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I'm running into trouble trying to mount a large iso:
dev@dev-OptiPlex-745:~$ sudo mount -o loop /home/dev/Hämtningar/matlab2011a_64.iso /cdrom
mount: warning: /cdrom seems to be mounted read-only.
dev@dev-OptiPlex-745:~$
Can you tell me how I should do it?
Maybe, instead of installing additional software, you can use what the system has to this end:
Create a directory to serve as the mount location:
sudo mkdir /media/iso
Mount the ISO in the target directory:
sudo mount -o loop path/to/iso/file/YOUR_ISO_FILE.ISO /media/iso
Unmount the ISO:
sudo umount /media/iso
On your desktop will appear the mounted ISO.
bash: /path/media/external drive/my.ISO: Permission denied?
sudo mount -o loop smb://server/downloads/disk.iso /media/iso : No such file or directory
Feb 14, 2013 at 19:15
Try mounting it using a GUI.
Navigate to the *.iso file using a file manager, then Right click -> Open with Archive Mounter.
Or you can install the Furius ISO Mount. It is available in the Ubuntu Software Center:
sudo apt-get install furiusisomount
Here are some screenshots:
I found the easiest and fastest way to handle the ISO file in Ubuntu 14.04 was to right click on the ISO file, choose Disk Image Mounter and then simply proceed to the newly opened directory:
In case you don't have installed, you can use this command in terminal to install it:
sudo apt-get install gnome-disk-utility
I really like Furius ISO Mount, it's a simple application for mounting ISO, IMG, BIN, MDF and NG files.
If 5 stars from 77 ratings is enough to convince you open up your Ubuntu Software Manager and search for Furius ISO Mount.
Reference Links:
I'm Assuming your iso file name is matlab2011a_64.iso in the folder /home/dev/Hämtningar/
You can do this to mount the iso file in /cdrom folder or create another folder and mount the iso file in it. I'm going to create a separate folder in your home directory. Open a terminal to do all these things
Create mount point
mkdir ~/mount-point
Mount it with
sudo mount ~/dev/Hämtningar/matlab1011a_64.iso ~/mount-point -o loop
This will mount the iso file in the newly created folder named mount-point in your home.
Also note, You will be given a warning like mount: warning: /home/dev/mount-point seems to be mounted read-only, It is because the iso file always mounts as read-only. You can't write to the iso file. You should just ignore that message and proceed forward.
You can quite easily mount an iso using command-line tools:
First create a directory to mount the iso in with:
sudo mkdir /media/myisos
(Usually the loop module that enables an iso type filesystem to be read is automatically added so you shouldn't need to run sudo modprobe loop.)
Now mount your iso by pointing mount to its location:
sudo mount ~/location/of/iso /media/myisos -o loop
It will give you a warning about the iso being mounted read-only, but that is correct.
You can later unmount it with
sudo umount ~/location/of/iso /media/myisos
loop module is loaded automatically as far as I know. Also -t iso9660 is not required anymore in mounting iso file
There is a GUI tool built-in albeit menu UI is confusing as it looks like a window title;)
Run "Disks" from your dash. Then from "Disks" menu select "Attach disk image...":
You can use ISO Master, a GUI utility similar to furiusisomount. Simply:
sudo apt-get install isomaster
And then open your *.iso file with ISO Master from your preferred file manager.
From the website:
Use ISO Master to:
- Create or customise CD/DVD images
- Make Bootable CDs/DVDs
Basically, it allows you to add or remove files from the ISO image, then save the changes.
If you want to get read write permissions for copying files from the mounted ISO and do not want to install something else. Just go into terminal shell, navigate to whereever you mounted your ISO, such as:
sudo mount -o loop /home/username/whatever.iso /mnt/iso
Than copy the entire mounted directory somewhere else:
sudo cp -rf /mnt/iso /home/username/MyMountedISO
You could also use
cd /mnt/iso
Next view the contents
ls
and than:
sudo cp install.img /home/username/MyMountedISO
Mounting an iso file is simpler relative to installing it latter. Just to mention that if you want to install latest matlab versions in latest ubuntus, you do not need to mount it the iso, rather extract it there and proceed in installation after making the install and /matlab-extracted-folder/sys/java/jre/glnxa64/jre/bin/java executables.
Tested on ubuntu 14.04 and matlab 2014a.
Cheers,
Use udisksctl it is part of the system. It mounts your iso in userspace and does not need to be run as superuser. Your file will be mounted to /media/$USER/ with appropriate permissions.
Mount iso
udisksctl loop-setup -f my.iso
udisksctl will tell you which loop device it is using.
udisksctl mount -b /dev/loopX
where X is the number of the loopdevice your iso is mapped to
Unmount iso
udisksctl unmount -b /dev/loopX
udisksctl loop-delete -b /dev/loopX
where X is the number of the loop device your iso is mapped to. If you forgot you can figure it out by
losetup
I found Gmount to be very simple to use for mounting. It has a vintage GUI that is very simple to use and straight to the point. gmount GUI
Install Gmount from the software center then launch it. You can then select your iso image file and choose a mount point where you want to launch the iso file from. You will be prompted for a root password in order to complete the action and thats it.
Just double click it, see:
How do I mount an ISO?
PS. And, also try double clicking
/casper/filesystem.squashfs
if the ISO image is an Ubuntu LiveCD ISO etc.
To verify that the functionality IS applicable to these, right click the files to view the options for pertinent operations.
You can mount an image (or iso) file as read/write as follows. Set up the loop, then mount with these commands:
losetup -fP your.img
#list loop devices
losetup -a
If the loop device above was set up as /dev/loop0 then mount cmd is:
sudo mount -o loop /dev/loop0 /your/mnt/folder/
After this, if you get an error saying the loop device is read only, you can make it writable with this command:
blockdev --setrw /dev/loop0
If you get an error saying the image is read only, you can remount the image as r/w with this command:
sudo mount -o remount,rw /your/mnt/folder
To remove the mount and loop device:
sudo umount /your/mnt/folder/
losetup -d /dev/loop0
A DECADE LATER and still a common newb question & this result is near the top of search.
It can easily be deduced from the initial question that:
1- the person is new and
2- editing an ISO is the goal
->"add readonly option -r to mount. ->Where is the issue?" ->"iso files are always mounted read only. you can't modify them"
->"The simplest way to overcome this would be to copy the iso file to a local directory first." ->"But the question is how would you mount an ISO, perhaps you should add how to do this using Gmount."
->"I've gone back to Windows for now until this is sorted out."
AND THEN EVEN MORE!
Any person new to Linux could (still) benefit from a SINGLE consolidated solution (my personal experience).
(Providing details) The sum of [these conflicting statements/responses-to-posts-other-than-the initial-question/answers] is not specifically helpful. (reference to several answers)
Not each answer- the SUM of these. Can some one clean up this answer? please...
B/C I've also gone back to Windows for now until this is sorted out and it seems this is a common occurance.
Yea sorry about the rant - feedback is vital when the process has become run-away.
ls /cdrom? Note that ISO files are by definition read-only hence the warning.-rto mount.