Mounting of iso image in RHEL4
 

Hi,

I am trying to mount the iso image of the dvd in RHEL 4 update 4.However its not getting mounted.

First i tried with the following command.However it asked me to specify the file system type

[sroot@pune-vp craft]# mount -o loop VP4.1.2501.iso /vp
mount: you must specify the filesystem type

Then i tried with the file system type also however it fails with the below error.

[sroot@pune-vp craft]# mount -t iso9660 -o loop VP4.1.2501.iso /vp
mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/loop0,
or too many mounted file systems
(could this be the IDE device where you in fact use
ide-scsi so that sr0 or sda or so is needed?)

Appreciate any suggestions on this.

clearly not an intro to yourself and interests in linux. moved to Linux - Newbie. if there was some specific literature or such which lead you to post in the intro's forum, please let us know.

What does
say about it? If it really is an ISO image, it should say "ISO 9660 CD-ROM filesystem" or something..that hopefully reveals if it's regular iso or not. For a start.

I tend to use:
mount file.iso -r -t iso9660 -o loop /mnt/image
or
mount file.iso -r -t udf -o loop /mnt/image

I tend to use:
mount file.iso -r -t iso9660 -o loop /mnt/image
or
mount file.iso -r -t udf -o loop /mnt/image

That's funny, I usually do Does anyone know what the officially correct syntax is?
The -t iso9660 might help, but should not be necessary.

Hi All,

Thanks for your input.
I found out the issue.The iso image seems to be improper.
I redownloaded the iso image and its getting mounted properly using
mount -o loop file.iso /mnt

Thanks all for your response.