loopback mounting a LVM in two disk image files

[fred smith]

On Wed, Nov 25, 2009 at 03:58:31PM +1300, Clint Dilks wrote:
> fred smith wrote:
> >I've got two files that are disk images of /dev/sda and /dev/sdb, 
> >containing
> >my F11 installation from my eeepc 901. I'd like to occasioinally be able to
> >access files therein without having to restore them to the "disks" in the
> >901 (thereby blowing away my F12 installation, btw.)
> >
> >I created them with f11's Anaconda, using its default settings to partition
> >the two drives into one big LVM volume, with separate /boot and swap.
> >
> >Can someone point me in the right direction to find out how to access the
> >partition hidden somewhere within that 20 gigs of bits?
> >
> >recipes welcome.
> >
> >Thanks!
> >
> >  
> Hi Fred,
> 
> I suggest you do some research into losetup
> 
> the example at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loop_device may be a good 
> place to start and then you would need to do a vgscan to mount your LVM 
> partions.

Thanks, I'll check that out.

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