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To: K S Sreeram <sreeram@tachyontech.net>
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Subject: Re: VMWare plain disk 
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From: Ian Dowse <iedowse@maths.tcd.ie>
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In message <01052017353303.00615@ks.tachyon.tech>, K S Sreeram writes:
>Hi
>
>Can somebody tell me how to locally mount a vmware plain disk, without using 
>vmware?

You could try using vnconfig: e.g.

	(cd /dev; sh MAKEDEV vn0)
	vnconfig -e -s labels /dev/vn0 /path/to/plain/disk
	mkdir /vmdisk
	mount -t msdos /dev/vn0s1 /vmdisk

and then when you're finished, use

	umount /vmdisk
	vnconfig -u /dev/vn0

Ian

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