Hi, If you've compiled loopback support in your kernel, try the following mount -o loop yourfile.iso /cdrom I think that's right anyway. I've got a cold so I'm not quite thinking straight tonight. Anyway, that should put that filesystem on /cdrom. Jayson. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chuck Hallenbeck" <chuckh@xxxxxxxx> To: "Speakup Distribution List" <speakup at speech.braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Tuesday, June 29, 2004 6:18 PM Subject: tips needed on iso files > Hi gang, > > I would appreciate some tips on doing a couple of simple things > with iso files. I have not done them before, and cannot find what > I need to know in man pages etc. If you could post a "howto" for > the following tasks I would appreciate it: > > 1. I have the four iso files for SW 10.0 (thanks, Greg) plus the > associated md5 files. How do I verify the intactness of my > downloads? The man page seems to suggest I should have a command > called "md5" unless I am misreading it, but there ain't no such > animal on my system. Related to that, I will then burn a set of > CD's and will need to verify those burns as well. > > 2. There should be a way to "open" those iso files, copying or > converting them to the corresponding files and directories, > without first burning the CD's and then mounting and copying the > contents back in again. How would you do that, going directly > from an iso file to a directory structure on the HD? > > Many thanks, > Chuck > > > -- > The Moon is Waxing Gibbous (90% of Full) > My home page is now at http://www.mhcable.com/~chuckh > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
