On 2010-07-24, Lawrence D'Oliveiro <l...@geek-central.gen.new_zealand> wrote: > In message <mailman.323.1278440923.1673.python-l...@python.org>, Robert Kern > wrote: > >> There are also utilities for mounting ISOs directly without burning >> them to a physical disk. > > You need special utilities to do this??
Not if the OS and VFS are competently designed. In Linux all you need to do is this: mount -o loop /path/to/file.iso /mount/point Apparently you've got to jump through all sorts of hoops using 3rd party software to do something analgous in MS Windows. -- Grant -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list