Burning ISOs: Difference between revisions

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(Last edited by Dubiousjim on 5 Nov 2012.)

See:

Arch Wiki on CD Burning
Arch Wiki on DVD Burning Example:
growisofs -Z /dev/dvd=/path/to/dvdimage.iso
Arch Wiki on Copying Install ISOs to a USB key, though note that mkarchiso generates hybrid ISOs, whereas as far as I know, alpine-iso does not

To do the converse operation, copying a CD to an ISO image, just do:

dd if=/dev/cdrom of=/path/to/cdimage.iso

To mount an ISO without physically burning it to a CD:

{{{1}}}

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 To mount an ISO without physically burning it to a CD:
+<!-- "mount -t iso9660 -o ro,loop=/dev/loop0 /path/to/cdimage.iso /mnt" doesn't work with BusyBox's mount -->
 {{Cmd|modprobe loop
-mount -t iso9660 -o ro,loop{{=}}/dev/loop0 /path/to/cdimage.iso /mnt}}
+LOOP=`losetup -f`
+losetup $LOOP /path/to/cdimage.iso
+mount -t iso9660 -o ro $LOOP /mnt
+...
+# when finished
+umount /mnt
+losetup -d $LOOP}}
 or see [https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Mounting_images_as_user#fuseiso Arch Wiki on fuseiso].