Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2007 21:46:38 +0100 From: Matthew Seaman <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk> To: Paul Schmehl <pauls@utdallas.edu> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Mount an iso image? Message-ID: <462D1B2E.8000700@infracaninophile.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <3EC8E3B8930912D6CD250E65@utd59514.utdallas.edu> References: <48CA2894022F35F0D83C3AFD@utd59514.utdallas.edu> <20070423191854.GD49993@glitch.rwxrwxrwx.net> <3EC8E3B8930912D6CD250E65@utd59514.utdallas.edu>
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Paul Schmehl wrote:
> Thanks. That's what I was looking for. I wasn't trying to create an
> iso. I wanted to see what was inside one without burning a CD first.
> That works perfectly.
>
You can just use tar(1) to read the contents of an iso nowadays, no
need to mount anything:
lack-of-gravitas:~/tmp:% tar -tvf 6.2-RELEASE-i386-disc1.iso | head -20
drwx------ 0 0 0 6144 Jan 12 13:47 .
dr-xr-xr-x 2 0 0 6144 Jan 12 07:41 bin
dr-xr-xr-x 5 0 0 4096 Jan 12 11:33 boot
dr-xr-xr-x 2 0 0 2048 Jan 12 07:41 boot/defaults
dr-xr-xr-x 2 0 0 61440 Jan 12 10:55 boot/kernel
dr-xr-xr-x 2 0 0 2048 Jan 12 07:38 boot/modules
dr-xr-xr-x 2 0 0 2048 Jan 12 07:38 dev
dr-xr-xr-x 18 0 0 12288 Jan 12 07:42 etc
dr-xr-xr-x 2 0 0 2048 Jan 12 07:38 etc/X11
dr-xr-xr-x 2 0 0 2048 Jan 12 07:42 etc/bluetooth
dr-xr-xr-x 2 0 0 2048 Jan 12 07:42 etc/defaults
dr-xr-xr-x 2 0 0 2048 Jan 12 07:42 etc/gnats
dr-xr-xr-x 2 0 0 2048 Jan 12 07:42 etc/isdn
dr-xr-xr-x 2 0 0 2048 Jan 12 07:42 etc/mail
dr-xr-xr-x 2 0 0 2048 Jan 12 07:42 etc/mtree
dr-xr-xr-x 2 0 0 2048 Jan 12 07:38 etc/ntp
dr-xr-xr-x 2 0 0 4096 Jan 12 07:42 etc/pam.d
dr-xr-xr-x 6 0 0 2048 Jan 12 07:38 etc/periodic
dr-xr-xr-x 2 0 0 4096 Jan 12 07:42 etc/periodic/daily
dr-xr-xr-x 2 0 0 2048 Jan 12 07:42 etc/periodic/monthly
lack-of-gravitas:~/tmp:% tar --version
bsdtar 1.2.53 - libarchive 1.2.53
Cheers,
Matthew
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