Mount an iso image?

[Paul Schmehl]

--On Monday, April 23, 2007 21:18:55 +0200 Martin Tournoij 
<carpetsmoker at xs4all.nl> wrote:

> 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?
>>
>> Paul Schmehl (pauls at utdallas.edu)
>> Senior Information Security Analyst
>> The University of Texas at Dallas
>> http://www.utdallas.edu/ir/security/
>
> 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.

Paul Schmehl (pauls at utdallas.edu)
Senior Information Security Analyst
The University of Texas at Dallas
http://www.utdallas.edu/ir/security/