Why Bother Mounting an ISO Image?
Sometimes you find yourself in a situation where you need to take an ISO image and utilize it like a CD or DVD. The popularity of virtual machines and the ability to manipulate larger files over high speed Internet increase the chances that you’ll have to work with an ISO image from time to time. Being able to mount an ISO image as though it were an inserted CD/DVD can make manipulating these kinds of files a bit easier– especially if your computer doesn’t have a CD/DVD ROM drive installed.
In Solaris
Let’s say you have a third party program you need to install, but the vendor only gives you an ISO file. Let’s say the name of the file is thirdparty.iso and you have downloaded that file to /export/home/myhome. Here’s an easy way to utilize this file under Solaris: Continue reading
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