systemd-dissect
Inspect and mount disk images
TLDR
Show general image information
$ systemd-dissect [path/to/image.raw]
Mount an OS image$ systemd-dissect -m [path/to/image.raw] [/mnt/image]
Unmount an OS image$ systemd-dissect -u [/mnt/image]
List files in an image$ systemd-dissect -l [path/to/image.raw]
Attach an OS image to a loopback device$ systemd-dissect --attach [path/to/image.raw]
Detach an OS image from a loopback device$ systemd-dissect --detach [path/to/device]
SYNOPSIS
systemd-dissect [options] [image]
DESCRIPTION
systemd-dissect introspects and interacts with Discoverable Disk Images (DDIs) and other OS disk images. It can mount, list, and manipulate image contents without requiring manual loopback setup.
The tool supports various image formats including raw disk images with GPT partition tables, following the Discoverable Partitions Specification for automatic partition type recognition.
PARAMETERS
-m, --mount
Mount the image to a directory-u, --umount
Unmount a mounted image-l, --list
List files in the image--attach
Attach image to loopback device--detach
Detach image from loopback device-x, --copy-from
Copy files from image-a, --copy-to
Copy files to image--root-hash _hash_
Specify dm-verity root hash
CAVEATS
Requires appropriate kernel support for filesystem types in the image. dm-verity images require the root hash to be provided. Part of the systemd suite.
SEE ALSO
systemd-nspawn(1), losetup(8), mount(8)