Hi, It doesn't really matter what I want to use it for. I want to mount it like a CD, just like it is actually burned to a CD. Which I've been saying in the passed few posts. If I have a DVD in an ISO image I want to use, as an example.
Microsoft has its own program for doing this on Windows, and it works very well. What it basically does is virtualize a CD-rom drive, and when you ask it to mount the ISO image, it will make it appear that a disk has actually been inserted and show you the appropriate dialogs for setups, DVDs, and so-forth, to clarify even further., which eliminates the need to burn ISO images to disks to you're not required to buy them. The virtual drive will behave like a regular drive, and so will the image as if it was inserted into the drive on a CD or DVD. Hope this will make it easier to understand. It's probably not even necessary to virtualize, I hope. Regards, Nic Skype: Kvalme MSN Messenger: nico...@home3.gvdnet.dk AIM: cincinster yahoo Messenger: cin368 Facebook Profile My Twitter On Nov 26, 2009, at 2:35 PM, Kieren wrote: > >> If there is, I'd like to know. I don't see it. I even looked through the >> help, and there is no mention of mounting ISO files, only opening them if >> you would like to burn them. I want to mount them and use them as a virtual >> CD, not open to burn them. > > So the Question remains what are you trying to do? Install an OS? > Play audio? what? > Without you explaining the context of your need to mount but not open > which BTW are one and the same thing when it comes > to .iso, .dmg, .cdr, .sparseimage and many other multi file/disk > archiving formats. > To put it simply mounting an ISO ie double click the .iso file to open > it is THE SAME as burning it to a physical disk and then putting it > back in the drive to read the data off it it is read only. ISO files > are not read/write. > > For clarification how would you do this on a windows box? I think you > are asking the wrong question. if you are looking to create an > expandable archive then you can use the disk utility to create a NEW > image of a set size which is read/write which will pre-allocate the > disk space straight away. > Or you can create a sparseimage which is also read/write but will grow > in disk size up to a set limit. > These are not iso standard but there are a few utils around which will > burn their contents to disk if needed or convert them to other > formats. > > Kieren > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
