How do I examine a specific partition of a disk after capturing the front of the disk with a utility such as 'dd'?
Issue
- I've captured the front of a disk device using
dd
and need to examine thedd
output file. - The disk information I've captured contains partitions. I want to examine a specific partition to see if it contains any filesystem metadata.
- I'm performing a 'Root Cause Analysis' have captured on disk metadata for examination, how do I mount the metadata as if it's a true disk device for further analysis?
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
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