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

Serg sergicles at gmail.com
Sun Jul 30 14:48:00 UTC 2006


Would also be possible with QEmu - Open Source VMWare alternative.

   Serg
On Sun, 2006-07-30 at 12:29 +0200, Alexander Skwar wrote:
> · Carsten Agger <agger at c.dk>:
> 
> > 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?
> 
> No.
> 
> > 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 ...
> 
> Hm. With VMware, that would be possible.
> 
> Alexander Skwar
> -- 
> Ok, Du hast gewonnen.
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>                 -- Klaus Knopper
> 
> 
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