How to mount/unmount ISO without burning them

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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