mount -t iso9660 isofilename -o loop=/dev/loop0,rw mountpoint
like that?
On Thu, 16 Nov 2000, Bret Hughes wrote:
> I found a reference in the archives that talks of being able to mount an
> iso image and updating the rpms in it regening hdlist and then
> installing from it. Sounds good but even though mount reports the
> partition as rw I cannot write to it.
>
> here is the line from mount
> /pub/SoftWare/linux_software/iso/zoot-i386.iso on /pub/redhatiso type
> iso9660 (rw,loop=/dev/loop0)
>
> this is what happens
> [root@compaq2 redhatiso]# touch testfile
> touch: testfile: Read-only file system
> [root@compaq2 redhatiso]# ls -al
> total 76
> drwxrwxr-x 8 root root 2048 Mar 8 2000 .
> drwxrwsr-x 45 root eladmin 4096 Nov 15 21:03 ..
> -rw-rw-r-- 1 root root 2588 Mar 8 2000 .buildlog
> -rw-r--r-- 8 root root 18385 Sep 7 1999 COPYING
> -rw-r--r-- 9 root root 3400 Mar 8 2000 README
> -rw-r--r-- 18 root root 16300 Mar 8 2000 RELEASE-NOTES
> -rw-r--r-- 8 root root 1908 Sep 25 1999 RPM-GPG-KEY
> drwxrwxr-x 5 root root 2048 Mar 8 2000 RedHat
> -r--r--r-- 1 root root 544 Mar 9 2000 TRANS.TBL
> -rwxr-xr-x 9 root root 538 Sep 25 1999 autorun
> -rwxr--r-- 1 root root 2048 Mar 8 2000 boot.cat
> drwxrwxr-x 5 root root 2048 Mar 9 2000 doc
> drwxrwxr-x 6 root root 4096 Mar 8 2000 dosutils
> drwxrwxr-x 7 root root 2048 Mar 8 2000 images
> drwxrwxr-x 4 root root 2048 Mar 8 2000 misc
> dr-xr-xr-x 51 root root 8192 Dec 31 1969 rr_moved
> [root@compaq2 redhatiso]#
>
>
> here is the mount command i use
> mount /pub/SoftWare/linux_software/iso/zoot-i386.iso -o loop
> /pub/redhatiso
>
> Is this indeed possible? Any tips appreciated
>
> Bret
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