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systemd-dissect — Introspect and interact with file system OS disk images, specifically Discoverable Disk Images (DDIs

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Problem

How to use the systemd-dissect command: Introspect and interact with file system OS disk images, specifically Discoverable Disk Images (DDIs). More information: <https://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/latest/systemd-dissect.html>.

Solution

systemd-dissect — Introspect and interact with file system OS disk images, specifically Discoverable Disk Images (DDIs). More information: <https://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/latest/systemd-dissect.html>.

Show general image information about the OS image:

systemd-dissect {{path/to/image.raw}}

Mount an OS image:

systemd-dissect {{[-m|--mount]}} {{path/to/image.raw}} {{/mnt/image}}

Unmount an OS image:

systemd-dissect {{[-u|--umount]}} {{/mnt/image}}

List files in an image:

systemd-dissect {{[-l|--list]}} {{path/to/image.raw}}

Attach an OS image to an automatically allocated loopback block device and print its path:

systemd-dissect --attach {{path/to/image.raw}}

Detach an OS image from a loopback block device:

systemd-dissect --detach {{path/to/device}}

Code Snippets

Show general image information about the OS image

systemd-dissect {{path/to/image.raw}}

Mount an OS image

systemd-dissect {{[-m|--mount]}} {{path/to/image.raw}} {{/mnt/image}}

Unmount an OS image

systemd-dissect {{[-u|--umount]}} {{/mnt/image}}

List files in an image

systemd-dissect {{[-l|--list]}} {{path/to/image.raw}}

Attach an OS image to an automatically allocated loopback block device and print its path

systemd-dissect --attach {{path/to/image.raw}}

Context

tldr-pages: linux/systemd-dissect

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