Mounting VirtualDsik in linux machine

[Akshatha]

Hi All,
i have created virtualdisk in linux host machine for running vxsim
simulator.
I want to view all the files created in this virtualdisk in linux
desktop as i see from vxsim's winshell.

The virtual disk had DOS filesystem and i am trying to mount this in
linux

[root@akshath-OME sp2_vx15]# mount -t vfat /omesim/scripts/sim_ws1/
sp2_vx15/virtual_disk_root /mnt/sim
mount: /omesim/scripts/sim_ws1/sp2_vx15/virtual_disk_root is not a
block device (maybe try `-o loop'?)
[root@akshath-OME sp2_vx15

Also tried with -o option

[root@akshath-OME sp2_vx15]# mount -o loop -t vfat /omesim/scripts/
sim_ws1/sp2_vx15/virtual_disk_root /mnt/sim
mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/loop0,
or too many mounted file systems
(could this be the IDE device where you in fact use
ide-scsi so that sr0 or sda or so is needed?)

Any idea what is the issue here?

Thanks in advance,
aks

[peter....@gmail.com]

The VxWorks virtual disk has a 48 byte header on it. So, if you want
to mount the virtual disk from linux, try ...
mount -oloop,offset=48 <path to virtual disk file> <path to where
you want to mount it>

Sparky.

[Akshatha]

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yes this works. Thanks a lot for the info.

[Akshatha]

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Hi,
what if i dont have a root acess to mount this disk?
Can i use pmount? i dont find pmount in my linux machine.. but found
soem rpm package fro pmount. Can i use this so that user can mount
this disk?