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From: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr>
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Subject: Re: mounting an ISO image file?
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> On Wed 2000-04-05 (01:16), Christian Wendell C. Gueco wrote:
> >    I would like to ask how to mount an iso image in FreeBSD 3.4 so that I 
> > can view its contents. I know this can be done in Linux through a loop 
> > option in mount.

You can use vnconfig to `attach' a file to a vn device, as in:

	# vnconfig /dev/vn0c /tmp/myimage.iso
	# mount -t cd9660 /dev/vn0c /mnt

You need to have `vn' compiled to your kernel.

Ciao,
Giorgos.


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