> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected] [mailto:owner-freebsd-
> [email protected]] On Behalf Of jb
> Sent: Tuesday, February 21, 2012 9:53 AM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: New iso format on 9.0
>
> <egoitz <at> ramattack.net> writes:
>
> >
> > Good morning,
> >
> > Previously I was doing a : 'tar -C /expert/netboot/freebsd8 -pxvf
> > 8.0-RELEASE-amd64-disc1.iso' for extracting iso files.
> > ...
>
> There is a simple way to access contents of an iso file:
> # mount -o loop some.iso /mnt
>
That works on FreeBSD? I commonly use that (daily even) on Linux, but was not
aware that would work on FreeBSD.
Here's the method I use on [modern] FreeBSD:
mdconfig -a -t vnode -u 99 -f $ISOFILE
mount -t cd9660 /dev/md99 /mnt
And here's the method I would use on LEGACY FreeBSD:
cd /dev && sh MAKEDEV vn99
vnconfig -c vn99 $ISOFILE
mount -t cd9660 /dev/vn99c /mnt
Or, you can just download this script which works on both Linux and FreeBSD:
http://druidbsd.cvs.sourceforge.net/viewvc/druidbsd/druidbsd/druid/src/tools/mou
nt_iso.sh?view=log
Usage:
./mount_iso.sh $ISOFILE /mnt
Don't forget that when you're done, you have to deconfigure the device...
On [modern] FreeBSD:
umount /mnt
mdconfig -d -u 99
And here's the method for LEGACY FreeBSD:
umount /mnt
vnconfig -u vn99c
Or, you can just download this script which works on both Linux and FreeBSD:
http://druidbsd.cvs.sourceforge.net/viewvc/druidbsd/druidbsd/druid/src/tools/umo
unt_iso.sh?view=log
Usage:
./umount_iso.sh /mnt
--
Devin
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