dieechtenilente/mount-raw-lxc-disk.md

Created January 27, 2026 10:17

Select an option

Learn more about clone URLs
Clone this repository at <script src="https://gist.github.com/dieechtenilente/3fcfa9ea9abbc3993903c25618723393.js"></script>
Save dieechtenilente/3fcfa9ea9abbc3993903c25618723393 to your computer and use it in GitHub Desktop.

How to mount raw ext4 disk images (e.g. Proxmox LXC container files)

Raw

Find the disk

cd /path/to/vhd/.zfs/snapshot/autosnap/images/100/

Mount disk with losetup

losetup -f -P vm-100-disk-1.raw

Disk is now a loop device which can be mounted

losetup -l
mount -o ro,noload /dev/loop4 /mnt

Do stuff

cd /mnt

Clean up

umount /mnt
 losetup -d /dev/loop4

Select an option