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Date: 2010nov2
OS: Linux

Q.  How do I mount a .iso image without burning a CD-ROM ?


A.  If your file is /tmp/myfile.iso

First, become root.

You first need to make a "mount point" which is just an empty directory.
The /mnt folder is a good place for this:

	mkdir /mnt/myfile

Now you can mount it:
	
	mount -o loop -t iso9660 /tmp/myfile.iso /mnt/myfile

This is called a "loopback" mount and very cool in my opinion.

Use it like this:

	cd /mnt/myfile

	ls

When you are done unmount as follows:

	umount /mnt/myfile

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