Mounting a VHD disk image file

On Linux qemu-nbd can be used to access disk images in different formats as if they were block devices.

For example, to mount a VHD file run

1 2	`qemu-nbd --connect=/dev/nbd0` `--format=vpc <vhd_file>` `mount` `/dev/nbd0p1` `/mnt/`

To unmount and disconnect the nbd device run

1 2	`umount` `/mnt` `qemu-nbd --disconnect` `/dev/nbd0`

1 thought on “Mounting a VHD disk image file”

gjolly July 20, 2021 at 15:22

You need to make sure the nbd module is loaded first: modprobe nbd

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