I can't mount an iso image...

pogeymanz · 2008-07-25 01:40:46

Just when I started thinking I was proficient at linux...

sudo mount -o loop test.iso /mnt/test/

gives this error:

mount: could not find any device /dev/loop#

The mount point DOES exist already. What am I doing wrong?

scrawler · 2008-07-25 01:47:42

I think you're just missing the "-t" option of mount

#mount -o loop -t iso9660 image.iso /target-dir

works for me...

SwimFr3ak · 2008-07-25 02:06:57

try this

modprobe loop
mount -o -t loop iso9660 image.iso /target-dir

Procyon · 2008-07-25 02:07:03

You need to modprobe now to get loop devices

modprobe loop

Add it to /etc/rc.conf modules list.

pogeymanz · 2008-07-25 03:05:26

The problem was the loop module. A simple modprobe loop solved it. Thank you.

Can someone explain:
1. What the loop module does?
2. What the -t iso9660 option does?

sevenfourk · 2008-07-25 09:07:35

1. I believe that loop module is used to mount images.
2. '-t iso9660' - you specify here file system. So iso has it.

Last edited by sevenfourk (2008-07-25 09:08:16)

yermandu · 2012-07-21 16:03:57

Thank you im forgot this thing,

ewaller · 2012-07-21 16:08:39

Yermandu: Note that this is a four year old thread. I have not seen many of these members in years

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