On Sat, May 24, 2008 at 3:48 PM, Stan Goodman <stan.goodman@hashkedim.com> wrote:
At 15:53:13 on Saturday Saturday 24 May 2008, "Francesco Teodori" <francesco.teodori@gmail.com> wrote:
as root, mount -t iso9660 -o loop image_name.iso /mnt replace /mnt with your mount point. Francesco
What is the meaning of the "loop" option? It is not mentioned in the man page for "mount" under "options for iso9660".
On Sat, May 24, 2008 at 2:28 PM, Jerry Houston <jerry@effjayare.net> wrote:
I wanted to try 11.0 b3 on this laptop, but the DVD drive on it hasn't worked for some time. Remembering how easy it is to use an ISO image as a repository for installing and updating software, I figured I'd download a copy of 11.0 to the machine, and go from there.
That's done now, but I can't figure out what to use to mount the ISO. I don't want to mount it in a VM (I have one of those already on another computer), but actually install it here. Is there a way to do that, or do I just need to get the DVD drive fixed before I can install or update an OS?
Thanks to anyone with a clue,
Jerry in Bothell, WA
It is the loop back device, which allows you to mount a FILE as if it were a DEVICE. -- ----------JSA--------- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org