here is how you mount an iso.
first, create a dir under mnt (call it iso)
then issue the command: mount -t iso9660 -o loop /path/name_of_iso_here.iso /mnt/iso
then you should be able to poke around the ISO like a filesystem
Technomage Hawke
On Sun, 29 April 2001, Gontran wrote:
> Tyler,
>
> Not to exasperate you for details, but I've been duping some CDs this
> week (mac OS ... for personal backups), and I'm wondering how you copied the
> iso onto your HDD. Did you use dd? If so, making an exact duplicate should be
> as easy as:
> % cdrecord -v YOUR_OPTIONS_HERE my_mandrake.(iso|raw|watevr)
>
> Can you mount the iso via the loop device? From the manual( with mods for
> situation):
>
> THE LOOP DEVICE
> One further possible type is a mount via the loop device.
> For example, the command
>
> mount /tmp/myimage /mnt -t iso9660 -o loop=/dev/loop3,blocksize=1024
>
>
> If you can, that's a good thing(), next since you're having problems with
> the booting check out the boot or image dirs (idk which on that cd) and
> make sure you have some boot.cat or boot.catalogue (though it could be
> anything). If those are there, the iso is more likely bootable (not a
> thorough test, sorry) and the above cdrecord option should get you your
> bootable iso.
>
> Let's get it.
> Gontran
>
> --
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>
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