vdfuse(1)

vdfuse1

X86 virtualization solution

Overview

DESCRIPTION: This Fuse module uses the VirtualBox access library to open a VirtualBox supported VD image file and mount it as a Fuse file system. The mount point contains a flat directory containing the files EntireDisk, Partition1 .. PartitionN. These can then be loop mounted to access the underlying file systems

USAGE: vdfuse [options] -f image-file mountpoint

-h

help

-r

readonly

-t

specify type (VDI, VMDK, VHD, or raw; default: auto)

-f

VDimage file

-a

allow all users to read disk

-w

allow all users to read and write to disk

-g

run in foreground

-v

verbose

-d

debug

NOTE: you must add the line "user_allow_other" (without quotes) to /etc/fuse.confand set proper permissions on /etc/fuse.conf for this to work.

Releases

Unchanged in 2 releases since Debian 6.0 (Squeeze).

  1. 6.0–7

From virtualbox-fuse 4.1.42-dfsg-1+deb7u1 in Debian 7 (Wheezy). Parsed by carta from the page's man source.