Re: mounting a .iso image? ... missing man page

2013-10-09 Thread dweimer
On 10/09/2013 10:14 pm, Gary Aitken wrote: For some strange reason, my 9.1 system seems to be missing the section 1 man page for tar, although everything else seems to be there. I have an iso9660 image of 9.1 release which I tried to mount to copy the missing file, but that didn't work (can't

Re: mounting a .iso image? ... missing man page

2013-10-09 Thread Polytropon
On Wed, 09 Oct 2013 21:14:22 -0600, Gary Aitken wrote: Seems like it must be possible to mount a cd9660 image somehow without burning an actual disc? Of course. :-) It is possible by using a virtual node connected to the ISO file. Without having tested, according to your example: #

Re: mounting a .iso image? ... missing man page

2013-10-09 Thread Gary Aitken
On 10/09/13 21:25, Polytropon wrote: On Wed, 09 Oct 2013 21:14:22 -0600, Gary Aitken wrote: Seems like it must be possible to mount a cd9660 image somehow without burning an actual disc? Of course. :-) I guess knowing it's possible is a start; couldn't figure out where to look to get the

Re: mounting a .iso image? ... missing man page

2013-10-09 Thread Polytropon
On Wed, 09 Oct 2013 22:18:41 -0600, Gary Aitken wrote: for the record, that's: mdconfig -a -t vnode -u 0 -f file Correct, I noticed too late that -a was missing. But man mdconfig mentions all parts that are needed. :-) # mount -o ro -t cd9660 /dev/md0 /mnt/tmp

Re: mounting a .iso image? ... missing man page

2013-10-09 Thread cary
Gary Aitken wrote: On 10/09/13 21:25, Polytropon wrote: On Wed, 09 Oct 2013 21:14:22 -0600, Gary Aitken wrote: Seems like it must be possible to mount a cd9660 image somehow without burning an actual disc? Of course. :-) I guess knowing it's possible is a start; couldn't figure out where