Request ISO mount

[SolusUmbra]

I'm looking for a .pet I can use to mount ISO files and use. Kind of like Virtual CloneDrive or MagicISO;
http://www.magiciso.com/tutorials/miso- ... erview.htm
Right now I'm using Dpup Stretch 7.5 (32bit)

[a_salty_dogg]

You simply navigate to the ISO in your file-manager of choice, then single click on its icon to "mount" it.

A new window opens and you can then copy over any or all of its contents as you wish, to a different folder, in the normal way.

Then, when you're done, you must once again click on the ISO icon to "unmount" it, which closes the new window.


Is this what you were looking to do?

[SolusUmbra]

What if I don’t want to copy it but run it?

[fredx181]

What if I don’t want to copy it but run it?

If you mean that you want to boot directly from the ISO, look at Isobooter

EDIT: Or use something like virtualbox to run the ISO from inside the OS you are using.

Fred

[rcrsn51]

Or do you want to run a program inside the ISO, like the auto-run feature for CD's in Windows?

[SolusUmbra]

When I clicked to mount it, it says it’s failed.
I found a programs called AcetoneISO and it worked to mount and open th iso file. I’ve been told that it might say iso but might not be a real iso file..... and that some day I might want to see if there is a way to convert it to a real iso so Linux can use it without a secondary problem.

[rcrsn51]

I’ve been told that it might say iso but might not be a real iso file

Run: file xxx.iso

This might identify the actual type.

[SolusUmbra]

Tried that it just said data.

[rcrsn51]

It should say "ISO", so there is definitely something wrong with the file. Does it have the right icon for an ISO file?

[SolusUmbra]

What should the icon look like?

[ITSMERSH]

Like a CD.

[SolusUmbra]

Yes it looks like a white/silver cd. I created it with imgburn, and acetoneISO will accept and run it, so it must be some kind of iso. Imgburn says the file system is ISO09660, Jolie. I have no idea what it all means but there it is. Haha

[fredx181]

You can try from command-line in terminal, something like:

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mkdir -p /root/isomount
mount -t iso9660 -o loop "/path/to/name.iso" /root/isomount

(change "/path/to/name.iso" to what it is in reality for you)

If it doesn't work, there should be some error message.
EDIT: To unmount:

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umount /root/isomount

Fred

[SolusUmbra]

Ok here is what I got;
mount-FULL: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/loop4,
missing codepage or helper program, or other error

In some cases useful info is found in syslog - try
dmesg | tail or so.
#
# dmesg | tail
wlan0: RX AssocResp from ec:1a:59:b1:b8:64 (capab=0x411 status=0 aid=5)
wlan0: associated
ip_tables: (C) 2000-2006 Netfilter Core Team
8021q: 802.1Q VLAN Support v1.8
nf_conntrack version 0.5.0 (7746 buckets, 30984 max)
cpufreq: ondemand governor failed, too long transition latency of HW, fallback to performance governor
sky2 0000:02:00.0 eth0: enabling interface
aufs au_warn_loopback:122:kworker/u5:5[2053]: you may want to try another patch for loopback file on ext4(0xef53) branch
ISOFS: Unable to identify CD-ROM format.
ISOFS: Unable to identify CD-ROM format.

[fredx181]

Mmm.. strange, looks like there's something special about this iso, maybe try without specifying the type:

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mkdir -p /root/isomount
mount -o loop "/path/to/name.iso" /root/isomount

Or specify "-t auto":

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mkdir -p /root/isomount
mount -t auto -o loop "/path/to/name.iso" /root/isomount

If none works, I'm out of ideas.

Fred

[jamesbond]

Methinks it's not an ISO file. The fact that "file" command returns "data" is a clue.

There are many "cdimage" formats which aren't iso, e.g. BIN/CUE format, NRG format, and many others. These format may contain an ISO inside (e.g. a BIN/CUE image may be contain an ISO image inside), but as far as "mount" is concerned, it is __NOT__ an ISO.

There is a way to handle these non-ISO formats, but each requires specialised programs.

[SolusUmbra]

NTFS signature is missing.
Failed to mount '/dev/loop5': Invalid argument
The device '/dev/loop5' doesn't seem to have a valid NTFS.
Maybe the wrong device is used? Or the whole disk instead of a
partition (e.g. /dev/sda, not /dev/sda1)? Or the other way around?