Data-recovery.md

Data recovery from an image

If something goes wrong (or for some other reason), you might want to recover data from a linux loop image while booting from another Linux install, a Linuxloops image or from a Linux live usb.

Recover data from an unencrypted Linuxloops image

1. Run the following commands to mount the Linuxloops rootfs:

mkdir -p ./linuxloops_root
image=$(losetup -fP --show <path_to_the_linuxloops_image>)
mount "$image"p3 ./linuxloops_root

2. Recover your data from the ./linuxloops_root folder

3. Unmount the Linuxloops rootfs:

umount ./linuxloops_root
losetup -d "$image"

Recover data from an encrypted Linuxloops image

1. Run the following commands to mount the Linuxloops rootfs:

mkdir -p ./linuxloops_root
image=$(losetup -fP --show <path_to_the_linuxloops_image>)
cryptsetup luksOpen "$image"p3 recovery_root
mount /dev/mapper/recovery_root ./linuxloops_root

2. Recover your data from the ./linuxloops_root folder

3. Unmount the Linuxloops rootfs:

umount ./linuxloops_root
cryptsetup luksClose recovery_root
losetup -d "$image"