How can I mount a cdrom .bin file?

Malcolm Kay Malcolm.Kay at internode.on.net
Thu May 15 04:57:04 PDT 2003


On Thu, 15 May 2003 09:12, How Can ThisBe wrote:
> From: Joshua Oreman <oremanj at webserver.get-linux.org>
> <snip>
>
> >Try:
> >$ file BACKUP.CD1.bin images.back1.ISO
> >and send us the output.
>
> root:BACKUP# file BACKUP.CD1.bin images.back1.ISO
> BACKUP.CD1.bin:    data
> images.back1.ISO: ISO 9660 CD-ROM filesystem data
>
> There is no problems with the .bin file on a WindowsXP system with CD burn
> software btw.

Microsoft has another filesystem (other than cd9660) which they often use on 
CD's. If I remember correctly it is 'udfs' or 'universal disk file system'. 
As far as I can make out so universal that only microsoft knows anything 
about it ;-)

I don't know of any way to mount under Unices.

Malcolm 



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