cdrom emulator?

cyberfishee · 12-10-2005, 07:14 PM

hi
I was wondering is there is a tool in Linux that can emulate an IDE cdrom from an iso file like the way Daemon Tools does under Windows.

Yes, I know about loopback device, I am not looking for something to mount the image, but to actually emulate the device.

Thank you.

tuxdev · 12-10-2005, 07:24 PM

There is no difference in linux. All that really matters here is that it is mounted in the place that cdroms are usually mounted.

cyberfishee · 12-10-2005, 08:11 PM

Thank you for your reply, but I need an emulator because VMware needs to access it directly, and the VMware built in emulator is problematic in my case as suggested by other people.

(They suggested using D-Tools on windows and set VMware to use that emulated "Physical" drive.)

amlynch · 12-10-2005, 09:42 PM

VMWare can use an ISO as the base of a fake disk drive.

Goto the device configure screen.

cyberfishee · 12-11-2005, 06:45 PM

yes, but its dvd emulation is problematic.
Is there another solution?