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Roger Luedecke

26 Aug 2011 26 Aug '11

18:55

One thing that was nice in OS X was the ease of mounting an image as a virtual disk. I rarely had use for this however until I got a netbook, which has no optical drive. Now when I have hoped to install certain games (running on WINE) this is unnecessarilly complicated, if not impossible due to the lack of optical drive and the lack of an easy mounting option. Can we be sure to add an easy way to mount disk images? Maybe just right click>mount image in Dolphin? I don't imagine it should be very hard to implement, and would be very useful... especially as more users are turning to netbooks and similar devices. Roger Luedecke openSUSE Ambassador -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-kde+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-kde+help@opensuse.org

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Patrick Shanahan

26 Aug 26 Aug

19:32

* Roger Luedecke [08-26-11 15:02]:

One thing that was nice in OS X was the ease of mounting an image as a virtual disk. I rarely had use for this however until I got a netbook, which has no optical drive. Now when I have hoped to install certain games (running on WINE) this is unnecessarilly complicated, if not impossible due to the lack of optical drive and the lack of an easy mounting option. Can we be sure to add an easy way to mount disk images? Maybe just right click>mount image in Dolphin? I don't imagine it should be very hard to implement, and would be very useful... especially as more users are turning to netbooks and similar devices.

well, it is very simple but not point-and-click... mount -o loop -t iso9660 <isofilename> <mountpoint> further help available. -- (paka)Patrick Shanahan Plainfield, Indiana, USA HOG # US1244711 http://wahoo.no-ip.org Photo Album: http://wahoo.no-ip.org/gallery2 http://en.opensuse.org openSUSE Community Member Registered Linux User #207535 @ http://counter.li.org -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-kde+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-kde+help@opensuse.org

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20:05

On Fri, Aug 26, 2011 at 21:32, Patrick Shanahan wrote:

* Roger Luedecke [08-26-11 15:02]:

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One thing that was nice in OS X was the ease of mounting an image as a virtual disk. I rarely had use for this however until I got a netbook, which has no optical drive. Now when I have hoped to install certain games (running on WINE) this is unnecessarilly complicated, if not impossible due to the lack of optical drive and the lack of an easy mounting option. Can we be sure to add an easy way to mount disk images? Maybe just right click>mount image in Dolphin? I don't imagine it should be very hard to implement, and would be very useful... especially as more users are turning to netbooks and similar devices.

well, it is very simple but not point-and-click...

mount -o loop -t iso9660 <isofilename> <mountpoint>

further help available.

A GUI alternative is to use Acetone ISO which is in the repos. It sets up Virtual drives for your ISOs.. mounts them there like any other mount, and applications can use them like a mounted CD/DVD. It's one step up from the file manager option mentioned by Roger O. C. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-kde+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-kde+help@opensuse.org

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Roger Luedecke

21:53

On Fri, Aug 26, 2011 at 21:32, Patrick Shanahan wrote:

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* Roger Luedecke [08-26-11 15:02]:

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One thing that was nice in OS X was the ease of mounting an image as a virtual disk. I rarely had use for this however until I got a netbook, which has no optical drive. Now when I have hoped to install certain games (running on WINE) this is unnecessarilly complicated, if not impossible due to the lack of optical drive and the lack of an easy mounting option. Can we be sure to add an easy way to mount disk images? Maybe just right click>mount image in Dolphin? I don't imagine it should be very hard to implement, and would be very useful... especially as more users are turning to netbooks and similar devices.

well, it is very simple but not point-and-click...

mount -o loop -t iso9660 <isofilename> <mountpoint>

further help available.

A GUI alternative is to use Acetone ISO which is in the repos. It sets up Virtual drives for your ISOs.. mounts them there like any other mount, and applications can use them like a mounted CD/DVD. It's one step up from the file manager option mentioned by Roger O.

C. Thats better, but clearly not obvious. I personally like to see

On Friday, August 26, 2011 01:05:13 PM C wrote: people dump proprietary OSes. But that will not happen unless our solutions are obvious. It is not feasible for a casual user to do tons of research on packages they don't know exist or are even needed. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-kde+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-kde+help@opensuse.org

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Anton Aylward

22:03

Patrick Shanahan said the following on 08/26/2011 03:32 PM:

* Roger Luedecke [08-26-11 15:02]:

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One thing that was nice in OS X was the ease of mounting an image as a virtual disk. I rarely had use for this however until I got a netbook, which has no optical drive. Now when I have hoped to install certain games (running on WINE) this is unnecessarilly complicated, if not impossible due to the lack of optical drive and the lack of an easy mounting option. Can we be sure to add an easy way to mount disk images? Maybe just right click>mount image in Dolphin? I don't imagine it should be very hard to implement, and would be very useful... especially as more users are turning to netbooks and similar devices.

well, it is very simple but not point-and-click...

mount -o loop -t iso9660<isofilename> <mountpoint>

further help available.

I have no doubt that a script for Konqueror or Dolphin could be set up. I've done that for the tools for PDFs .. Oh wait! Right-click on a .iso ... -> Actions -> browse iso Oh look! I wonder how that got there? -- `But that's ... completely ridiculous! ... [Y]ou could claim that *anything's* real if the only basis for believing in it is that nobody's *proved* it doesn't exist!' `Yes, you could,' said Xenophilius. `I am glad to see that you are opening your mind a little.' - `Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows', J. K. Rowling -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-kde+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-kde+help@opensuse.org

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Roger Luedecke

22:04

On Friday, August 26, 2011 03:03:11 PM Anton Aylward wrote:

Patrick Shanahan said the following on 08/26/2011 03:32 PM:

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* Roger Luedecke [08-26-11 15:02]:

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One thing that was nice in OS X was the ease of mounting an image as a virtual disk. I rarely had use for this however until I got a netbook, which has no optical drive. Now when I have hoped to install certain games (running on WINE) this is unnecessarilly complicated, if not impossible due to the lack of optical drive and the lack of an easy mounting option. Can we be sure to add an easy way to mount disk images? Maybe just right click>mount image in Dolphin? I don't imagine it should be very hard to implement, and would be very useful... especially as more users are turning to netbooks and similar devices.

well, it is very simple but not point-and-click...

mount -o loop -t iso9660<isofilename> <mountpoint>

further help available.

I have no doubt that a script for Konqueror or Dolphin could be set up. I've done that for the tools for PDFs ..

Oh wait! Right-click on a .iso ... -> Actions -> browse iso

Oh look! I wonder how that got there? Well thanks for the constructive sarcasm. But I said MOUNT an image. Browsing is great, unless you need a virtual drive. There is some software that needs to see the disk in order to allow it to install. Virtual drive does this, by mounting the ISO which makes the system see it as a drive. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-kde+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-kde+help@opensuse.org

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Roger Oberholtzer

21:57

On Fri, 2011-08-26 at 11:55 -0700, Roger Luedecke wrote:

One thing that was nice in OS X was the ease of mounting an image as a virtual disk. I rarely had use for this however until I got a netbook, which has no optical drive. Now when I have hoped to install certain games (running on WINE) this is unnecessarilly complicated, if not impossible due to the lack of optical drive and the lack of an easy mounting option. Can we be sure to add an easy way to mount disk images? Maybe just right click>mount image in Dolphin? I don't imagine it should be very hard to implement, and would be very useful... especially as more users are turning to netbooks and similar devices.

On KDE 4.7, I see that if I right-click on an ISO image (extension .iso), and select Open with ... ark (or file roller), I can browse the ISO image. Clicking on things in the image does as expected. I do not know about other image types. -- Roger Oberholtzer OPQ Systems / Ramböll RST Ramböll Sverige AB Krukmakargatan 21 P.O. Box 17009 SE-104 62 Stockholm, Sweden Office: Int +46 10-615 60 20 Mobile: Int +46 70-815 1696 SHAW'S PRINCIPAL Build a system that even a fool can use, and only a fool will want to use it. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-kde+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-kde+help@opensuse.org

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Roger Luedecke

21:52

On Friday, August 26, 2011 02:57:26 PM Roger Oberholtzer wrote:

On Fri, 2011-08-26 at 11:55 -0700, Roger Luedecke wrote:

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One thing that was nice in OS X was the ease of mounting an image as a virtual disk. I rarely had use for this however until I got a netbook, which has no optical drive. Now when I have hoped to install certain games (running on WINE) this is unnecessarilly complicated, if not impossible due to the lack of optical drive and the lack of an easy mounting option. Can we be sure to add an easy way to mount disk images? Maybe just right click>mount image in Dolphin? I don't imagine it should be very hard to implement, and would be very useful... especially as more users are turning to netbooks and similar devices.

On KDE 4.7, I see that if I right-click on an ISO image (extension .iso), and select Open with ... ark (or file roller), I can browse the ISO image. Clicking on things in the image does as expected. I do not know about other image types. Its not mounting the ISO. A piece of software that requires a disk for authentication will not work on this. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-kde+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-kde+help@opensuse.org

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Sven Burmeister

27 Aug 27 Aug

07:38

Am Freitag, 26. August 2011, 11:55:16 schrieb Roger Luedecke:

One thing that was nice in OS X was the ease of mounting an image as a virtual disk. I rarely had use for this however until I got a netbook, which has no optical drive. Now when I have hoped to install certain games (running on WINE) this is unnecessarilly complicated, if not impossible due to the lack of optical drive and the lack of an easy mounting option. Can we be sure to add an easy way to mount disk images? Maybe just right click>mount image in Dolphin? I don't imagine it should be very hard to implement, and would be very useful... especially as more users are turning to netbooks and similar devices.

http://forum.kde.org/viewtopic.php?f=16&t=10667 You can do this yourself and submit it upstream or to opensuse. And if you use google for "mount iso kde4" you can even find other scripts and tools. Sven -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-kde+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-kde+help@opensuse.org

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Roger Luedecke

08:38

Am Freitag, 26. August 2011, 11:55:16 schrieb Roger Luedecke:

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One thing that was nice in OS X was the ease of mounting an image as a virtual disk. I rarely had use for this however until I got a netbook, which has no optical drive. Now when I have hoped to install certain games (running on WINE) this is unnecessarilly complicated, if not impossible due to the lack of optical drive and the lack of an easy mounting option. Can we be sure to add an easy way to mount disk images? Maybe just right click>mount image in Dolphin? I don't imagine it should be very hard to implement, and would be very useful... especially as more users are turning to netbooks and similar devices.

http://forum.kde.org/viewtopic.php?f=16&t=10667

You can do this yourself and submit it upstream or to opensuse. And if you use google for "mount iso kde4" you can even find other

On Saturday, August 27, 2011 12:38:41 AM Sven Burmeister wrote: scripts and tools.

Sven

I would happily do so if I had the ability. I'm a mediocre programmer at best, and have no real world experience. Not to mention I probably do not have a thorough enough understanding of these systems to know where to start. To top it off, I of course do not have understanding of Dolphin code to be able to fiddle with such things. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-kde+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-kde+help@opensuse.org

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Sven Burmeister

10:02

Am Samstag, 27. August 2011, 01:38:50 schrieb Roger Luedecke:

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http://forum.kde.org/viewtopic.php?f=16&t=10667

I would happily do so if I had the ability. I'm a mediocre programmer at best, and have no real world experience. Not to mention I probably do not have a thorough enough understanding of these systems to know where to start. To top it off, I of course do not have understanding of Dolphin code to be able to fiddle with such things.

Did you actually read the post? It involves a text editor and a file manager – I guess everybody can handle those two. Ok, if you do not know the command to mount isos you need a google search for the mount command but that's very easy to find as well. Sven -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-kde+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-kde+help@opensuse.org

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Anders Johansson

14:38

On Friday 26 August 2011 11:55:16 Roger Luedecke wrote:

One thing that was nice in OS X was the ease of mounting an image as a virtual disk. I rarely had use for this however until I got a netbook, which has no optical drive. Now when I have hoped to install certain games (running on WINE) this is unnecessarilly complicated, if not impossible due to the lack of optical drive and the lack of an easy mounting option. Can we be sure to add an easy way to mount disk images? Maybe just right click>mount image in Dolphin? I don't imagine it should be very hard to implement, and would be very useful... especially as more users are turning to netbooks and similar devices.

Maybe http://cdemu.sourceforge.net is close to what you're looking for. I'm just building it now in my opensuse project, to see how well it works Anders -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-kde+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-kde+help@opensuse.org

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Roger Luedecke

9 Nov 9 Nov

21:40

On Saturday, August 27, 2011 07:38:26 AM Anders Johansson wrote:

On Friday 26 August 2011 11:55:16 Roger Luedecke wrote:

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One thing that was nice in OS X was the ease of mounting an image as a virtual disk. I rarely had use for this however until I got a netbook, which has no optical drive. Now when I have hoped to install certain games (running on WINE) this is unnecessarilly complicated, if not impossible due to the lack of optical drive and the lack of an easy mounting option. Can we be sure to add an easy way to mount disk images? Maybe just right click>mount image in Dolphin? I don't imagine it should be very hard to implement, and would be very useful... especially as more users are turning to netbooks and similar devices.

Maybe

http://cdemu.sourceforge.net

is close to what you're looking for. I'm just building it now in my opensuse project, to see how well it works

Anders Was this still going to make it for 12.1? -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-kde+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-kde+owner@opensuse.org

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Anders Johansson

27 Aug 27 Aug

20:42

On Friday 26 August 2011 11:55:16 Roger Luedecke wrote:

One thing that was nice in OS X was the ease of mounting an image as a virtual disk. I rarely had use for this however until I got a netbook, which has no optical drive. Now when I have hoped to install certain games (running on WINE) this is unnecessarilly complicated, if not impossible due to the lack of optical drive and the lack of an easy mounting option. Can we be sure to add an easy way to mount disk images? Maybe just right click>mount image in Dolphin? I don't imagine it should be very hard to implement, and would be very useful... especially as more users are turning to netbooks and similar devices.

FYI, I just packaged cdemu in http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/ajohansson:/cdemu/openSUSE_1... I had to get the svn version to get something that worked with the dbus we have in 11.4, but the packages that are there now seem to work well cdemu load any /home/ajh/Desktop/79uj20uc.iso (that is an old Lenovo BIOS flash image I had laying around) and pop, kde thought I had inserted a new CD and opened up the device manager thing in the systray. That cdemu command should be pretty simple to code as a dolphin service I wonder who I have to talk to in order to get this in to the distribution Anders -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-kde+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-kde+help@opensuse.org

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Stian Viskjer

29 Aug 29 Aug

02:05

Hi, There's a KDE CDemu front end at kde-apps.org[1] In addition to the front end it creates a "Mount image" under the Dolphin "Actions-menu" [1] http://kde-apps.org/content/show.php/KDE+CDEmu+Manager?content=99752 -- Stian -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-kde+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-kde+help@opensuse.org

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Roger Luedecke

9 Nov 9 Nov

21:41

On Sunday, August 28, 2011 07:05:33 PM Stian Viskjer wrote:

Hi,

There's a KDE CDemu front end at kde-apps.org[1] In addition to the front end it creates a "Mount image" under the Dolphin "Actions-menu"

[1] http://kde-apps.org/content/show.php/KDE+CDEmu+Manager?content=99752

-- Stian We should see about including this by default in 12.1 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-kde+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-kde+owner@opensuse.org

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Javier Llorente

30 Aug 30 Aug

21:01

El Sábado, 27 de Agosto de 2011 22:42:50 Anders Johansson escribió: [...]

I wonder who I have to talk to in order to get this in to the distribution

SR to the right devel project and then to openSUSE:Factory. Cheers, -- Javier Llorente

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