On Tue, 16 May 2006 15:40:52 -0400 Peter wrote: > On Tue, 16 May 2006 10:18:53 -0500, Kris Kerwin wrote: > > > Hi folks, > > > > Quick question. Is there any way that one can unpack an ISO image: > > extracting the data that is contained within it like a tarball, > > without having to burn it to a CD? I'm sure there's an option > > somewhere within either the mkisofs or cdrecord man pages, but I feel > > like I'm searching for a needle in a haystack. > > > > Thanks in advance. > > > > Kris > > OR, without using mount at all! > > Use mc in a terminal, highlight the file and press [Enter]. It will open > it up like a directory. Other Virtual File System managers can also do > this. Try Nautilus or the KDE file manager. In addition you can use avfs > with fuse. All without having to issue a mount command :) > >
I have often thought that would be useful, but in my mc it doesn't work. what am i missing? I know for example that if I emerge rpm it works on rpm files. What do I need to do to make it work for iso? [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ $ equery uses mc [ Searching for packages matching mc... ] [ Colour Code : set unset ] [ Legend : Left column (U) - USE flags from make.conf ] [ : Right column (I) - USE flags packages was installed with ] [ Found these USE variables for app-misc/mc-4.6.0-r14 ] U I + + gpm : Adds support for sys-libs/gpm (Console-based mouse driver) + + nls : <unknown> + + samba : Adds support for SAMBA (Windows File and Printer sharing) + + ncurses : Adds ncurses support (console display library) - - X : Adds support for X11 - + slang : Adds support for the slang text display library (it's like ncurses, but different) - - unicode : Adds support for Unicode - - 7zip : add support for 7zip archives - - debug : Tells configure and the makefiles to build for debugging. Effects vary across packages, but generally it will at least add -g to CFLAGS. Remember to set FEATURES=nostrip too > -- > Peter > > > -- > gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list -- Nick Rout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
