Copy the cd to disk as a iso - use dd or a cd record program put the following in fstab (all on one line of course, changing the iso name and mount point as required!): /home/rpm/cd/Mandrake81-cd1-inst.i586.iso /home/rpm/cd/cd1 auto user,iocharset=iso8859-1,sync,exec,codepage=850,auto,loop 0 0
This will automount the cd on boot or a simple mount command. You will need the loop device which should be standard. You are actually mounting the cd filesystem stored in the cd file. An added bonus is you can reburn to cd if neccessary The only advantage to the windoze programs is they often compress the iso to save space - I have not found a method of duplicating this useful feature yet! BillK On Tue, 2002-02-19 at 11:10, Brian Parish wrote: > Well if you have your CD mounted, it's just another file system. > /mnt/cdrom or whatever right? Therefore if you make a directory - say > ~/cdrom and copy the contents of the CD to it and make everything from > ~/cdrom on down read only, wouldn't that look pretty much the same? > > Maybe you are thinking in windoze terms. Basically the cd emulators > exist to associate a drive letter with a file (usually the ISO image of > the CD). But in a real operating system, where everything is already a > file.... > > Or am I missing something here? > > HTH > Brian > > On Tue, 2002-02-19 at 13:57, mike wrote: > > Hi everyone, > > > > I hope this isn't dumb, and that something isn't already installed in my > > system, > > but ... > > > > Is there software similar to virtual drive ( the cd drive emulator )? > > > > I have some cd I would like to use in linux from a virtual cd drive, so > > I don't have to use the cd all the time. > > > > Is this at all possible? > > > > Mike > > > > ---- > > > > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > > > > ---- > > This message has been 'sanitized'. This means that potentially > dangerous content has been rewritten or removed. The following > log describes which actions were taken. > > Sanitizer (start="1014088853"): > Part (pos="2694"): > SanitizeFile (filename="unnamed.txt", mimetype="text/plain"): > Match (rule="2"): > Enforced policy: accept > > Part (pos="3833"): > SanitizeFile (filename="message.footer", mimetype="text/plain"): > Match (rule="default"): > Enforced policy: defang > > Replaced mime type with: application/DEFANGED-215670 > Replaced file name with: message_footer.DEFANGED-215670 > > Total modifications so far: 1 > > > Anomy 0.0.0 : Sanitizer.pm > $Id: Sanitizer.pm,v 1.32 2001/10/11 19:27:15 bre Exp $
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