How to mount/unmount ISO without burning them
November 23rd, 2006
Sometimes you want to test the ISO before wasting your DVDs or CDs, no?
No advanced Linux user skills needed for this short tip.
I tested the commands in [tag]Ubuntu[/tag] [tag]Linux[/tag].
1. First we’ll make the directory to put the ISO into.
sudo mkdir /media/iso
2. We’ll add the loop module to your kernel.
sudo modprobe loop
3. The mounting operation.
sudo mount some.iso /media/iso/ -t iso9660 -o loop
Now you should have your iso file mounted, and accessible from the desktop.
Want to unmount it?
sudo umount /media/iso
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