Le vendredi 26 avril 2019, 10:03:12 CEST Michael Prokop a écrit : > Hi! > > * Justin B Rye [Thu Apr 25, 2019 at 11:49:28PM +0100]: > > Xavier Brochard wrote: > [...] > > > > Description: tool to crossmount between multiple input and output > > > harddisk images> > > That's a bit long (in a synopsis, several of these words are > > unnecessary), and not even really accurate - it isn't for converting > > between *images*, it's for converting between *formats*. > > > > Here's a suggested thoroughly rewritten version: > > Description: tool for crossmounting between disk image formats > > > > xmount converts between multiple input and output disk image types > > on the fly, using FUSE (Filesystem in Userspace) to create a virtual > > file system representing the input image. The virtual representation > > can be in raw DD, DMG, VirtualBox VDI format, Microsoft VHD format, or > > VMware VMDK format; input images can be raw DD, EWF (Expert Witness > > Compression Format), or AFF (Advanced Forensic Format) files. > > . > > xmount can be used to boot forensic disk images with QEMU, KVM, > > VirtualBox, VmWare, or the like, since it supports virtual write > > access with redirection to a cache file.
I would put this last sentence at first, it will ease to understand what the primary purpose of xmount is. xmount is not the right tool if one need a virtual FS for running a VM at work like a virtual server. -- Librement, Xavier Brochard « La liberté est à l'homme ce que les ailes sont à l'oiseau » (Jean-Pierre Rosnay)
