Don't have to. If you don't specify a loopback device specifically, the
OS will use the first it has available. A simple mount -t format -o loop
/tmp/file /mnt/location will work fine..
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From: Patrick J. O'Rourke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: Rich Payne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: Robert Fowler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, April 18, 2000 9:33 AM
Subject: Re: mounting raw (iso's) as CD images
>
> > Yes, you need the loopback driver. Would you would do is something like:
> >
> > mount -t iso9660 -o loop my_iso_file.raw /mnt/cdrom2
>
> I believe you have to first run losetup(8) to associate the file
> with a particular loop back device. This is what I've done in the
> past:
>
> losetup /dev/loop0 <file>
> mount -t iso9660 /dev/loop0 /<mount point>
>
> Pat
>
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