Mounting ISOs under FreeBSD 5.x - Revision history

Dave: Reverted edits by 211.143.37.188 (Talk); changed back to last version by Robbak

2007-04-28T19:16:26Z

Reverted edits by 211.143.37.188 (Talk); changed back to last version by Robbak

Robbak: Mount -u is the wrong syntax. Changed to umount.

2006-06-10T01:26:18Z

Mount -u is the wrong syntax. Changed to umount.

Jimbo: I frequently mount these things in odd places and it's easier to remember the device name =)

2006-04-23T12:22:07Z

I frequently mount these things in odd places and it's easier to remember the device name =)

Jimbo at 20:53, 25 August 2004

2004-08-25T20:53:10Z

Jimbo at 03:55, 23 August 2004

2004-08-23T03:55:55Z

Jimbo at 03:29, 23 August 2004

2004-08-23T03:29:17Z

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Under FreeBSD 4.x and prior, a utility called [[vnconfig]] was used for both creating and mounting RAMdisks and mounting ISOs as virtual drives. However, vnconfig is no longer used in FreeBSD 5.x. To mount an image under a FreeBSD 5.x system, you'll need to use [[mdconfig]], like this:

'''ph34r# mdconfig -a -t vnode -f /path/to/image.iso -u 1'''
'''ph34r# mount -t cd9660 /dev/md1 /mnt/cdrom'''

Note that -u 1 matches up with /dev/md1. If you needed to mount more than one device this way, you would use -u x with /dev/mdx as appropriate.

To dismount the ISO and destroy the virtual device (thus allowing you to do things like write to the ISO file), you would issue the following:

'''ph34r# mount -u /mnt/cdrom'''
'''ph34r# mdconfig -d -u 1'''

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 To dismount the ISO and destroy the virtual device (thus allowing you to do things like write to the ISO file), you would issue the following:
-  ph34r# '''mount -u /dev/md1'''
+  ph34r# '''umount /dev/md1'''
   ph34r# '''mdconfig -d -u 1'''
 [[Category : Common Tasks]]

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 To dismount the ISO and destroy the virtual device (thus allowing you to do things like write to the ISO file), you would issue the following:
-  ph34r# '''mount -u /mnt/cdrom'''
+  ph34r# '''mount -u /dev/md1'''
   ph34r# '''mdconfig -d -u 1'''
 [[Category : Common Tasks]]

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	'''ph34r# mount -u /mnt/cdrom'''		'''ph34r# mount -u /mnt/cdrom'''
	'''ph34r# mdconfig -d -u 1'''		'''ph34r# mdconfig -d -u 1'''
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 Under FreeBSD 4.x and prior, a utility called [[vnconfig]] was used for both creating and mounting RAMdisks and mounting ISOs as virtual drives.  However, vnconfig is no longer used in FreeBSD 5.x. To mount an image under a FreeBSD 5.x system, you'll need to use [[mdconfig]], like this:
-  '''ph34r# mdconfig -a -t vnode -f /path/to/image.iso -u 1'''
+  ph34r# '''mdconfig -a -t vnode -f /path/to/image.iso -u 1'''
-  '''ph34r# mount -t cd9660 /dev/md1 /mnt/cdrom'''
+  ph34r# '''mount -t cd9660 /dev/md1 /mnt/cdrom'''
 Note that -u 1 matches up with /dev/md1. If you needed to mount more than one device this way, you would use -u x with /dev/mdx as appropriate.
@@ Line 8: / Line 8: @@
 To dismount the ISO and destroy the virtual device (thus allowing you to do things like write to the ISO file), you would issue the following:
-  '''ph34r# mount -u /mnt/cdrom'''
+  ph34r# '''mount -u /mnt/cdrom'''
-  '''ph34r# mdconfig -d -u 1'''
+  ph34r# '''mdconfig -d -u 1'''
 [[Category : Common Tasks]]