Ubuntu 14.04 : guestfish

Here is an example of how to use guestfish

# apt-get install -y libguestfs-tools # update-guestfs-appliance

mount a qcow2 image.

mount /dev/VolGroup/lv_root (mount point is / ) ant then copy a file “hello.txt” to /usr/local/foo/ directory.

# guestfish ><fs> add ./centos6-vm1.qcow2 ><fs> run ><fs> list-filesystems /dev/sda1: ext4 /dev/VolGroup/lv_root: ext4 /dev/VolGroup/lv_swap: swap ><fs> ><fs> mount /dev/VolGroup/lv_root / ><fs> ><fs> cp /usr/local/bar/hello.txt /usr/local/foo/ ><fs> nise.sh ><fs> ><fs> exit