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Subject: Re: How to mount iso image file????
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I got the following errors:

#vnconfig -c /dev/vn0c songs.iso
vnconfig: VNIOCATTACH: Device busy

Sam
John Reynolds~ wrote:

> [ On Thursday, January 25, Kevin LEE wrote: ]
> > Hi all:
> >
> >         In RH7.0, there is a option of loop in the mount command which
> > allows you to mount a iso image file to a specified mount point, so that
> > the actual content of the iso file can be,viiew..
> >
> > ie
> >
> > mount -t iso9660 -o ro,loop /somedir/somedir.iso /mnt/iso/
> > and
> > cd /mnt/iso
> > You can view the content of the iso file.
> >
> > But I can find this option in the mount command in FreeBSD ?
> > Is there any to view the context of an iso file before I burn it  into a
> > CD ????
> >
>
> Yup. You have to have 'pseudo-device  vn' in your kernel config and you have
> to make sure the vn* devices are made in /dev. Once you do that, the following
> commands will work:
>
>  vnconfig -c /dev/vn0c filename.iso
>  mount -t cd9660 /dev/vn0c /mnt
>
> Then you can "cd /mnt" and play around in that "loopback" filesystem to your
> heart's content.
>
> Just be sure to umount it, and "vnconfig -u /dev/vn0c" the vn0c device after
> you're done with it. See the man page on vnconfig for more information.
>
> -Jr
>
> ps: actually, now that I look in /modules, there is "vn.ko" so you might be
> able to get away with doing "kldload vn.ko" (and make sure the device nodes
> are in /dev/).
>



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