[olug] iso image

[Jon]

http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/CD-Writing-HOWTO-3.html#ss3.1
mount -t iso9660 -o ro,loop=/dev/loop0 cd_image /cdrom

It is a way to mount a file as a filesystem.

-Jon W


On Tue, Nov 06, 2001 at 09:30:40PM -0600, Jazz Lover wrote:
> What is a loop device?
> 
> 
> 
> > It is a byte image of a CDROM.  You can burn it to CD or mount it with a
> loop device to get its contents.  Be careful to make the cd from the image
> and not just put the image file on the CD.
> >
> > -Jon W
> >
> > On Tue, Nov 06, 2001 at 06:39:31PM -0600, Jazz Lover wrote:
> > > What is an ISO image?  When ever I've upgraded, or got updates from an
> ftp server, I've seen an iso image directory.  How does a person install an
> iso image?
> > >
> > > Thanks
> > >
> > > Daryl
> > >
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