Mandrake 7.2

29 Apr 2001 18:56:13 -0700

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
> 
> -- 
> Moby Moby Moby
> 
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