Ubuntu 13.10 desktop cinnamon clonezilla image mounting to retrieve file

for beginner setup backup ext4 partition

1. sudo apt-get install partclone
(my fingerprint setup did not work correctly, so sudo nemo and closed first for sustained sudo without having to enter password)

2. sudo cat /path/to/source/sda2.ext4-ptcl-image.gz.* | sudo gzip -d -c | sudo partclone.restore -C -s - -o /path/to/target/sda2.img

3. sudo e2fsck -f partclone_extfs.img

4. sudo resize2fs partclone_extfs.img

5. sudo mount -o loop -t ext4 /source/sda2.img /media/user/target/


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http://community.spiceworks.com/how_to/show/39287-mount-a-clonezilla-image

http://askubuntu.com/questions/236263/browse-img-without-mounting

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2007760

http://drbl.sourceforge.net/faq/fine-print.php?path=./2_System/68_manually_partclone_restore.faq#68_manually_partclone_restore.faq

http://blog.christosoft.de/2012/05/mount-clonezilla-image-to-restore-single-file-browse/
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1. find out type of image

file /path/to/image/sda2.ext4-ptcl-image.gz.aa

2. combine image
(had to install partclone before this step, sudo apt-get install partclone)

sudo cat sda2.ext4-ptcl-image.gz.* | sudo gzip -d -c | sudo partclone.restore -C -s - -o /path/to/target/sda2.img

3. mount

sudo mount -o loop -t ext4 /path/to/source/sda2.img /media/name/target/folder/

**i can not mount ext4 partition image with following error
mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/loop0,
       missing codepage or helper program, or other error
       In some cases useful info is found in syslog - try
       dmesg | tail  or so

**resolution
http://askubuntu.com/questions/91985/difficulty-trying-to-mount-an-iso-file-mount-you-must-specify-the-filesystem-t

**this person had the same problem with no resolution
http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_name=4C8212EB.4040009%40nt.tuwien.ac.at&forum_name=clonezilla-live

**Following link works for NTFS partition which is same as above christosoft method
http://gpio.kaltpost.de/?p=616

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 **** SUCCESSFUL RESOLUTION by jao_madn****
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=872832&page=3

1. check image
e2fsck -f partclone_extfs.img
2. resize blocks
resize2fs partclone_extfs.img
3. mount
mount -o loop -t ext4 <mount_image> <mount_point>

jao_madn also tried to convert image to vdi and mounted successfully using virtualbox.


*** FOR NTFS IMAGES ***
$ sudo ntfs-3g sda2.img /mnt/ba