Mount has been updated to support a 'loop' option so I typically do mount -o loop,ro file dir It's less typing than dealing with losetup Josh ___SIG___ On Wed, 23 May 2001, Andy Zbikowski (Zibby) wrote: > On Wed, 23 May 2001, Florin Iucha wrote: > > > Whatever happens don't panic and don't reboot :) > Make that <font size="+2" color="red"><strong>DON'T PANIC</strong></font> > > Yeah I know, not HTML4, but it'll do. :) > > Last time I tried directly mounting an iso it didn't work. After > consulting the documentation, I found what was the correct proccess. This > was some time ago, but the kernel documentation still says you need to > follow this procedure. > > So, my question is is the kernel documentation (2.4.4) out of date or has > mount been updated to handle the losetup step for you? I imagine issuing > mount while the image was mounted using Brian's method would reveal the > answer. ;) > > | Andrew S. Zbikowski | Home: 763.591.0977 | > | http://www.ringworld.org | Work: 763.428.9119 | > | http://www.itouthouse.com | PCS: 612.306.6055 | > | His power apparently lies in his ability to | > | choose incompetent enemies. | > | - Crow T. Robot, MST3K, "Prince of Space" | > > _______________________________________________ > tclug-list mailing list > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > https://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list >