Creates loop devices from a disk image file. Those loop devices have to be mounted manually.

img2loop.sh

#!/bin/bash

# Usage: img2loop /path/to/disk.img
# Outputs created loop devices.

set -eu

if [[ $(id -u) -ne 0 ]]; then
    echo "Error, run this program as root" >&2
    exit 1
fi

image=$1
loopdev=$(losetup -f --show "${image}")
parts=$(partprobe -s ${loopdev})
readonly image loopdev parts

echo -e "${parts}\n"
ls -1 ${loopdev}*