vboximg-mount --image fc714048-2d6b-42e8-b455-e95725b6138d --list (a VMDK from a VBoxManage export/import) --- vboximg-mount --image fc714048-2d6b-42e8-b455-e95725b6138d --list Virtual disk image: Base: /home/vms/pydev_vivo_1017/pydev_vivo_0620-disk002.vmdk UUID: fc714048-2d6b-42e8-b455-e95725b6138d Partition Boot Start Sectors Size Offset Type pydev_vivo_0620-disk002.vmdk(0) 2048 125827072 59.9G 1048576 Linux native --- vboximg-mount -i 9517fcf0-c5c9-4edf-8631-ca78e15b88ad m --- ls -al m total 14992600 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 0 Jan 1 1970 . drwx------ 4 amo amo 4096 Nov 29 19:21 .. lr--r--r-- 1 root root 0 Nov 29 19:34 pydev_vivo_0620-disk001.vmdk -> /home/vms/pydev_vivo_1017/pydev_vivo_0620-disk001.vmdk -rw-r--r-- 1 nobody nogroup 42949672960 Nov 29 19:35 vhdd -rw-rw-rw- 1 root root 36029168640 Jan 1 1970 vol0 -rw-rw-rw- 1 root root 6913969664 Jan 1 1970 vol1 --- sudo mount m/vol0 /mnt mount: /mnt: cannot mount m/vol0 read-only. ============================ host is Linux Debian 10.6 module: ls -al /usr/lib/virtualbox/vboximg-mount -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 122952 Oct 15 17:24 /usr/lib/virtualbox/vboximg-mount --- VBoxManage --version 6.1.16r140961 --- from inside the VM (Debian bullseye/sid): fdisk -l /dev/sda Disk /dev/sda: 40 GiB, 42949672960 bytes, 83886080 sectors Disk model: VBOX HARDDISK Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes Disklabel type: dos Disk identifier: 0x7ccde131 Device Boot Start End Sectors Size Id Type /dev/sda1 2048 70371517 70369470 33.6G 83 Linux /dev/sda2 70371518 83875364 13503847 6.4G 82 Linux swap / Solaris ---