Its more simple, remember you should have mount that is needed by your kernel version
mount <cdimage> <some dir name> -o loop or if you want to use locsetup use is as losetup /dev/loop2 <cdimage> mount /dev/loop2 <somedir> But the result is the same regards -shyam On 4 May 2002, Tathagata Banerjee wrote: > can i mount a cd-image file as a loopback device? > > i tried > > "losetup </path/to/cd/image-file>", > > but it returns > > "loop: can't get info on device </path/to/cd/image-file>: Inappropriate > ioctl for device" > > i did a > > "modprobe loop" > > before running it again, but with the same result. > how does one do it? the manpage for losetup doesn't suggest anything > different, as far as i can make out. > > the cdimage was created with mkisofs. i am running mandrake 8.2. > > - t. > > > _______________________________________________________________ > > Have big pipes? SourceForge.net is looking for download mirrors. We supply > the hardware. You get the recognition. Email Us: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > _______________________________________________ > linux-india-help mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-india-help > -- Do not read this fortune under penalty of law. Violators will be prosecuted. (Penal Code sec. 2.3.2 (II.a.)) 0 _______________________________________________________________ Have big pipes? SourceForge.net is looking for download mirrors. We supply the hardware. You get the recognition. Email Us: [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ linux-india-help mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-india-help
