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mount vhdx in linux
#!/bin/bash
# install qemu utils
sudo apt install qemu-utils
# install nbd client
sudo apt install nbd-client
#!/bin/bash
VHDX_IMG="$1"
MOUNT_POINT="$2"
# [ubuntu] How do you mount a VHD image
# https://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2299701
#
# Load the nbd kernel module.
sudo rmmod nbd;sudo modprobe nbd max_part=16
# mount block device
sudo qemu-nbd -c /dev/nbd0 "$VHDX_IMG"
# reload partition table
sudo partprobe /dev/nbd0
# mount partition
sudo mount -o rw,nouser /dev/nbd0p1 "$MOUNT_POINT"
#!/bin/bash
MOUNT_POINT="$1"
#unmount & remove nbd module
sudo umount "$MOUNT_POINT" && sudo qemu-nbd -d /dev/nbd0 && sudo rmmod nbd
@stewSquared
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stewSquared commented Oct 4, 2021

Thank you. This allowed me to mount WSL2 partitions from native linux after running into errors with libguestfs.

@GamerBene19
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Simmilar to @stewSquared I mounted a WSL2 partion aswell. The only thing I had to change was the last command of the mount script, because in my case there were no partitions just /dev/nbd0 so I my command was:
sudo mount -o rw,nouser /dev/nbd0 "$MOUNT_POINT" (notice the missing p1)

@ChayMartis
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Thank you very much! @allenyllee ! Is it also possible with VHDX configured with Bitlocker encryption?

@YT-Advanced
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Anyway to resize the image please @allenyllee

@opty77
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opty77 commented Jun 18, 2023

On 64-bit Slackware 15.0 I didn't have to specify max_part=16 (default). Using qemu-nbd -r both *.vhd and *.vhdx works without partprobe and I didn't even need nbd-client from the nbd package and I didn't have to reload the nbd kernel module after each try. BTW, I run modprobe -r nbd instead of rmmod nbd for the final cleanup.

@SilvaEmerson
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Ty! Awesome script 👌

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