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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