Mount an ISO Image

Linux

Mount an ISO Image

Without Writing it to a CD or DVD

If you download a CD or DVD image, which is an ISO file, you can write it to a CD or DVD and access the files.

There may be situations where you want to access the files on an ISO image without writing it to a CD or DVD. You can do this by mounting the ISO image.

Create Directory

Before mounting the ISO image, you must have a directory to mount it to. It can be mounted to any directory. For illustration purposes create a new directory called "iso" in the "mnt" directory.

Open the Root Terminal and type:

mkdir /mnt/iso

Another option is to open the Root File Manager and make this directory.

Mount the ISO Image

The drive can be mounted by opening the Root Terminal and typing:

mount -o loop -t iso9660 (path and iso) (directory)

For example, if tinycore_2.2.iso was in /home/helen, to mount it to /mnt/iso use:

mount -o loop -t iso9660 /home/helen/tinycore_2.2.iso /mnt/iso

Another option is to go to the directory containing the iso file, then mount it.

cd (path)
mount -o loop -t iso9660 (iso) (directory)

Using the above example, it would be:

cd /home/helen
mount -o loop -t iso9660 tinycore_2.2.iso /mnt/iso

You can now access the contents of the ISO image by going to /mnt/iso.

Unmount

It can be unmounted using:

umount (directory)

umount (path and iso)

Using the above example, it could be unmounted using:

umount /mnt/iso

umount /home/helen/tinycore_2.2.iso

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