OpenBSD: Mount An ISO Image Command

Author: Vivek Gite Last updated: May 16, 2013 2 comments

How do I mount an ISO image in OpenBSD operating systems using command line options?

You can mount a disk image or ISO images using the mount command. This is useful if you want to copy a few files from an ISO image without burning the image to CD or DVD. You need to use the following commands:

Tutorial details
Difficulty	Intermediate (rss)
Root privileges	Yes
Requirements	vnconfig/mount
Time	N/A

Syntax

The syntax is:

vnconfig /dev/vndXy /path/to/file.iso
vnconfig vnd0 /tmp/file.iso
mount /dev/vndXy /mnt/

Examples

In this example, mount an ISO disk image called /home/nixcraft/downloads/foo.iso:
# vnconfig vnd0 /home/nixcraft/downloads/foo.iso # mount -t cd9660 /dev/vnd0c /mnt # df # cd /mnt # ls -l # cp xyz /home/nixcraft/
To unmount the image, enter:
# umount /mnt ### Detaching vnode device from the image ### # vnconfig -u vnd0

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