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| An IsoImage is an image of a CD or DVD disk that can be stored on your computer and used to write to a new disk. You can mount an image without burning it to as disc, it is quite a simple process and this guide can be used as an aid. | An IsoImage is an image of a CD or DVD disk that can be stored on your computer and used to write to a new disk. It is also possible to mount an IsoImage to your disk, removing the need of a CD. |
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| You can install the GUI application called gIsoMount using ["Synaptic"]. | gISOMount is a utility for mounting and managing .iso images with the added capabilities of calculating md5sums, and reading various volume information. It can be downloaded through Synaptic Package Manager |
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| The default [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_point mount point] under GNU/Linux is under ''/media''. To mount an iso file to this location, use the following commands: | The default [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_point mount point] under GNU/Linux is under ''/media''. '''To mount an iso file to this location:''' |
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| '''Note''': myfile.iso should be replaced with the file you want to mount. This will mount the ISO image to the directory ''/media/cdimage'' |
'''Note''': ''myfile''.iso is to be replaced with the file you want to mount. This will mount the ISO image to the directory ''/media/cdimage''. |
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| {{{ sudo mkdir /media/cdimage sudo mount -o rw,loop myfile.iso /media/cdimage }}} |
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| * .img files can be converted to iso using '''ccd2iso'''. | * .img files can be converted to .iso using '''ccd2iso'''. |
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Mounting ISO Files
Introduction
An IsoImage is an image of a CD or DVD disk that can be stored on your computer and used to write to a new disk. It is also possible to mount an IsoImage to your disk, removing the need of a CD.
GUI
gISOMount is a utility for mounting and managing .iso images with the added capabilities of calculating md5sums, and reading various volume information. It can be downloaded through Synaptic Package Manager
Command Line
The default [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_point mount point] under GNU/Linux is under /media.
To mount an iso file to this location:
sudo mkdir /media/cdimage sudo mount -o loop ''myfile''.iso /media/cdimage
Note: myfile.iso is to be replaced with the file you want to mount. This will mount the ISO image to the directory /media/cdimage.
To unmount the image:
sudo umount /media/cdimage rmdir /media/cdimage
Convert Other Formats To ISO
Other formats of CD or DVD images can be converted to ISO and then mounted as above.
.img files can be converted to .iso using ccd2iso.
ccd2iso imagen.img imagen.iso
Nero image (.nrg) files can either be converted to iso using nrg2iso or mounted directly using mount.
To mount using mount:
sudo mkdir /media/cdimage sudo mount -o loop,offset=307200 myfile.nrg /media/cdimage
To install nrg2iso:
sudo apt-get install nrg2iso
To convert to iso using nrg2iso:
nrg2iso myfile.nrg myfile.iso
Cue/Bin image (.cue/.bin) files must be converted. This can be done using bchunk.
To install bchunk:
sudo apt-get install bchunk
To convert to iso using bchunk:
bchunk myfile.bin myfile.cue myfile
Clone CD (.ccd/.img/.sub) files must be converted. This can be done using ccd2iso. The package for this program is extremely unstable and has been taken from the Ubuntu forums http://www.ubuntuforums.org. It is also only packaged for Pentium (i386) systems. You can also compile from the source using the guide on ManageDiscImages.
To install ccd2iso download the package http://rarewares.org/debian/packages/unstable/ccd2iso_0.2-0.1_i386.deb. Then install the package:
sudo dpkg -i ccd2iso_0.2-0.1_i386.deb
To convert to iso using ccd2iso
ccd2iso myfile.img myfile.iso
Alcohol 120% image (.mdf) files can either be converted to iso using mdf2iso or mounted directly using mount.
To mount using mount:
sudo mkdir /media/cdimage sudo mount -o loop=/dev/loop0 myfile.iso /media/cdimage
To install mdf2iso:
sudo apt-get install mdf2iso
To convert to iso using mdf2iso:
mdf2iso myfile.mdf myfile.iso
A couple of other image formats can be found on the help page ["ManageDiscImages"].
Other Options
cdemu is a kernel module for mounting Cue/Bin files directly. To install it you would have to setup ["LinuxHeader"]s, compile the module and ["modprobe"] it. This is out of the scope of this page. There is a script under development in the Ubuntu forums for automating the building of cdemu [http://www.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=149963 Located Here] (Use this at your own risk.)
[http://www.debianadmin.com/mount-and-unmout-iso-images-without-burning-them.html "Mount and Unmount ISO images without burning them"] has a nice step-by-step explanation (with screen shots) showing how to mount and unmount ISO images.