From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Nov 3 10:52:43 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from echoriath.hiddenrock.com (24-130-184-154.san.rr.com [24.130.184.154]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 613BC37B4CF for ; Fri, 3 Nov 2000 10:52:37 -0800 (PST) Received: (qmail 4002 invoked by uid 1001); 3 Nov 2000 18:53:53 -0000 Received: from localhost (sendmail-bs@127.0.0.1) by localhost with SMTP; 3 Nov 2000 18:53:53 -0000 Date: Fri, 3 Nov 2000 10:53:53 -0800 (PST) From: Peter Johnson To: Odhiambo Washington Cc: FBSD-Q Subject: Re: mounting ISOs In-Reply-To: <20001103143936.L32036@poeza.iconnect.co.ke> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Upon further research, it seems to be a problem with the images themselves, because some images mount just fine and others don't. I think I'll try to get one of the images that doesn't work burned onto a CD. If that doesn't work (which wouldn't surprise me) then I know that the problem doesn't lie in FreeBSD. Pete On Fri, 3 Nov 2000, Odhiambo Washington wrote: > * Peter Johnson [20001103 02:13]: > =>I'm trying to mount an ISO file, and I'm getting errors, any help would be > =>appreciated. Here are the commands I'm running: > => > =>vnconfig /dev/vn0c /tmp/image.iso > =>mount -t cd9660 /dev/vn0c /mnt > => > =>The call to "mount" is exiting and telling me: "cd9660: Invalid > =>argument". I've tried calling mount_cd9660 manually and it doesn't > =>provide any more useful information. > > I was able to do it from info I got from the list. > First i compiled a kernel with > > pseudo-device vn > Then I followed commands like you used....that is in 3.5_STABLE > vnconfig /dev/vn0c /usr/local/FreeBSD/4.1-install.iso > mount_cd9660 /dev/vn0c /mnt/ > > And it still works for me ;-) > > Hope that helps. > => > =>Thanks. > => > =>Pete > => > => > => > =>To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > =>with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > -Wash > > -- > Odhiambo Washington Inter-Connect Ltd., > wash@iconnect.co.ke 5th Flr Furaha Plaza > Tel: 254 11 222604 Nkrumah Rd., > Fax: 254 11 222636 PO Box 83613 MOMBASA, KE. > > If one cannot enjoy reading a book over and over again, there is no use in > reading it at all. -Oscar Wilde > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message