mount failed with vmware-mount

[luojia1]

FuseMount: Mounting the disk read-only instead.

mount: 无法以只读方式挂载 /dev/loop0

NTFS signature is missing.

Failed to mount '/dev/loop0': 无效的参数

The device '/dev/loop0' doesn't seem to have a valid NTFS.

Maybe the wrong device is used? Or the whole disk instead of a

partition (e.g. /dev/sda, not /dev/sda1)? Or the other way around?

Failed to mount partition 5 of disk 'xxxxxxxxxx.vmdk' on '/mnt/vm/test': The virtual disk does not have any partitions that the host system knows how to mount

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How to solve this problem?

[continuum]

Use hexdump -C /dev/loop0 | less.

The first few bytes of a mountable NTFS partition should look like this

[luojia1]

i cannot dump /dev/loop0.

mount vmdk file with vmware, The following error is prompted.

[continuum]

Your problem is either:

- you try to mount a partition that is either of an unknown kind or corrupt

- you try to mount the wrong partition or the full disk

- vmware-mount itself fails

For debugging we need to see a hexdump of the partition header or details about your vmdk - or better both.

[luojia1]

this is my vmdk:

# Disk DescriptorFile

version=1

encoding="UTF-8"

CID=63713856

parentCID=ffffffff

createType="twoGbMaxExtentSparse"

# Extent description

RW 8323072 SPARSE "CentOS7-64-vm-s001.vmdk"

RW 8323072 SPARSE "CentOS7-64-vm-s002.vmdk"

RW 4325376 SPARSE "CentOS7-64-vm-s003.vmdk"

# The Disk Data Base

#DDB

ddb.adapterType = "lsilogic"

ddb.geometry.cylinders = "1305"

ddb.geometry.heads = "255"

ddb.geometry.sectors = "63"

ddb.longContentID = "e41a4609687051b0e9d295cf63713856"

ddb.toolsInstallType = "4"

ddb.toolsVersion = "10282"

ddb.uuid = "60 00 C2 90 5e d5 91 0b-61 a9 a4 39 e0 a7 22 b0"

ddb.virtualHWVersion = "16"

[continuum]

Do you have an NTFS-partition inside that vmdk ?

Please show the partitiontable of that vmdk with gparted or gdisk / fdisk.

[luojia1]

i create this vm on windows, and open it on linux.

[continuum]

Your story does not really add up.

The first message speaks about a missing NTFS-signature - which is not even required for the disk you show us now.

This disk uses an unusual partition-scheme.

Most tools would probably expect that an extenteded partition uses the number 4 instead of 3 in your case.

And whats the point in trying to mount a swap-partition ? If you want to do that in a forensic investigation context you sure would not use vmware-mount to do so.

Anyway - I dont think that vmware-mount is a reliable tool - even with the good old version 12 it already appeared to be buggy - but in your case I rather blame the obscure partitiontable and / or the fact that you try to mount a swap partition.

[luojia1]

i don't mount a swap partition.i can mount the vmdk which created by linux vmware, but not created by windows.

reproduce this case, create a centos7 vm on windows, mount it with linux vmware-mount tool on linux.

[continuum]

> Failed to mount partition 5 of disk 'xxxxxxxxxx.vmdk' on '/mnt/vm/test': The virtual disk does not have any partitions that the host system knows how to mount.

and

> i don't mount a swap partition.

Again - your story does not add up.

[luojia1]

i don't mount swap partition.error occurred.

it will prompt "The virtual disk does not have any partitions that the host system knows how to mount" when i use vddk.

they are same error.

[continuum]

> "The virtual disk does not have any partitions that the host system knows how to mount"

Look into that !!!

[luojia1]

this means vddk can recognize three partitions, include  Linux swap partition 、Extended partition、Linux partition， but these three partitions all cannot be mounted.

[continuum]

I declare defeat - this troubleshooting pattern is boring / non productive.

You: provide one detail

Me: that looks like ....

You: I dont do that / have that ... here is another detail

Me: that looks like ....

You: I dont do that / have that ... here is another detail

Why dont you simply use another Linux VM to read that vmdk ?

[luojia1]

ok, just one way, read this vmdk by using vmware-mount, this way still failed.

i need read this vmdk by code.

[continuum]

vmware-mount asks for a vmdk.

You tell it which one to use.

This works.

vmware-mount next asks for a partition

You tell it which one to use.

FAILURE

Now I am clueless:

First looks like you try to mount a NTFS partition

- next reply it looks like you use a swap partition

- next reply you give 3 partition types ....

- explain with complete details or I am done.