trouble opening .iso file

suicidaleggroll · 06-01-2013, 05:17 PM

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Originally Posted by fearthepenguin

the name is zeldatp.iso and it's on my desktop

Don't tell us, tell mount...

Code:

mount -o loop ~/Desktop/zeldatp.iso /mnt

fearthepenguin · 06-01-2013, 05:22 PM

ok suicidaleggroll, when i try that i get "mount: only root can do that" even though i am root user. ugh. i use "su" command to log in as root through terminal and i get "/root/Desktop/zeldatp.iso: No such file or directory"

EDIT: when i attempt to log in as root from login screen by typing "root" instead of my username, i then type my password and it says "System Administrator is not allowed to log in from this screen" otherwise i'm pretty sure my username is root user though i was the first user name

suicidaleggroll · 06-01-2013, 05:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by fearthepenguin

ok suicidaleggroll, when i try that i get "mount: only root can do that" even though i am root user.

Apparently you're not. What distro are you using?

Quote:

Originally Posted by fearthepenguin

i use "su" command to log in as root through terminal and i get "/root/Desktop/zeldatp.iso: No such file or directory"

Now you're root. In the command I gave "~" is a shortcut to the current user's home directory. Now that you're root, "~/Desktop" is pointing to root's desktop, but that's not where the file lives.

Open a terminal, and type "pwd". That's where your home is. Now cd to Desktop and run "pwd" again, that's your desktop. If you run "ls" you should see your iso file. Now su to root and run "pwd" again. Notice you've changed directories, you're now in root's home. If you cd to Desktop, you'll be sitting in root's desktop, which is not where your file is. Just give mount the full path to the iso file, it's probably "/home/user/Desktop/zeldatp.iso", replacing "user" with whatever your username is (the one who's desktop the file is on).

Quote:

Originally Posted by fearthepenguin

EDIT: when i attempt to log in as root from login screen by typing "root" instead of my username, i then type my password and it says "System Administrator is not allowed to log in from this screen"

That's good, you should never log into the DE as root. It's an incredible security risk. I'm glad to see that more and more distros are blocking people from doing it.

Quote:

Originally Posted by fearthepenguin

otherwise i'm pretty sure my username is root user though i was the first user name

What? "root" is a user, a special user that exists on all Linux systems and has the power of god. The first user that is created during installation is no more special than any other user that is created, it is not root. Only root is root. If you open a terminal and type "whoami", it will tell you your user name. If this does not say "root", then you're not root.

bigrigdriver · 06-01-2013, 05:35 PM

Instructions from a download site:

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NOTE: Download this ISO and use a compatible emulator to play. New? Read our tutorial!
» Recommended emulator: Dolphin (Windows) | Dolphin (Mac)
» You need to extract this ISO using: 7-Zip (Windows) | The Unarchiver (Mac)

So, this is not a Linux .iso. It is intented for windows or mac users to use the emulator at indicated in the instructions, or to open the archive with the win or mac archive tool listed.

fearthepenguin · 06-01-2013, 05:41 PM

bigrigdriver, im not intending to use an emulator, i just merely wish to see the contents. no im not using a usb loader, i wouldnt know how.

fearthepenguin · 06-01-2013, 05:45 PM

suicidaleggroll, i put in terminal "mount -o loop ~/home/owen/Desktop/zeldatp.iso /mnt" and my result was "/root/home/owen/Desktop/zeldatp.iso: No such file or directory" though i must admit, you've been the most help thus far

suicidaleggroll · 06-01-2013, 05:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by fearthepenguin

suicidaleggroll, i put in terminal "mount -o loop ~/home/owen/Desktop/zeldatp.iso /mnt" and my result was "/root/home/owen/Desktop/zeldatp.iso: No such file or directory" though i must admit, you've been the most help thus far

Close, but get rid of the "~". "~" is a shortcut to the current user's home directory. If you're currently logged in as owen, then "~" is a shortcut for "/home/owen". If, however, you're currently logged in as root (which you are), then "~" is a shortcut for "/root". This is why when you put "~/home/owen/Desktop/zeldatp.iso" it came back with "/root/home/owen/Desktop/zeldatp.iso". Since the file does not live in /root, then leave off ~. Everything else you have is fine.

bigrigdriver · 06-01-2013, 05:50 PM

The tilde ~ represents the users home directory. If logged in as normal users that's /home/<username>; if logged in as root it's /root.

Login as root and cd (change directory) to the folder you downloaded the .iso into, then run the mount command.

cd /home/<username>/<download folder>
then run mount.

suicidaleggroll · 06-01-2013, 05:53 PM

This might be of some use, namely "Tutorial One"

http://www.ee.surrey.ac.uk/Teaching/Unix/

fearthepenguin · 06-01-2013, 06:18 PM

not understanding how tutorial one could be helpful but whatever. here's what i typed this time

"mount -t iso9660 -o loop /home/owen/Desktop/zeldatp.iso /mnt"

and as usual an error as result

"mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/loop0,
missing codepage or helper program, or other error
In some cases useful info is found in syslog - try
dmesg | tail or so"

suicidaleggroll · 06-01-2013, 06:23 PM

Did you try without the "-t iso9660" option?

fearthepenguin · 06-01-2013, 06:27 PM

without "-t iso9660", i get "mount: you must specify the filesystem type"

suicidaleggroll · 06-01-2013, 06:31 PM

Could be a bad iso file, or just one that doesn't have a normal layout so mount doesn't know how to interpret it.

273 · 06-01-2013, 07:27 PM

Ahem...

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Originally Posted by 273

Since archive manager can't open the file I think it's worth asking whether you have verified that this file is not corrupt in some way?

mandyapenguin · 06-01-2013, 09:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by fearthepenguin

the name is zeldatp.iso and it's on my desktop

Then try these below

Code:

whoami

Make sure you are the same user, in which user's Desktop directory your file exist and then run

Code:

cd ~/Desktop

If "whoami" command shows any other user, instead of the user where your file is kept, then first login to that user using

Code:

su that_username
cd ~/Desktop

make sure whether your file is exist.

Code:

ls -l zeldatp.iso

if exist, then mount

Code:

sudo mount -o loop zeldatp.iso /mnt

or if you already login as root

Code:

mount -o loop zeldatp.iso /mnt
ls /mnt

Or first you search for that file to make sure the path.

Code:

find /root/ /home -type f -name "zeldatp.iso"

Note down the file's full path and then mount it.

Code:

sudo mount -o loop /full/path/of/zeldatp.iso /mnt
or
mount -o loop /full/path/of/zeldatp.iso /mnt

ls /mnt

You can use the below command to become root user

Code:

sudo su

You can run the above commad only if you are allowed for sudo. Here you have to provide your password instead of root to become root. If you have already set root password, then you can also run "su" command to become root

Code:

su

provide the root user's password

Please post the output of below command, from this below command you can make sure that what type of file it is.

Code:

find /root /home -type f -name "zeldatp.iso" -exec file {} \;

If it is really an ISO file and if you are not sure whether that file is in root user's desktop or normal user's desktop then you can try this single command which will search for your file in both(/root & /home) directories, mount it and list it's contents,

Code:

find /root /home -type f -name "zeldatp.iso" -exec mount -o loop {} /mnt \; && ls -l /mnt/

or

find /root /home -type f -name "zeldatp.iso" -exec mount -o loop -t iso9660 {} /mnt \; && ls -l /mnt/