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From: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr>
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To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, wibble@obsidian.co.za
Subject: Re: Mounting CD images
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wibble <wibble@obsidian.co.za> said:
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> I was wondering if it was possible to mount an ISO image of a CD.. I've
> seen it done in Linux.. Does BSD have an equivalent ability?

Yes, of course.  Look in /usr/src/sys/i386/conf/LINT for 'device vn',
and man vnconfig(8).  This is usually a matter of simply doing:

    # vnconfig /dev/vn0 /some/file.iso
    # mount -t iso9660 /dev/vn0 /mnt

- giorgos


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