Re: View an install.img file

[Manuel Bouyer <bouyer%antioche.eu.org@localhost>]

On Thu, Sep 16, 2021 at 12:12:18PM -0400, Bob Bernstein wrote:
> I have grabbed NetBSD-9.99.88-amd64-install.img.gz from
> http://nycdn.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD-daily/HEAD/latest/images/ and gunzipped
> it.
> 
> I thought to mount it for viewing before writing it to my USB stick.
> 
> Shouldn't pester a busy vnode:
> $ sudo vnconfig -l
> vnd0: not in use
> vnd1: not in use
> vnd2: not in use
> vnd3: not in use
> 
> Create a vnode:
> $ sudo vnconfig -c vnd0 ~/NetBSD-9.99.88-amd64-install.img
> 
> Now I run aground:
> $ sudo mount -t msdos /dev/vnd0a /mnt
> mount: no match for `vnd0a': No such process
> 
> I am of course guessing at 'msdos' AND vnd0a! The Guide provides examples
> for iso images but I don't see any for "install.img".

the install image isn't msdos but ffs. So just
$ sudo mount /dev/vnd0a /mnt

should work

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Manuel Bouyer <bouyer%antioche.eu.org@localhost>
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