Data recovery from an image

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Data recovery from an image

If something goes wrong (or for some other reason), you might want to recover data from a linux loop image while booting from another Linux install, a Linuxloops image or from a Linux live usb.

Recover data from an unencrypted Linuxloops image
  1. Run the following commands to mount the Linuxloops rootfs:
mkdir -p ./linuxloops_root
image=$(losetup -fP --show <path_to_the_linuxloops_image>)
mount "$image"p3 ./linuxloops_root

  1. Recover your data from the ./linuxloops_root folder

  2. Unmount the Linuxloops rootfs:

umount ./linuxloops_root
losetup -d "$image"
Recover data from an encrypted Linuxloops image
  1. Run the following commands to mount the Linuxloops rootfs:
mkdir -p ./linuxloops_root
image=$(losetup -fP --show <path_to_the_linuxloops_image>)
cryptsetup luksOpen "$image"p3 recovery_root
mount /dev/mapper/recovery_root ./linuxloops_root

  1. Recover your data from the ./linuxloops_root folder

  2. Unmount the Linuxloops rootfs:

umount ./linuxloops_root
cryptsetup luksClose recovery_root
losetup -d "$image"