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Mounting Linux Partitions in Ubuntu

sudo fdisk -l

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InformIT: Security Reference Guide > PC Forensics Software

Once the image has been created, you can mount the dd image safely using the following command
mount -o ro, loop, noatime /home/images/case1-hdc1-c1-badguy /mnt/case1-hdc1

[From: InformIT: Security Reference Guide > PC Forensics Software]

Nabble - gentoo-user - “loopback mount” hard-drive image created with dd?

> Another hack you can try is use to use ‘–offset’ option of
> ‘losetup’. First figure out from which byte, NTFS partition starts in
> disk image, and then you create a loopback back device for that image
> and the starting offset using ‘losetup’ and finally ‘mount’ the
> loopback as NTFS partition .

Here’s more detail on how to do that

# losetup /dev/loop0 /path/to/diskimage
# fdisk -l /dev/loop0
(example)
Disk /dev/sdb: 160.0 GB, 160041885696 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 19457 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdb1 * 1 1044 8385898 c W95 FAT32 (LBA)
/dev/sdb2 1045 19457 147902422 83 Linux

suppose you want to mount the partition on sdb2, the offset for that
would be 8225280 * 1045 = 8595417600.

detach the disk image
# losetup -d /dev/loop0
and setup the loop for the partiion
# losetup -o8595417600 /dev/loop0 /path/to/diskimage
and mount it
# mount -t fstype /dev/loop0 /path/to/mountdir

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Never reboot linux again? Run your existing Windows install in Linux! « Mohammad Azimi

Running a Windows Partition in VMware - Oopsilon

I have my system partitioned into two: one part of the hard drive hosts a Windows XP partition, and the other runs Gentoo Linux. About a month ago, I was just about tired of having to reboot to switch between the two, so I decided to set up a VM for Windows.

There was, however, a snag to this: I wanted to use the existing Windows installation, because I’d tuned it up and installed the software I always use. I expressly didn’t want a virtual disk image duplicating my Windows drive, since I didn’t have the space for that. So, that was the task: running the Windows partition in a VM.

I hunted around the ‘Net, and found surprisingly little information on this: the procedure I finally threw together was sourced from many disparate places. So, in one place, I’ve put together the steps you’ll need to take in order to get a Windows partition running inside a VM.

[From: Running a Windows Partition in VMware - Oopsilon]