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sattu 07-06-2004 03:14 AM
How to open/extract ISO file in Linux?
 
Hi everybody!

I am new to Linux. I have Fedora installed on my PC.

I wanted to install MatLab for Linux from an ISO file. Now from my previous experience of windows, I thought that mounting or extracting it into my HD will help. But I can find no way to do it :(

Please Help! I am stuck!!

Mega Man X 07-06-2004 03:18 AM
Hi there sattu!!!

Welcome to LinuxQuestions.org. Yup, same rules for Windows applies here when dealing with ISO's. You've to mount them. But no worries, that's actually quite easy to do. Take a look at this tutorial:

http://www.cpqlinux.com/cdrw.html

to get the hang of creating, mounting and burning iso's in linux, among other fancy stuff.

Good luck! I hope you enjoy your stay here :)

mrgrieves 07-06-2004 03:19 AM
simple:

mount -o loop -t iso9660 filename.iso /mnt/iso

(remember to create the directory /mnt/iso first)

Then browse to /mnt/iso and install

drowstar 07-06-2004 03:23 AM
Hi sattu,
Now from my previous experience of windows, I thought that mounting or extracting it into my HD will help.
exactly :)
Code:
su
Password:
mkdir mountpoint
mount -o loop YourImage.iso mountpoint
ls mountpoint/
Become root, make a directory to see the files in, mount the image to this directory, see whats in there.
Be aware that rebooting will unmount everything you have not saved in your /etc/fstab file. You might want to copy the contents of the mount directory to your hard drive to be able to access them later without remounting.

Good luck,
- drowstar

amosf 07-06-2004 03:25 AM
You can burn the iso to a cd or...

mount it like:

mkdir /temp-mount-point

mount metlab-blah.iso /temp-mount-point -o loop

you can then cd to /temp-mount-point and get what's in the iso...

sattu 07-06-2004 03:51 AM
Thanks for your help! Finally I got Matlab installed. Thanks again. :) :) :)

mrjawer 09-19-2008 09:49 PM
thank you,mrgrieves.this command is good.

hadisarabi 10-13-2011 03:13 AM
mount error
 
i give this error:
mount: /dev/loop0: can't read superblock

qrange 10-13-2011 03:20 AM
nobody mentioned '/dev'
this thread is 7 years old, look here: http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/how-to...der-linux.html

corp769 10-13-2011 03:25 AM
Quote:
Originally Posted by hadisarabi (Post 4497186)
i give this error:
mount: /dev/loop0: can't read superblock
Hello,

Due to this thread being so old, please search these forums first for an answer, and if not, then by all means create a new thread. For future reference, please do not dig up old threads.

Cheers,

Josh

NHKomaiha 07-04-2015 12:48 AM
Still working @2015
 
old thread.. but still working on linux mint 17.1 :hattip:
i tried this one and it's working well :cool:
http://i59.tinypic.com/25an4lz.png

Code:
su
Password:
mkdir mountpoint
mount -o loop YourImage.iso mountpoint
ls mountpoint/
i wrote 2 wrong command.. they are in the pricture.. ignore them


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