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TimB
Asked: 2019-04-28 22:01:36 +0800 CST

Is it possible to mount VHDX in Linux as RW?

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Is it possible to mount VHDX (not vhd) disk file in Linux as a read + write block device ?

I have found that qemu-img allows conversion of vhdx disks to other formats, but I am looking for read + write mounting of such disks.

There is also qemu-nbd which allows for read-only mounting of vhdx disks.

But is there a ways to mount vhdx disk as a read + write ?

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    qemu-nbd offers according to its man page man qemu-nbd a read only option. There is no indication for limitation on mount options.

    qemu-nbd maps the vhdx file to a block device, e.g /dev/nbd0, which can then be mounted as rw to a directory.

    This Gist from allenyllee contains mount/unmount scripts with the required commands: https://gist.github.com/allenyllee/0a4c02952bf695470860b27369bbb60d

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