tips needed on iso files

[Dawes, Stephen]

That is if /cdrom exists as a directory.

Steve Dawes
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: speakup-bounces at braille.uwo.ca 
> [mailto:speakup-bounces at braille.uwo.ca] On Behalf Of Jayson Smith
> Sent: 2004 June 29 9:40 PM
> To: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux.
> Subject: Re: tips needed on iso files
> 
> 
> Hi,
> If you've compiled loopback support in your kernel, try the 
> following mount -o loop yourfile.iso /cdrom I think that's 
> right anyway.  I've got a cold so I'm not quite thinking 
> straight tonight.  Anyway, that should put that filesystem on 
> /cdrom. Jayson.
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Chuck Hallenbeck" <chuckh at sent.com>
> To: "Speakup Distribution List" <speakup at speech.braille.uwo.ca>
> Sent: Tuesday, June 29, 2004 6:18 PM
> Subject: tips needed on iso files
> 
> 
> > Hi gang,
> >
> > I would appreciate some tips on doing a couple of simple 
> things with 
> > iso files. I have not done them before, and cannot find 
> what I need to 
> > know in man pages etc. If you could post a "howto" for the 
> following 
> > tasks I would appreciate it:
> >
> > 1. I have the four iso files for SW 10.0 (thanks, Greg) plus the 
> > associated md5 files. How do I verify the intactness of my 
> downloads? 
> > The man page seems to suggest I should have a command called "md5" 
> > unless I am misreading it, but there ain't no such animal on my 
> > system. Related to that, I will then burn a set of CD's and 
> will need 
> > to verify those burns as well.
> >
> > 2. There should be a way to "open" those iso files, copying or 
> > converting them to the corresponding files and directories, without 
> > first burning the CD's and then mounting and copying the 
> contents back 
> > in again. How would you do that, going directly from an iso 
> file to a 
> > directory structure on the HD?
> >
> > Many thanks,
> > Chuck
> >
> >
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