Hi everyone I have used dd to make an iso of my SuSE dvd so I can leave it in the case and use it direct off my hdd, I would like to use fstab to mount it every time i start, but I cannot figure how to tell it "-o loop". Has anyone done this? Mount the iso normally: `mount -o loop /path/to/susedvd.iso /susedvd` - this works fine, but how do I transfer that to fstab? Thanks, H
On Tuesday 15 February 2005 13:20, Hamish wrote:
Hi everyone I have used dd to make an iso of my SuSE dvd so I can leave it in the case and use it direct off my hdd, I would like to use fstab to mount it every time i start, but I cannot figure how to tell it "-o loop". Has anyone done this? Mount the iso normally: `mount -o loop /path/to/susedvd.iso /susedvd` - this works fine, but how do I transfer that to fstab? Thanks, H Stupid moment - its really simple, for anyone who wants to do this, the fstab entry looks like this:
/pathto/susedvd.iso /mnt/susedvd iso9660 defaults,loop,ro 0 0 This can be useful to store the dvd elsewhere (for those that dont have a DL writer) and just use it direct off disk, or make an installation server.
The Tuesday 2005-02-15 at 13:26 -0000, Hamish wrote:
I have used dd to make an iso of my SuSE dvd so I can leave it in the case and use it direct off my hdd, I would like to use fstab to mount it every time i start, but I cannot figure how to tell it "-o loop". Has anyone done this? Mount the iso normally: `mount -o loop /path/to/susedvd.iso /susedvd` - this works fine, but how do I transfer that to fstab?
What is the advantage of doing that compared to simply copying the dvd contents to some directory?
Stupid moment - its really simple, for anyone who wants to do this, the fstab entry looks like this:
/pathto/susedvd.iso /mnt/susedvd iso9660 defaults,loop,ro 0 0
Interesting. -- Cheers, Carlos Robinson
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