Using a ISO file to create a virtual CD-ROM Drive

Carsten Agger agger at c.dk
Sun Jul 30 06:41:16 UTC 2006


Sebastian Gil skrev:
> 2006/7/30, José Paulo Matafome Oleiro <matafomeoleiro at gmail.com 
> <mailto:matafomeoleiro at gmail.com>>:
> 
>     Hi there, I've got a problem how I can mount a ISO file, to appears
>     like a CD/DVD at my Ubuntu system?
>     Thanks for your help
> 
>     Sincerely
>     José Oleiro aka Matafome (#computers at irc.ptnet.org
>     <http://irc.ptnet.org>)
> 
> 
> sudo mount -t iso9660 -o loop image.iso mountpoint
> 
OK, here's a supplementary question: Is it possible to set the system
op to boot from an ISO in a virtual CD-ROM drive?

The reason I ask is that there's a live distro I'd like to try
out, but I don't currently have a CD-ROM drive ...

thanks in advance
Carsten Agger

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