Open source virtual drives

[debiani386]

 >I don't think that mounting .iso in a loop interface on Linux gives 
you the same  drive as alcohol gives you on Windows. It's >worth the try 
though. I guess it all depends what do you need from the .iso files. If 
you are talking about some games that >you backed up using Alcohol 52% 
(free) or 120% (non-free), then they might not have the right "mapping" 
needed by the >software to run with it (I'm thinking games like 
Chessmaster 10 here. The ISOs won't work with anything other than 
Alcohol >52% for me).
 >
 >Again, your reason to use this type of emulation might be simpler and 
"mount -o loop -t iso9660 foo.iso /mnt" might just do >it for you...
 >
 >Just my 0.02
 >
 >
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 >Luis Mondesi
 >*NIX Guru

I like to download some music/movies/programs and not have to pay for 
them. They usually come in the form of ISO's or MDF's, so i would be 
needing something that would treat them like a cd drive. Ive never 
mounted an ISO image in linux (let alone ubuntu) before.

--cj