Re: mounting raw (iso's) as CD images

2000-04-18 Thread Derek Martin
On Tue, 18 Apr 2000, Patrick J. O'Rourke wrote: > > > Yes, you need the loopback driver. Would you would do is something like: > > > > mount -t iso9660 -o loop my_iso_file.raw /mnt/cdrom2 > > I believe you have to first run losetup(8) to associate the file > with a particular loop back device.

Re: mounting raw (iso's) as CD images

2000-04-18 Thread Thomas Charron
o: Rich Payne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: Robert Fowler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, April 18, 2000 9:33 AM Subject: Re: mounting raw (iso's) as CD images > > > Yes, you need the loopback driver. Would you would do is something like: > > >

Re: mounting raw (iso's) as CD images

2000-04-18 Thread Rich Payne
Don't think so, I've been doing this for quite a while and I've never heard of that command. --rdp On Tue, 18 Apr 2000, Patrick J. O'Rourke wrote: > > > Yes, you need the loopback driver. Would you would do is something like: > > > > mount -t iso9660 -o loop my_iso_file.raw /mnt/cdrom2 > >

Re: mounting raw (iso's) as CD images

2000-04-18 Thread Patrick J. O'Rourke
> Yes, you need the loopback driver. Would you would do is something like: > > mount -t iso9660 -o loop my_iso_file.raw /mnt/cdrom2 I believe you have to first run losetup(8) to associate the file with a particular loop back device. This is what I've done in the past: losetup /dev/loo

Re: mounting raw (iso's) as CD images

2000-04-17 Thread Rich Payne
Yes, you need the loopback driver. Would you would do is something like: mount -t iso9660 -o loop my_iso_file.raw /mnt/cdrom2 Just remember that no matter what options you mount it with, it will be read-only. --rdp On Mon, 17 Apr 2000, Robert Fowler wrote: > hi all > is it possible to mount

Re: mounting raw (iso's) as CD images

2000-04-17 Thread Joshua Flythe
I have done this before. I find it to be useful. You won't see me laughing JDF >Robert Fowler wrote: > > hi all > is it possible to mount a File to a directory or filesystem in Linux kinda > like mounting the CDROM to /mnt/cdrom?. > what id like to do is have a few iso images mounted that

mounting raw (iso's) as CD images

2000-04-17 Thread Robert Fowler
hi all is it possible to mount a File to a directory or filesystem in Linux kinda like mounting the CDROM to /mnt/cdrom?. what id like to do is have a few iso images mounted that will be accessible through ftp but i only have one CDROM installed. i know i am taking the chance that ALL or some