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--- kvm_repair_qcow2 [2015/05/22 11:24] – [KVM repair qcow2 image] admin
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 =====KVM repair qcow2 image=====
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 Image end offset: 27071414272</code>
   * Check again, if you're lucky you might try to boot the VM in rescue mode and repair the fileystem there.
-  * If not, try to mount the image with nbd and fix it:<code>modprobe nbd max_part=16
+  * If not, try to mount the image with nbd and fix it (eg. with testdisk):<code>modprobe nbd max_part=16
 qemu-nbd -c /dev/nbd0 image.qcow2
 partprobe /dev/nbd0
 mount /dev/nbd0p1 /mnt/image</code>
+  * Or with guestfish:<code>yum install libguestfs-tools
+ guestfish --rw -a vmflow.qcow2
+Welcome to guestfish, the guest filesystem shell for
+editing virtual machine filesystems and disk images.
+Type: 'help' for help on commands
+      'man' to read the manual
+      'quit' to quit the shell
+> run
+> list-filesystems
+/dev/sda1: ext4
+> mount /dev/sda1 /
+</code>