mounting an iso image

[dharanitharan]

hi frenz,
tell me how to mount an iso image..

[MelDJ]

open with archive manager to view files

[ukripper]

in terminal u can use this:

sudo mount /path/to/iso -o loop /place/to/mount

replace above accordingly.

[dharanitharan]

no.. i want to mount not to view the files.... in windows we ve deamon tools know .. lik that

[dharanitharan]

place to mount in the sense

[RomeReactor]

Hi. To do that with a graphical interface, you can use GmountIso. It's in the repositories, so you can find it searching in Synaptic, Add/Remove, etc.

[rsiddharth]

place to mount in the sense

"Place to mount " is the location where you wish to mount the .iso image .

If your using ubuntu 9.04 , then most of the external media that you insert (viz,pendrive , cd ROM , etc ) gets mounted inside a folder under " media ' folder which is located in " / " ( i.e the root folder ) .

If you know how to go to the root folder ,its well and fine , in case your not aware ,here is how you go - Places -- > Home Folder .

* Now your in the Home Folder .
* hit ctrl+L and you must see a location bar materialize . you will probably see something like " /home/youraccountname" . 'youraccountname' is the name that you provide while you log in for a session in ubuntu .
* clear the location bar and type " / " ,though without the quotation and hit enter(or return) .
*Now you search for a folder called 'media' and your there ! .

If you wish to mount your iso image here , as ukripper as said you got to type(in terminal )

sudo mount /path/to/iso -o loop /place/to/mount

here

 /path/to/iso

will be the destination where you have placed your iso image .
for instance if you have placed it in your " Documents " folder , then the path will be

/home/youraccountname/Documents/nameofiso.iso

Coming to the second part :

/place/to/mount

Assuming that you intend to mount your iso image under the 'media' folder about which I described above , the code will be something like this :

/media/cdrom0

your iso gets mounted in cdrom0 folder which under 'media' folder ! .