Hi
i have Linux on VMware

I have Iso Image file content zipped File CPIO

i have added that iso from vmware

then from Linux i try to mount cdrom

it gives that error

error wrong fs type or bad option

Please help

Unzip the ISO (inflate the CPIO archive)

i have to mount it AS iso . if i burn that ISO image to DVD and use the DVD from ESXI it will work

Is there any option that i have to add to mount that ISO via Virtual machine

Hi Shafey,

I might be confused here, you have a compressed archive (CPIO) that contains an image (ISO) and you want to mount the compressed file on a virtual node as an ISO image (with the VMs cdrom, I'm assuming)?

A couple of general things you might find helpful:

Whenever you burn something to CDROM it's converted into an ISO image during that process.

Take an iso image -> ISO format
Compress it in a CPIO archive -> ISO converted to CPIO format
Burn it to a CD/DVD -> CPIO format converted to ISO format
Jam it in the virtual machines cdrom drive -> Works since it's in ISO format.

If you don't burn it, it remains in it's last format unless you convert the file format with a utility

Take an ISO image -> ISO format
Compress it in a CPIO archive -> ISO converted to CPIO format
Jam it in the virtual machines cdrom drive -> Fails, since it's not in ISO format.