Re: image .iso

Connie Sieh (csieh@fnal.gov)
Wed, 08 Dec 1999 10:36:33 -0600

It is really quite handy being able to mount filesystem images locally.
It works with msdos images as well. (Have to specify filesystem type as
mount defaults to iso9660.)

-connie

On Wed, 8 Dec 1999, Randolph J. Herber wrote:

> The following header lines retained to affect attribution:
> |Date: Wed, 08 Dec 1999 01:06:51 -0600 (CST)
> |From: Simon Epsteyn <seva@fnal.gov>
> |Subject: Re: image .iso
> |To: Ivan Vila <vila@fnal.gov>
> |Cc: linux-users@fnal.gov
>
> |> Hello,
>
> |> Does anyone know how to "extract" or "mount" the contents of a iso
> |> image file.
>
> |mount -o loop cdimage.iso /mnt/point
>
> |ISO images are usually meant for writing to CD, cdrecord works really well
> |for this.
>
> |/Simon
>
> Thanks. I also can overlook the obvious---Linux apparently can mount a
> file-system structured file!
>
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