#!/bin/bash
# Some time ago, I wrote a little script to automate that process, maybe
# it will help you also. (And yes, I know that the code isn't that pretty)

# Direct copy & paste:

INFILE="$1"
PARTITION="$2"
MOUNTPOINT="$3"
OPT="$4"

if [ "$INFILE" = "" ] ; then echo "Usage: $0 infile partition mountpoint
<options>" ; exit ; fi
if [ "$PARTITION" = "" ] ; then echo "Usage: $0 infile partition
mountpoint <options>" ; exit ; fi
if [ "$MOUNTPOINT" = "" ] ; then echo "Usage: $0 infile partition
mountpoint <options>" ; exit ; fi

if [ "$OPT" != "" ] ; then OPT2=",${OPT}" ; fi

PSTARTB=`sfdisk -d "$INFILE" | grep "start=" | head -n"$PARTITION" |
tail -n1 | sed 's/.*start=[ ]*//' | sed 's/,.*//'`
PSTART=$[ $PSTARTB * 512 ]
#PSIZEB=`sfdisk -d "$INFILE" | grep "size=" | head -n4 | tail -n1 | sed
's/.*size=[ ]*//' | sed 's/,.*//'`
#PSIZE=`echo "$PSIZEB * 512" | bc`
mount "$INFILE" "$MOUNTPOINT" -o loop,offset="$PSTART""$OPT2"
#,sizelimit="$PSIZE""$OPT2"