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Old 05-15-2007
mounting ISO in linux

Hi Guys,

I'm having a bit of trouble and im not sure what is the deal, I'm trying to mount an ISO on my RHEL box and it is not letting me...

mount -o loop -t iso9660 /home/bgalante/rhel-5-server-i386-disc3.iso /mnt
mount: Not a directory


any idea what i am doing wrong?
# 2  
Old 05-15-2007
hi BG_JrAdmin,

just make sure that /mnt directory is empty,
and for myself - that -t option is obsolete.

cheers Smilie
# 3  
Old 05-16-2007
Code:
mount -o ro,loop image.iso /mnt/iso/

is the way I'm doing it.
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