Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2007 21:44:10 +0200 From: Martin Tournoij <carpetsmoker@xs4all.nl> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: pauls@utdallas.edu Subject: Re: Mount an iso image? Message-ID: <20070423194410.GA50136@glitch.rwxrwxrwx.net> In-Reply-To: <20070423203640.21c494c7@gumby.homeunix.com> References: <48CA2894022F35F0D83C3AFD@utd59514.utdallas.edu> <20070423191854.GD49993@glitch.rwxrwxrwx.net> <20070423203640.21c494c7@gumby.homeunix.com>
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On Mon 23 Apr 2007 20:04, RW wrote: > On Mon, 23 Apr 2007 21:18:55 +0200 > Martin Tournoij <carpetsmoker@xs4all.nl> wrote: > > > On Mon 23 Apr 2007 14:04, Paul Schmehl wrote: > > > Is it possible to mount an iso image? I'm not referring to a cd, > > > but a single file that has been created using mkisofs. If so, what > > > command would you use? mount_cd9660 wants a block device. Do I > > > need to use some sort of pseudo block device? > > > > > > Paul Schmehl (pauls@utdallas.edu) > > > Senior Information Security Analyst > > > The University of Texas at Dallas > > > http://www.utdallas.edu/ir/security/ > > > > To mount a iso image: > > mdconfig -at nvode -f MYIMAGE.ISO > > mount_cd9960 /dev/md0 /somewhere > > > > I notice no-one is recommending it be mounted read-only. Is it implicit > for cd9960, or can an iso be modified this way? cd9660 can only mount read-only: $ mount_cd9660 -o rw /dev/md0 /mnt/md0/ $ mount | grep cd9660 $ dev/md0 on /mnt/md0 (cd9660, local, read-only) Note that I made a typing error in my previous email, 'nvode' should be 'vnode' --Martin
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