Edit a file on an ISO

[Tony Arnold]

Leo,

Leo Cacciari wrote:
> Il giorno lun, 25/02/2008 alle 00.58 +0000, Tony Arnold ha scritto:
>> 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.
>>
> No, it is not so:
> 
> $ mount -o loop,rw /opt/iso/ubuntu-7.10-desktop-i386.iso /mnt
> $ mount
> .... [omitted]
> 
> /opt/iso/ubuntu-7.10-desktop-i386.iso on /mnt type iso9660
> (rw,loop=/dev/loop0)
> 
> $ sudo touch /mnt/foobar
> touch: cannot touch `/mnt/foobar': Read-only file system
> 
> Either I'm doing something wrong, or your idea does not work. I faced
> the same problem a little while ago, and I was _sure_ it could be done
> as you suggest, but no look. I resorted to isomaster and I was going to
> suggest it, only NoOp did it before me:)

You are right, the file system cannot be written to! I should really
test my ideas fully before posting! Apologies for misleading everyone.

Regards,
Tony.
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