Loop back mount a VMDK flat image on a Linux Box

Question

I am trying to loop mount a VMDK flat image generated by VMware fusion. The VMDK file has the -flat extension. I am trying to use kpartx

kpartx -av /path/to /my/vmdk

but I get

llseek error
device-mapper: resume ioctl on loop0p1 failed: invalid argument
create/reload failed on loop0p1
add map loop0p1 (0:0): 0 18872320 linear /dev/loop0 2048

I also tried to convert the vmdk into raw and I got the same error

Any idea what's wrong?

Do you already have loop0p1 used? it does not release them automatically - even if the mount command fails. — TheFiddlerWins, Jul 28 '15 at 21:23

score 8 · Answer 1 · answered Jul 28 '15 at 22:17

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For some reason this has worked

losetup /dev/loop0 <vmdk file>
kpartx -av /dev/loop0
mount /dev/mapper/loop0p1 /mount/point

I have no idea why this worked and not the above method. If you have any explanation, please let me know.

answered Jul 28 '15 at 22:17

user301916

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You can (and should) accept your own answer if it solved your problem. – zymhan Apr 14 '16 at 17:48

Loop back mount a VMDK flat image on a Linux Box

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