How to add an fstab entry to automount an ISO image on startup?
I have the SUSE 10 DVD that I downloaded still on my HDD as /home/samjnaa/SUSE-10.0-DVD-i386-GM.iso. I want this iso to be mounted to /mnt/suse10dvd by default on system startup. I tried entering the following fstab entry but it does not work: /home/samjnaa/SUSE-10.0-DVD-i386-GM.iso /mnt/suse10dvd auto default 0 0 Please tell me what I must correct. -- Penguin #395953 resides at http://samvit.org subsisting on SUSE Linux 10.0 with KDE 3.5
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Shriramana Sharma wrote:
I have the SUSE 10 DVD that I downloaded still on my HDD as /home/samjnaa/SUSE-10.0-DVD-i386-GM.iso. I want this iso to be mounted to /mnt/suse10dvd by default on system startup. I tried entering the following fstab entry but it does not work:
/home/samjnaa/SUSE-10.0-DVD-i386-GM.iso /mnt/suse10dvd auto default 0 0
Please tell me what I must correct.
/home/samjnaa/SUSE-10.0-DVD-i386-GM.iso /mnt/suse10dvd iso9660 ro,loop 0 0 Should work a charm... ragards, Graham -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFDkXZmE7J2/DSrgDcRAqRIAJ9G/IcmmhkOeE39LP7pBtPkeL5M6wCfdreK 40fgKRNlpQLFWIFou0jgFpA= =vhhw -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
Graham Anderson wrote:
Shriramana Sharma wrote:
I have the SUSE 10 DVD that I downloaded still on my HDD as /home/samjnaa/SUSE-10.0-DVD-i386-GM.iso. I want this iso to be mounted to /mnt/suse10dvd by default on system startup. I tried entering the following fstab entry but it does not work:
/home/samjnaa/SUSE-10.0-DVD-i386-GM.iso /mnt/suse10dvd auto default 0 0
Please tell me what I must correct.
/home/samjnaa/SUSE-10.0-DVD-i386-GM.iso /mnt/suse10dvd iso9660 ro,loop 0 0
Should work a charm...
Or, even better IMO, configure autofs to mount it on request. Autofs makes even better sense with CD images as when you're mounting a succession of ISO images you can quickly use up your eight (by defulat) loop devices. Another choice is to read and adapt the instructions for creating a repository for a network isntall.
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