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egad

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Registered: 2006-03-27

Posts: 30

any good apps to mount CD/DVD images (iso etc.)

Hi all I'm looking for a good app for KDE that can mount iso's and if needed convert other formats to iso (so they can then be mountable). I dithered some with one called AcetoneISO-with varying degrees of success.
Any recommendations? :

detto

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Registered: 2006-01-23

Posts: 510

Re: any good apps to mount CD/DVD images (iso etc.)

kiso is a very neat app, it can edit isos and save them as others iirc too. it supportss bin&cue, nrg, iso and others. check it out, its in repositories

Insane-Boy

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Registered: 2006-02-27

Posts: 243

Re: any good apps to mount CD/DVD images (iso etc.)

Check AUR..

Lontronics

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Registered: 2006-08-28

Posts: 121

Re: any good apps to mount CD/DVD images (iso etc.)

Why an application for that purpose?

You can mount iso's very easy with the following command:

mount -t iso9660 -o ro,loop ./$ISONAME ./$TEMPDIR1

where $ISONAME is the name of the iso and $TEMPDIR1 the directory used for mounting.

To make a new mountable ISO:

mkisofs -o ../$NEWNAME -b isolinux/isolinux.bin -c isolinux/boot.cat -no-emul-boot -boot-load-size 4 -boot-info-table -l -R -r ./

where $NEWNAME is the name for the new ISO, command executed in the directory which you want to make an ISO from.

I am using this to mount the original distro ISO, so I can replace packages and scripts if I want, to make an ISO I can use to do a fast install.

You could use this command in your menu somewhere so you can look into the iso with your filemanager.
Easy and no need for extra packages....

May be not enough for you because you are looking for extra functionality/ options, that's possible, but I would like to share it, you never know

Jan

scarecrow

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From: Greece

Registered: 2004-11-18

Posts: 715

Re: any good apps to mount CD/DVD images (iso etc.)

I'd rather use the manual ISO mounting method, as kiso is exhessively buggy.

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brazzmonkey

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From: between keyboard and chair

Registered: 2006-03-16

Posts: 818

Re: any good apps to mount CD/DVD images (iso etc.)

cdemu ? it's in AUR.

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