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QEMU-KVM Mount Raw Image Shut down the VM using the file Mount the image to a loop device using kpartx kpartx -av /path/to/img/file It should give you a list of the partitions. They will be created in the /dev/mapper directory with the names loop0p1, loop0p2, loop0p3, etc. for every partition in the image. Mount the partition mount /dev/mapper/loop0p1 /mnt Make the necessary changes Unmount umount /mnt Delete the loop device kpartx -dv /dev/loop0 Start the VM back up Install ntfs-3g if you need to mount an NTFS partition: yum install epel-release yum --enablerepo epel install ntfs-3g fuse Note: on CentOS 7 after running kpartx -av.... it automounted in /run/media/<username>/volume name...