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 level | Intermediate |
| Root privileges | Yes |
| Requirements | vnconfig/mount |
| Est. reading time | N/A |
b] mount – Mount file system.
c] umount – Unmount file systems
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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What about “mount -o loop foo.iso /mount/path/” ??
i think using loop is for linux