On Jan 23, 2008 5:30 PM, Jacques B. <jjrboucher@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > <snip> > > I tried several of the suggested methods and the one with -t does > > not work. With the t removed this works fine: > > > > mount <isofile> /mnt/point/here -o loop > > > > It is a bit easier to remember too. And my testing was on F8. > > > > Karl > > > > > > -- > > > > Karl F. Larsen, AKA K5DI > > That underscores an important point. That the file system on the > optical media may not be iso9660 hence using -t iso9660 would fail in > that case. Omitting it causes the mount command to attempt to > determine the filesystem and mount it accordingly. As long as it can > recognize it and that filesystem type is supported by your kernel you > are good to go. > > Jacques B. > I should have said the filesystem in the image of the optical media seeing the question dealt with an .iso image file. Jacques B.
