This is a quick guide to mounting a qcow2 disk images on your host server. This is useful to reset passwords, edit files, or recover something without the virtual machine running.
Step 1 - Enable NBD on the Host
modprobe nbd max_part=8
| Environment Variable | Path |
|---|---|
%ALLUSERSPROFILE% |
C:\Documents and Settings\All Users |
%APPDATA% |
C:\Documents and Settings{username}\Application Data |
%COMMONPROGRAMFILES% |
C:\Program Files\Common Files |
%COMMONPROGRAMFILES(x86)% |
C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files |
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