Open vdi files linux

Mounting/opening virtualbox disk image (vdi) on linux host

Is it possible to mount vdi like for example iso? Or open it with some archive program? If yes, how? edit: My vdi is dynamically expanding storage and i have snapshots too.

Is this the subset of a larger problem? Are you trying to access data for a VM you don’t want to start for some reason? If it is running and you to access the data, some sort of file sharing from the VM is probably the best solution.

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For both fixed and dynamic-sized images:

On Linux you can use qemu-nbd . On Debian it’s in the qemu-tools package. It’s likely in a similar package for other distros. It will let you mount any disk image recognised by qemu, which includes VDI.

Install it, modprobe nbd to make sure it’s loaded, then do a qemu-nbd -c /dev/nbd0 to make it available. It will show up as /dev/nbd0p? for each of the partitions in the image unless told to do otherwise. See the man page for further details.

When finished, a qemu-nbd -d /dev/nbd0 will detach it.

Be sure you don’t have it attached in multiple places at once! This WILL cause problems!

Tool for fixed size Disk Drives:
It can be done with static vdi images (Fixed Size, not dynamically expanding). It is a matter of finding the offset in the image where the partition starts.

Here is page that has a shell script that automates the process for you.

If Dynamic:
Method 1
If you are using a dynamically size image, convert it to a fixed size image (make sure you have the HD space) and then use the above tool (reference):

vditool COPYDD myDynamicDisk.vdi static_dump.vdi 

Method 2
Reading up it seems vditool is no longer included. A simple way to create the partition image would be to use gparted iso as a boot disc inside of the Virtualbox VM to create the image of the partition to a location on your network, and then mount that image.

Fuse Module:
There is also a fuse file system for this called vdimount that does this, but I am not sure how well it works.

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Монтирование VirtualBox образов vdi в Ubuntu.

Если хочется подключать виртуальные диски операционных систем в формате VirtualBox в локальную папку для более удобной работы, то вам поможет vdfuse.

Модуль использует библиотеку для доступа к образам VirtualBox и монтирует в локальную папку, используя FUSE. В локальной папке вы обнаружите EntireDisk, Partition1 . PartitionN.

Сначала нужно установить vdfuse в Ubuntu.
sudo apt-get install virtualbox-fuse

Синтаксис команды такой:
vdfuse [опции] -f образ точка_монтирования
-h помощь
-r монтировать только для чтения
-t тип (VDI, VMDK, VHD или raw; по умолчанию: автоопределение)
-f образ
-a разрешить всем читать диск
-w разрешить всем читать и писать
-g запустить в фоне
-v подробнее
-d отладка

Нужно добавить user_allow_other в /etc/fuse.conf и указать корректные настройки прав доступа в /etc/fuse.conf.

Для примера, мы хотим подключить vdi образ.
sudo vdfuse -f /путь/к/файлу.vdi /путь/к/точке_монтирования

/путь/к/точке_монтирования будет содержать EntireDisk, Partition1 . PartitionN. Их можно опять таки подключить, чтобы видеть уже собственно файлы и папки на разделах виртуального диска.

Ещё монтируем смонтированное, в примере первый раздел Partition1:
sudo mount /путь/к/Partition1 /путь/для/монтирования/раздела

Вуаля! Получайте доступ к виртуальному жёсткому диску.

А знаете ли вы, что в VirtualBox можно виртуальную машину наблюдать НЕ в окне, а используя бесшовный режим, работать с окнами гостевой системы, как с окнами родной хостовой системы, стирая грани между системами?

Дополнительные материалы:
Proxmox VE — виртуализация уровня предприятия.

Дата последней правки: 2012-07-24 10:31:52

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How to Mount VirtualBox Disk Image (VDI) to Access VM File-System in Ubuntu

This tutorial shows how to mount the VirtualBox virtual disk image in Ubuntu, so you can access the Guest OS file system with read and write permission, if it does not boot.

After misconfigured my VirtualBox Guest OS, it does not longer work. I know how to correct the issue to make it boot again, but firstly accessing to the file system is required!

Since the VBox user manual does not work, here’s what I did in Ubuntu 20.04 host with VirtualBox 6.1.x:

Before getting started, make sure Guest OS is shutdown. And the disk image is not in use. Also UN-MOUNT the disk once the job done.

1.) Firstly open terminal from system application launcher. When it opens, run command:

vboximg-mount is a utility to make VBox disk images available to the host. With —list , it list all Disk Images as well as the UUID.

In the case, I have all Guest OSes on single Disk Image (.vdi). And the uuid is: “3db5fd91-fd56-46af-a2d2-98cd62b05ea3”

2.) Next perform a FUSE mount of the virtual disk image:

First create a folder as mount point, vbox_sysdisk for instance:

vboximg-mount -i 3db5fd91-fd56-46af-a2d2-98cd62b05ea3 -o allow_root vbox_sysdisk

NOTE: You may need to edit the “/etc/fuse.conf” to make the -o allow_root flag work. To do so, run command sudo gedit /etc/fuse.conf and enable (remove # at its beginning) “user_allow_other” line.

3.) As the previous picture shows, I have 5 disk partitions: vol0, vol1, …, vol4. Now mount either partition (vol4 for instance) to /mnt via command:

sudo mount vbox_sysdis/vol4 /mnt

Finally go to /mnt directory and there you are.

Unmount:

To un-mount the guest os file system, run command:

To un-mount the VBox disk image, run command:

And you may finally remove that folder either from file manager or by running command in terminal:

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Is there any way to extract content of .vdi file?

I am having Ubuntu as a Host machine and Windows VM. The VM is not starting. I need to take some important files from the virtual machine to Host Machine. So is there any way to extract the contents of Windows VM without running it?

Check out the answers to this question. There are three solid options. Hopefully one of them works for you 👍🏻

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P7Zip will open VDI files

• Install P7Zip-Desktop from Ubuntu Software.
• Open folder containing VDI file in Nautilus, (Files).
• Right click VDI file and select Open with Other Application .
• Select P7Zip Desktop.
• Double click the VDI file in the P7Zip window.
• View or extract files as you like.

If you are using Windows-10, you can use 7-Zip to extract vdi files.
Its an opensource and free software and very easy to use.

• Download the software
• Navigate to the your vdi file.
• Double click on the vdi file
• In my case, I saw files like 0.fat, 1.img
• Check the file type and size to determine which file you want to open.
• Double click on the file. I double clicked on 1.img because that was my device.
• Wait for few minutes.
• When the process is complete, you will see the complete filesystem.
• Now you can easily copy files to you windows drive.

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