Edit a file on an ISO

[Tony Arnold]

Bart,

Bart Silverstrim wrote:
> 
> NoOp wrote:
>> On 02/24/2008 11:15 AM, Bart Silverstrim wrote:
>>> Is there a way or a howto/etc. that deals with how to edit a file on an 
>>> ISO and re-burn easily?
>>>
>>> I have a bootable iso image and on it there is a file I'd like to make a 
>>> small edit on before burning to an actual CDR.  I know you can jumpt 
>>> through a series of steps to extract the files and then move them to a 
>>> new ISO image and burn that, but I was hoping there was an easier way to 
>>>   do this since I just have a small change to make to one little file.
>>
>> Try isomaster:
>> http://packages.ubuntu.com/gutsy/isomaster
> 
> Interesting package!  Might be just what I'm looking for!
> 
> Thanks to everyone who suggested ideas.

You can mount an iso file as a file system using the mount command, e.g.,

	sudo mount -o loop somefile.iso /mnt

You will then find all the files in the iso image in /mnt where you can
edit away and the iso file will be modified directly.

Regards,
Tony.
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