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.TH "xmount" "1" "Jul 10, 2009" "Gillen Daniel" "xmount"
.SH "NAME"
xmount \- Tool to crossmount between multiple input and output image files
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.B xmount
[[fopts] [mopts]] <ifile> [<ifile> [...]] <mntp>
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.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.B xmount
allows you to convert on\-the\-fly between multiple input and output image
types. xmount creates a virtual file system using FUSE (Filesystem in
Userspace) that contains a virtual representation of the input image. The
virtual representation can be in raw DD, in VirtualBox's virtual disk file
format or in VmWare's VMDK format. Input images can be raw DD or EWF (Expert
Witness Compression Format) files. In addition, xmount also supports virtual
write access to the output files that is redirected to a cache file. This
makes it for example possible to use VirtualBox to boot an os contained in a
read\-only EWF image.
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.SH "OPTIONS"
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fopts: (Options specific to FUSE)
\-d: Enable FUSE's and xmount's debug mode.
\-s: Run single threaded.
\-o <fmopts> : Specify fuse mount options.
INFO: For VMDK emulation, you have to uncomment "user_allow_other" in
/etc/fuse.conf and use the \-o allow_root command line parameter.
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.B
mopts: (Options specific to xmount)
\-\-in <type> :
Specify input image type. Type can be "dd" or "ewf".
\-\-info :
Print out some infos about used compiler and libraries.
\-\-out <type> :
Specify output image type. Type can be "dd", "vdi", "vmdk(s)".
\-\-rw <cache_file> :
Enable virtual write support and set cache file to use.
\-\-version :
Same as \-\-info.
INFO: Input and output image type defaults to "dd" if not specified.
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.B
ifile:
Input image file. If you use EWF files, you have to specify all image
segments! (If your shell supports it, you can use .E?? as file
extension to specify all EWF files)
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.B
mntp:
Mount point where virtual files should be located.
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.SH "BUGS"
Hopefully none. If you find any, please e\-mail to <bugs@pinguin.lu>.
.SH "EXAMPLE"
To xmount an EWF image from your acquired disk as a raw DD image under /mnt,
use the following command:
xmount \-\-in ewf ./acquired_disk.E?? /mnt
To xmount the same ewf image as vdi file, you would use a command like this:
xmount \-\-in ewf \-\-out vdi ./acquired_disk.E?? /mnt
And to enable virtual write support on a raw DD input image xmounted as VDI
file:
xmount \-\-out vdi --rw ./acquired_disk.cache ./acquired_disk.dd /mnt

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