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From: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de>
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Subject: Re: mounting a .iso image? ... missing man page
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On Wed, 09 Oct 2013 22:18:41 -0600, Gary Aitken wrote:
> for the record, that's:
>           mdconfig -a -t vnode -u 0 -f <file>

Correct, I noticed too late that -a was missing. But "man mdconfig"
mentions all parts that are needed. :-)



> > 	# mount -o ro -t cd9660 /dev/md0 /mnt/tmp
> > 		... do stuff ...
> > 	# umount /mnt/tmp
> > 	# mdconfig -u 0 -d
> 
> and that one is
>           mdconfig -d -u 0
> 
> order appears to be important

The manpage doesn't seem to explicitely mention this, but if
I remember correctly, it actually matters, as you said.

By the way, the manpage mentions

	mount -t cd9660 /dev/`mdconfig -f cdimage.iso` /mnt

as an interesting construction in the EXAMPLES section. :-)



-- 
Polytropon
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