From: nospam@needed.invalid   
      
   On Thu, 2/19/2026 12:50 AM, Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:   
   > On Wed, 18 Feb 2026 23:49:26 -0500, Paul wrote:   
   >   
   >> I found a method to mount a clonezilla partclone image and gain   
   >> random access.   
   >>   
   >> [lots of rigmarole omitted]   
   >   
   > That’s a helluva complicated way to gain access.   
   >   
   > The “dd” command I mentioned elsewhere can do a straight copy of a   
   > partition or entire disk to an image file, which can be directly   
   > mounted using the regular “mount” command.   
   >   
   > And then of course you can avoid the whole image business altogether,   
   > by using rsync to do file-level backups, as we have discussed   
   > (multiple times) before.   
   >   
      
   Well, I'm pleased to note that a "logical thing",   
   someone DID write the software for it. And despite   
   some comments by the guy writing the software, the   
   command line invocations are pretty simple.   
      
   Now, all it needs is some GUI butter to make a nice meal of it.   
      
       Paul   
      
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