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 ====== Ubuntu - Mount - Loopback mount full-disk 'dd' images ======
+Carving out partitions from within a full disk "dd" image by running it through another "dd" is highly inefficient both in terms of disk space and analyst time used.
+A better method is to use a loopback mount.
 **Loopback mount** supports an "offset" parameter that lets you mount a partition directly from within a larger full-disk image: