Not very fancy - but it works (attached shell script).
At some point I plan to add an option to specify the mount point if
/mnt/iso doesn't exist - but simple as it is, I never got around to it
;)

On Tue, 2003-03-25 at 01:39, Willem van der Walt wrote:
> is there a way to mount a disc image without it being on a disc? (
> I dont have a burner.)
> mount -tiso9660 disk.iso /mnt/cdrom -o loop
> 
>  
> 
-- 
Michael A. Peters <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
#!/bin/bash

mnt="/mnt/iso"

if [ ! -d $mnt ]; then
	echo "$mnt does not exist"
	exit 1
fi

if [ `mount |grep -c "/mnt/iso"` -gt 0 ]; then
	echo "An ISO image is already mounted on $mnt"
	echo "Please choose a different mountpoint"
	exit 1
fi
if [ `whoami` = "root" ]; then
	mount -o loop -t iso9660 $1 $mnt
	if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
		echo "mount failed"
		exit 1
	fi
else
	su root --command="mount -o loop -t iso9660 $1 $mnt"
	if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
		echo "mount failed"
		exit 1
	fi
fi

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