Not sure about a Leopard command but from a terminal session you could usethe mount command. Type mount without any arguments and it will show you the format. On Nov 26, 2009, at 10:52 AM, Nicolai Svendsen wrote:
> Hi, > > It doesn't really matter what I want to use it for. I want to mount it like a > CD, just like it is actually burned to a CD. Which I've been saying in the > passed few posts. If I have a DVD in an ISO image I want to use, as an > example. > > Microsoft has its own program for doing this on Windows, and it works very > well. What it basically does is virtualize a CD-rom drive, and when you ask > it to mount the ISO image, it will make it appear that a disk has actually > been inserted and show you the appropriate dialogs for setups, DVDs, and > so-forth, to clarify even further., which eliminates the need to burn ISO > images to disks to you're not required to buy them. The virtual drive will > behave like a regular drive, and so will the image as if it was inserted into > the drive on a CD or DVD. Hope this will make it easier to understand. It's > probably not even necessary to virtualize, I hope. > > Regards, > Nic > Skype: Kvalme > MSN Messenger: [email protected] > AIM: cincinster > yahoo Messenger: cin368 > Facebook Profile > My Twitter > > On Nov 26, 2009, at 2:35 PM, Kieren wrote: > >> >>> If there is, I'd like to know. I don't see it. I even looked through the >>> help, and there is no mention of mounting ISO files, only opening them if >>> you would like to burn them. I want to mount them and use them as a virtual >>> CD, not open to burn them. >> >> So the Question remains what are you trying to do? Install an OS? >> Play audio? what? >> Without you explaining the context of your need to mount but not open >> which BTW are one and the same thing when it comes >> to .iso, .dmg, .cdr, .sparseimage and many other multi file/disk >> archiving formats. >> To put it simply mounting an ISO ie double click the .iso file to open >> it is THE SAME as burning it to a physical disk and then putting it >> back in the drive to read the data off it it is read only. ISO files >> are not read/write. >> >> For clarification how would you do this on a windows box? I think you >> are asking the wrong question. if you are looking to create an >> expandable archive then you can use the disk utility to create a NEW >> image of a set size which is read/write which will pre-allocate the >> disk space straight away. >> Or you can create a sparseimage which is also read/write but will grow >> in disk size up to a set limit. >> These are not iso standard but there are a few utils around which will >> burn their contents to disk if needed or convert them to other >> formats. >> >> Kieren >> >> -- >> >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >> >> > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
