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deathraccoon

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Registered: 2015-04-23

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[solved] unable to mount .iso

When I attempt to mount an iso (any iso) on any mount point, I encounter the following situation

sudo mount archlinux-2015.04.01-dual.iso /mnt/iso
mount: /mnt/iso: mount failed: Unknown error -1

Whst could be causing this?

Last edited by deathraccoon (2015-04-27 18:19:07)

WorMzy

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Re: [solved] unable to mount .iso

Try with '-o loop'

# mount -o loop archlinux-2015.04.01-dual.iso /mnt/iso

I'm assuming that /mnt/iso is an existing directory.

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karol

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Registered: 2009-05-06

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Re: [solved] unable to mount .iso

Try with '-o loop'

# mount -o loop archlinux-2015.04.01-dual.iso /mnt/iso

I'm assuming that /mnt/iso is an existing directory.

At least on my system, mount warns if the mountpoint doesn't exist:

mount: mount point /mnt/cc does not exist

@OP
Post the output of

uname -a
pacman -Q linux

firekage

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Re: [solved] unable to mount .iso

Have you created /mnt/cc?

karol

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Re: [solved] unable to mount .iso

Have you created /mnt/cc?

No, I have /mnt/cd and it works fine. If I try to use a mountpoint that doesn't exist, mount loudly complains, so I don't think OP is missing the mount point.

rockin turtle

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Registered: 2009-10-22

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Re: [solved] unable to mount .iso

If you've done a pacman -Sy recently, but you haven't rebooted, you may have problems mounting.  This happens whenever you update the kernel.  You must reboot.

I see from my history, that I updated to a new kernel on April 8th. So if you've done that, but haven't rebooted since then, that might be the cause your problem.

Head_on_a_Stick

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Re: [solved] unable to mount .iso

If you've done a pacman -Sy recently

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Pa … nsupported

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ewaller

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Re: [solved] unable to mount .iso

We've not heard back from the original poster.  Unfortunate.
Anyway, I think WorMzy nailed it.  Perhaps we should wait to see if we hear back as to whether the suggestions above have helped.

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deathraccoon

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Re: [solved] unable to mount .iso

I was using a custom kernel. I booted the stock Arch kernel and mounting works fine. thank you.

deathraccoon

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Re: [solved] unable to mount .iso

I was using a custom kernel. I booted the stock Arch kernel and mounting works fine. thank you.