On Wed, 2004-04-07 at 00:54, Andy Green wrote: I said > > Once you dd a file it becomes an iso > > The correct command would be > > mount -o loop -t iso9660 <file.img> > > > > Well I think this is correct and it did work and my win95 fat 16 drive > > dd just copies raw data around... it does not recook the filesystem into > iso9660 like mkisofs. I think you must be mis-remembering. > > - -Andy > > - -- I am not looking for a fight but I did it again and it works heres the outputs as proof, I don't know maybe I suffer from a bug that works in my favour :~} [root@localhost chadley]# mount -o loop -t iso9660 /home/chadley/isos/techimgs/win98disk.img /home/chadley/windoze/ [root@localhost chadley]# ls -la windoze/ total 349876 drwxr-xr-x 1 chadley chadley 4096 Apr 5 22:19 . drwx------ 90 chadley chadley 4096 Apr 7 21:40 .. -rwxr-xr-x 1 chadley chadley 800730 Feb 26 20:03 4000v41.exe -rwxr-xr-x 1 chadley chadley 240 Oct 29 1998 91TST1.txt -rwxr-xr-x 1 chadley chadley 244 Oct 29 1998 91TST.txt -rwxr-xr-x 1 chadley chadley 0 Feb 16 13:14 AUTOEXEC.BAT drwxr-xr-x 1 chadley chadley 4096 Feb 17 11:54 B1LiteInstall -rwxr-xr-x 1 chadley chadley 194 Feb 16 13:06 boot.ini -rwxr-xr-x 1 chadley chadley 0 Feb 16 13:14 CONFIG.SYS drwxr-xr-x 1 chadley chadley 4096 Mar 11 10:31 Documents and Settings drwxr-xr-x 1 chadley chadley 4096 Mar 15 22:58 floppy -r-xr-xr-x 1 chadley chadley 0 Feb 16 13:14 IO.SYS drwxr-xr-x 1 chadley chadley 4096 Apr 5 22:19 linux shit -r-xr-xr-x 1 chadley chadley 0 Feb 16 13:14 MSDOS.SYS -r-xr-xr-x 1 chadley chadley 47580 Aug 28 2002 NTDETECT.COM -r-xr-xr-x 1 chadley chadley 233632 Aug 29 2002 ntldr -rwxr-xr-x 1 chadley chadley 713 Mar 30 15:31 os694301.bin -rwxr-xr-x 1 chadley chadley 352321536 Mar 31 18:02 pagefile.sys -rwxr-xr-x 1 chadley chadley 754 Feb 23 13:00 PINN91.txt dr-xr-xr-x 1 chadley chadley 4096 Mar 29 04:40 Program Files drwxr-xr-x 1 chadley chadley 4096 Feb 17 10:03 RECYCLER drwxr-xr-x 1 chadley chadley 4096 Feb 19 07:47 serials drwxr-xr-x 1 chadley chadley 4096 Feb 16 15:12 swacc drwxr-xr-x 1 chadley chadley 4096 Feb 16 13:19 System Volume Information -rwxr-xr-x 1 chadley chadley 20 Feb 23 10:44 test.txt drwxr-xr-x 1 chadley chadley 4096 Mar 3 19:11 UBiforms -rwxr-xr-x 1 chadley chadley 4811770 Mar 31 05:48 Update.exe drwxr-xr-x 1 chadley chadley 4096 Mar 20 16:14 WINDOWS [root@localhost chadley]# Could it be I created the image in a special way without realising it? Chadley - Linux Rocks Welcome to my world. ****************************************************************** This mail is free for distribution. You are free to - delete it - resend it - use it in anyway that makes you happy. I am not responsible for it or its content due to ignorance. Enjoy the adventures of Linux *******************************************************************