How to Mount the VM Disk
Mount the VM Disk which built On image file, ------------------------------------------------------------------------- losetup /dev/loop0 /root/mailserver.img -Attach the image file to loop device. kpartx -a -v /dev/loop0 -Map the vm partitions, Output: ------------ add map loop0p1 (253:4): 0 1024000 linear /dev/loop0 2048 add map loop0p2 (253:5): 0 7362560 linear /dev/loop0 1026048 Then mount the VM partitions, mount /dev/mapper/loop0p1 /mnt/boot mount /dev/mapper/loop0p2 /mnt/root -->if it is not LVM. if vm root partition is an LVM, You will receive the below error, mount: unknown filesystem type 'LVM2_member' Which means LVM not identify that vm lvm partition. pvscan vgscan && lvscan Output: ------------- inactive '/dev/VolGroup/lv_root' [17.54 GiB] inherit inactive '/dev/VolGroup/lv_swap' [1.97 GiB] inherit ACTIVE '/dev/vg0/ubuntu' [10.00 GiB] inherit ACTIVE