Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2001 12:24:42 -0800 (PST) From: H.Paul Hammann <hpaul@hammann.com> To: freebsd-emulation@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Mounting an ISO image as a bootable cd in VMware Message-ID: <14986.59786.310365.468418@elvis.mu.org>
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Under FreeBSD you can use the following commands to mount an ISO
image:
'vnconfig /dev/vn0c ./binary-i386-1.iso'
'mount -t cd9660 /dev/vn0c /mnt'
I thought I'd be clever, not mount the image and define /dev/vn0c
in my vmware config as the cdrom device. No dice. I get the
following error when I turn on the virtual machine:
CDROM: '/dev/vn0c' exists, but does not appear to be a CDROM device.
Mounting an ISO image as a bootable cdrom is possible under Linux
by using the following command:
'losetup /dev/loop0 ./binary-i386-1.iso'
Then by setting up /dev/loop0 as the cdrom device you can boot the
virtual machine from the ISO image.
I would like to be able to do this under FreeBSD. Does anyone
have pointers how to do this?
Paul
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