 512 /dev/loop0 disk-image.img
    sudo mount -t ntfs-3g /dev/loop0 /mnt





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    • Splendid insight!
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    You backed up the whole disk including the MBR (512 bytes), and not a simple partition which you can mount, so you have to skip the MBR.



    Please try with:



    sudo losetup -o 512 /dev/loop0 disk-image.img
    sudo mount -t ntfs-3g /dev/loop0 /mnt





    share|improve this answer












    You backed up the whole disk including the MBR (512 bytes), and not a simple partition which you can mount, so you have to skip the MBR.



    Please try with:



    sudo losetup -o 512 /dev/loop0 disk-image.img
    sudo mount -t ntfs-3g /dev/loop0 /mnt






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    Install p7zip-full if you don't have it already, then take a look with 



    sudo 7z /pathtowhereitis/whatever.img





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      Install p7zip-full if you don't have it already, then take a look with 



      sudo 7z /pathtowhereitis/whatever.img





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        Install p7zip-full if you don't have it already, then take a look with 



        sudo 7z /pathtowhereitis/whatever.img





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        Install p7zip-full if you don't have it already, then take a look with 



        sudo 7z /pathtowhereitis/whatever.img






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