On Nov 7, 2003 at 18:15, Albert DE WINT in a soothing rage wrote: >> Oops. "mount -o loop,ro /path-to-iso/yarrow-i386-disc1.iso /mnt/cdrom" >> will work much better ;-) > >No problem David; I saw the mistake? Now what worries me is: >I can mount my Mandrake's root partition (hda6) and browse it. >So I can see the 3 'Yarrow' ISO's, all right. > >But, when I enter the mount command like you suggest: > >mount -o loop,ro /dev/hda6/yarrow/yarrow-i386-disc1.iso /mnt/disc1 > >It doesn't agree, I get: > >/dev/hda6/yarrow/yarrow-i386-disc1.iso: Not a directory That is because /dev/hda6 is not a directory. You have to use the mount point for the mandrake partition. N.Emile... -- Registered Linux User # 125653 (http://counter.li.org) Switch to: http://www.speakeasy.net/refer/190653 To many, total abstinence is easier than perfect moderation. -- St. Augustine 14:11:24 up 75 days, 2:45, 6 users, load average: 0.00, 0.00, 0.00