Re: [Xen-users] GPLV Drivers 0.9.8 Windows Server 2k3r2 on Debian Etch 64-bit + Backports + Xen 3.2.1 Crashed on first boot.

[Stephan Seitz <s.seitz@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> Try the following:
>
> fdisk /dev/vgname/lvname
> u (to change units)
> p (to print the partition table)
> q (to quit)
>
> Find the partition you are interested in - probably the first one - and
> note the starting sector (probably 63). Multiply that starting sector by
> 512 and use that number as the offset in a mount command, eg:
>
> mount -oloop,offset=32256 /dev/vgname/lvname /mnt
>
> or as the offset in a losetup command.
Just to add my two cents,

its much easier using kpartx.

# kpartx -a /dev/vgname/lvname
# mount -o loop /dev/mapper/vgname--lvname--pnumber /mnt
# ...
# umount /mnt
# kpartx -d /dev/vgname/lvname
         ^^^ if this last step is skipped, bad things may happen ;)

cheers,

Stephan

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