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Procedure to mount ISO images under Linux
1) You must login as a root user
2) Create the directory i.e. mount point:
# mkdir -p /mnt/temp_disk1
3) Use mount command to mount iso file called disk1.iso with loop option:
# mount -o loop disk1.iso /mnt/temp_disk1

Now you should be able to access all the files on that ISO image. Please note, you have to provide full path to iso image, not just iso image alone.

To mount /root/linux.iso file under /mnt directory.
issue the following commands.

# mount -o loop /root/linux.iso /mn/linux

to unmount

# umount /mnt/linux

for example:

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To mount /root/sparc.iso file under /mnt directory.
issue the following commands.
# lofiadm -a /root/sparc.iso /dev/lofi/1
# mount -F hsfs -o ro /dev/lofi/1 /mnt

to unmount

# umount /mnt
# lofiadm -d /dev/lofi/1

Note: lofi = loopback file driver

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