Yes, the mount point looks and works the same as if the file is a physical device. There are some advantages over the "copy the files from cd" method such as only dealing with one file, being able to reburn to cd without having to recreate the iso. I have used both ways and whilst initially more complicated, this is the way to go for serious use.
BillK On Tue, 2002-02-19 at 13:09, mike wrote: > William Kenworthy wrote: > > > > Copy the cd to disk as a iso - use dd or a cd record program > > > > put the following in fstab (all on one line of course, changing the iso > > name and mount point as required!): > > /home/rpm/cd/Mandrake81-cd1-inst.i586.iso /home/rpm/cd/cd1 auto > > user,iocharset=iso8859-1,sync,exec,codepage=850,auto,loop 0 0 > > > Bill it was much easier than all that. > > However what you suggest may well be needed for other cd's later > so I will keep this info. > > One question , doing it the way you mention , does it show up as a > standard directory > so I can pick the executable on the disk ? > > Thanks > > Mike McNeese > > ---- > > This message has been 'sanitized'. This means that potentially > dangerous content has been rewritten or removed. The following > log describes which actions were taken. > > Sanitizer (start="1014095849"): > Part (pos="2659"): > SanitizeFile (filename="unnamed.txt", mimetype="text/plain"): > Match (rule="2"): > Enforced policy: accept > > Part (pos="3396"): > SanitizeFile (filename="message.footer", mimetype="text/plain"): > Match (rule="default"): > Enforced policy: defang > > Replaced mime type with: application/DEFANGED-143 > Replaced file name with: message_footer.DEFANGED-143 > > Total modifications so far: 1 > > > Anomy 0.0.0 : Sanitizer.pm > $Id: Sanitizer.pm,v 1.32 2001/10/11 19:27:15 bre Exp $
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