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backdown mount

Mount a partition read-only (one backdown volumes calls mountable), or attach a disk image read-only and mount what's on it; never read-write, and as you: udisks on Linux, diskutil and hdiutil on macOS (Windows attaches ISO, VHD and VHDX images). Without a target, lists what BackDown has mounted.

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backdown mount [OPTIONS] [TARGET]

Arguments

[TARGET]
A partition (e.g. /dev/sdb1) or a disk image file.

Also takes the global options --db and --local.

Good to know

Always read-only, and as you, through the system's own tools: udisksctl on Linux (it checks the mount really is read-only), diskutil and hdiutil on macOS, Mount-DiskImage on Windows. It refuses the running system's partitions, locked encrypted volumes, LVM and RAID members, swap and empty partitions. When the system wants an administrator's password, it shows the command to run instead. What it mounted is kept in mounts.json in your data folder.

Examples

# a partition `backdown volumes` calls mountable
backdown mount /dev/sdb1
# a disk image: attached read-only, and what is on it mounted
backdown mount /media/archive/Images/old-laptop.img
# what BackDown has mounted
backdown mount

See also

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