Mount an iso image over http

thespaceman · 04-15-2010, 12:22 PM

Is there a driver or utility to mount an iso image over http or https? There is a httpDisk driver for windows but I can't find anything similar for Linux.

There may be a way of using curl/wget but not sure if this is possible.

Thanks

acid_kewpie · 04-15-2010, 03:46 PM

Well ultimately I'd be splitting that into two unrelated requirements, mounting http, and mounting an iso. Obviously the iso one is very standard using mount -o loop, but the http part, i'd turn to FUSE for as a first port of call. TBH, I'm not sure how well maintained this HTTPFS example is, but by a spooky coincidence, their example usage, actually includes mounting an ISO...

http://httpfs.sourceforge.net/

jefro · 04-15-2010, 05:56 PM

I have found that most newer distros mount iso's in the gui, I guess all you'd have to do it make a link to your server page.

thespaceman · 04-16-2010, 01:00 PM

Thanks Acid_kewpie,

httpfs seems to be the way to go and sure enough they give an iso mount as an example.

The reason I am interested in this is for use with MondoRescue. I can use HP's advanced ILO virtual media to mount an iso image to boot a server for bare metal restore. However the restore is fairly slow (20 mins) so I thought accessing the backup iso over the primary NIC (1Gbps) should help here.

Will see how this goes.