Mounting ISOs under FreeBSD 5.x
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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: | 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. | 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. | ||
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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: | 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''' |
[[Category : Common Tasks]] | [[Category : Common Tasks]] | ||
Revision as of 15:53, 25 August 2004
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
