loopback mounting a LVM in two disk image files

[Clint Dilks]

fred smith wrote:
> I've got two files that are disk images of /dev/sda and /dev/sdb, containing
> my F11 installation from my eeepc 901. I'd like to occasioinally be able to
> access files therein without having to restore them to the "disks" in the
> 901 (thereby blowing away my F12 installation, btw.)
>
> I created them with f11's Anaconda, using its default settings to partition
> the two drives into one big LVM volume, with separate /boot and swap.
>
> Can someone point me in the right direction to find out how to access the
> partition hidden somewhere within that 20 gigs of bits?
>
> recipes welcome.
>
> Thanks!
>
>   
Hi Fred,

I suggest you do some research into losetup

the example at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loop_device may be a good 
place to start and then you would need to do a vgscan to mount your LVM 
partions.