Ubuntu 8.04 - ISO Mounting

TheMelodyOfRain

Can anyone link me in the direction of a program that will mount an iso in Hardy? I've head you can use code, and I've tried, but to no avail. I've also tried running MagicDisk under WINE but it still wont allow me to mount...

What I'm trying to do is mount a VistaLite ISO so I can install a 32-bit version of VistaUltimate on a seperate partition, as I use software like Reason, Sonar and FLStudio8 for audio production and although most of them work under WINE, the quality is severely deminished, most notably in terms of sound...

GreenHell

Open command window

sudo mkdir /tmp/tmpiso

sudo mount -o loop name.iso /tmp/tmpiso

Easy peasy

TheMelodyOfRain

Bah, I get this:

mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/loop0,
       missing codepage or helper program, or other error
       In some cases useful info is found in syslog - try
       dmesg | tail  or so

Would the fact that I'm using an AMD64 version of the distro but I'm not using an AMD64 processor be the culprit?
Could it be that the iso itself is perhaps corrupt?
Does it have to be in a specific directory? I've moved it into the home folder and got that message, and when I tried mounting it from a folder on the desktop its said the directory didnt exist...
Appreciate the help.

GreenHell

Whats the full command your typing out?

No reason by the iso shouldn't mount.

copy the iso to your /tmp

And try the command again as root and include the full path to the iso

mount -o loop /tmp/name.iso /tmp/tmpiso

TheElf

Try adding -t iso9660 to the command, So it would be:

sudo mkdir /tmp/tmpiso

sudo mount -o loop -t iso9660 name.iso /tmp/tmpiso

BopNiblets

I'm sure there was a GUI mounting in Add/Remove Programs, just search for ISO or Mount.
I had it on Ubuntu Hardy but I switched to Linux Mint and it's got different way of installing programs, and I don't remember the name off the top o' me head.

Khannie

You sure the ISO's not corrupt?

If TheElf's command doesn't work, that's what I'd suspect.

Capt'n Midnight

how do add a locally mounted ISO to the repository ?
then I could upgrade from a usb flash drive without having to burn a CD

GreenHell

A yum repo?

If you adding to an existing repo

createrepo /path/to/repo/

If your just you using cd then you just need to edit the file

/etc/yum.repos.d/something.repo to point to your cd/usb

then

yum update