From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Apr 23 20:45:30 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B1E1016A400 for ; Mon, 23 Apr 2007 20:45:30 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dan@dan.emsphone.com) Received: from dan.emsphone.com (dan.emsphone.com [199.67.51.101]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7755313C469 for ; Mon, 23 Apr 2007 20:45:20 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dan@dan.emsphone.com) Received: (from dan@localhost) by dan.emsphone.com (8.14.1/8.13.8) id l3NKjEGm057171; Mon, 23 Apr 2007 15:45:14 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from dan) Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2007 15:45:14 -0500 From: Dan Nelson To: Paul Schmehl Message-ID: <20070423204514.GD50353@dan.emsphone.com> References: <48CA2894022F35F0D83C3AFD@utd59514.utdallas.edu> <20070423191854.GD49993@glitch.rwxrwxrwx.net> <3EC8E3B8930912D6CD250E65@utd59514.utdallas.edu> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <3EC8E3B8930912D6CD250E65@utd59514.utdallas.edu> X-OS: FreeBSD 6.2-STABLE User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.15 (2007-04-06) Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Mount an iso image? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2007 20:45:30 -0000 In the last episode (Apr 23), Paul Schmehl said: > --On Monday, April 23, 2007 21:18:55 +0200 Martin Tournoij > > On Mon 23 Apr 2007 14:04, Paul Schmehl wrote: > >> Is it possible to mount an iso image? I'm not referring to a cd, > >> but a single file that has been created using mkisofs. If so, > >> what command would you use? mount_cd9660 wants a block device. > >> Do I need to use some sort of pseudo block device? > > > > To mount a iso image: > > mdconfig -at nvode -f MYIMAGE.ISO > > mount_cd9960 /dev/md0 /somewhere > > > > If you want to mount multiple ISO images then you will have to use > > md1, md2, ect. > > > > Don't forget to unmount and detach the memory disk: > > umount /somewhere > > mdconfig -ud 0 > > > > 0 should be replaced with the appropiate device number > > > > Note that this will only mount standard iso images (iso9660, > > .usually iso or .bin), if you want to mount > > .Nero/Alcohol/PowerISO/ect images > > then you must first convert them, iat is a great tool for doing this: > > Ports collection: sysutils/iat > > Website: http://iat.berlios.de/ > > > Thanks. That's what I was looking for. I wasn't trying to create > an iso. I wanted to see what was inside one without burning a CD > first. That works perfectly. If that's all you need, there's an even easier way: "tar tvf mycd.iso", since libarchive understands the iso9660 filesystem format :) -- Dan Nelson dnelson@allantgroup.com