Date: Tue, 21 Feb 2012 18:17:28 +0000 (UTC) From: jb <jb.1234abcd@gmail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: New iso format on 9.0 Message-ID: <loom.20120221T190824-122@post.gmane.org> References: <201045320adcd61af12f6d6df2ffdd4e@ramattack.net> <loom.20120221T184703-253@post.gmane.org> <006b01ccf0c3$0263b6c0$072b2440$@fisglobal.com>
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Devin Teske <devin.teske <at> fisglobal.com> writes: > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: owner-freebsd-questions <at> freebsd.org [mailto:owner-freebsd- > > questions <at> freebsd.org] On Behalf Of jb > > Sent: Tuesday, February 21, 2012 9:53 AM > > To: freebsd-questions <at> freebsd.org > > Subject: Re: New iso format on 9.0 > > > > <egoitz <at> ramattack.net> writes: > > > > > > > > Good morning, > > > > > > Previously I was doing a : 'tar -C /expert/netboot/freebsd8 -pxvf > > > 8.0-RELEASE-amd64-disc1.iso' for extracting iso files. > > > ... > > > > There is a simple way to access contents of an iso file: > > # mount -o loop some.iso /mnt > > > > That works on FreeBSD? I commonly use that (daily even) on Linux, but was not > aware that would work on FreeBSD. > ... Well, old habits never die :-) But, actually, why not on FreeBSD ? Btw, mdconfig(8) ... To create an md(4) device out of an ISO 9660 CD image file (-a and -t vnode are implied), using the first available md(4) device, and then mount the new memory disk: mount -t cd9660 /dev/`mdconfig -f cdimage.iso` /mnt ... jb
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