It is a XP image. #modprobe nbd max_part=8
#qemu-nbd -c /dev/nbd0 /home/nous/qemu/xp/XPVM.qcow2 #mount /dev/nbd0p1 /media/a mount: special device /dev/nbd0p1 does not exist More details here : #lsblk NAME MAJ:MIN RM SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINT sda 8:0 0 447.1G 0 disk ├─sda1 8:1 0 512M 0 part /boot/efi ├─sda2 8:2 0 434.8G 0 part / └─sda3 8:3 0 11.9G 0 part [SWAP] sr0 11:0 1 1024M 0 rom nbd0 43:0 0 40G 0 disk #fdisk -l /dev/nbd0 Disk /dev/nbd0: 40 GiB, 42949672960 bytes, 83886080 sectors Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes Disklabel type: dos Disk identifier: 0xe885e885 Device Boot Start End Sectors Size Id Type /dev/nbd0p1 * 56 83866439 83866384 40G 7 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT What am I missing Thanks PC