Re: View an install.img file

[Bob Bernstein <poobah%ruptured-duck.com@localhost>]

On Thu, 16 Sep 2021, Manuel Bouyer wrote:

> > 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

Alas, no joy.

$ sudo mount /dev/vnd0a /mnt
mount: no match for `vnd0a': No such process

Let's check:
$ sudo vnconfig -l
vnd0: / (/dev/wd0a) inode 30638808
vnd1: not in use
vnd2: not in use
vnd3: not in use

Another guess:
$ sudo mount /dev/vnd0 /mnt
mount_ffs: /dev/vnd0 on /mnt: incorrect super block

Puzzling.

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Percy Bridgman _The Nature of Physical Theory_
                            (1936)