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Niklas Rosencrantz
Asked: 2012-07-17 04:13:00 +0800 CST

How to mount an ISO file?

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I'm running into trouble trying to mount a large iso:

dev@dev-OptiPlex-745:~$ sudo mount -o loop /home/dev/Hämtningar/matlab2011a_64.iso /cdrom
mount: warning: /cdrom seems to be mounted read-only.
dev@dev-OptiPlex-745:~$

Can you tell me how I should do it?

mount

15 Answers

  1. Maybe, instead of installing additional software, you can use what the system has to this end:

    1. Create a directory to serve as the mount location:

      sudo mkdir /media/iso

    2. Mount the ISO in the target directory:

      sudo mount -o loop path/to/iso/file/YOUR_ISO_FILE.ISO /media/iso

    3. Unmount the ISO:

      sudo umount /media/iso


    On your desktop will appear the mounted ISO.

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  2. Best Answer

    Try mounting it using a GUI.

    Navigate to the *.iso file using a file manager, then Right click -> Open with Archive Mounter.

    Or you can install the Furius ISO Mount. It is available in the Ubuntu Software Center: 

    sudo apt-get install furiusisomount

    Here are some screenshots:

    Furius ISO Mount - Interface

    Ubuntu 12.04 mounted ISO

    Furius ISO Mount - Project Page

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  3. I found the easiest and fastest way to handle the ISO file in Ubuntu 14.04 was to right click on the ISO file, choose Disk Image Mounter and then simply proceed to the newly opened directory:

    In case you don't have installed, you can use this command in terminal to install it:

    sudo apt-get install gnome-disk-utility
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  4. I really like Furius ISO Mount, it's a simple application for mounting ISO, IMG, BIN, MDF and NG files.

    • Automatically Mounts ISO, IMG, BIN, MDF and NRG Image Files.
    • Automatically creates a mount point in your home directory.
    • Automatically Unmounts the Image files.
    • Automatically removes the mount directory to return your home directory to its previous state.
    • Automatically saves the history of the last 10 images mounted.
    • Mounts multiple images.
    • Burn ISO and IMG Files to optical disk.
    • Generate Md5 and SHA1 checksums.
    • Automatically retrieves any previously unmounted images.
    • Automatically generates a log file of all commands needed to mount and unmount images manually.
    • Localizable (currently Czech, Danish, French, Hungarian, Italian, German, Polish, Slovenian, Spanish and Turkish are available.

    enter image description here

    If 5 stars from 77 ratings is enough to convince you open up your Ubuntu Software Manager and search for Furius ISO Mount.

    Reference Links:

    Furius ISO Mount - Project Page

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  5. I'm Assuming your iso file name is matlab2011a_64.iso in the folder /home/dev/Hämtningar/

    You can do this to mount the iso file in /cdrom folder or create another folder and mount the iso file in it. I'm going to create a separate folder in your home directory. Open a terminal to do all these things

    1. Create mount point

       mkdir ~/mount-point

    2. Mount it with 

      sudo mount ~/dev/Hämtningar/matlab1011a_64.iso  ~/mount-point -o loop

      This will mount the iso file in the newly created folder named mount-point in your home.

      Also note, You will be given a warning like mount: warning: /home/dev/mount-point seems to be mounted read-only, It is because the iso file always mounts as read-only. You can't write to the iso file. You should just ignore that message and proceed forward.

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  6. You can quite easily mount an iso using command-line tools:

    First create a directory to mount the iso in with:

    sudo mkdir /media/myisos

    (Usually the loop module that enables an iso type filesystem to be read is automatically added so you shouldn't need to run sudo modprobe loop.)

    Now mount your iso by pointing mount to its location:

    sudo mount ~/location/of/iso /media/myisos -o loop

    It will give you a warning about the iso being mounted read-only, but that is correct.

    You can later unmount it with

    sudo umount ~/location/of/iso /media/myisos
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  7. There is a GUI tool built-in albeit menu UI is confusing as it looks like a window title;)

    Run "Disks" from your dash. Then from "Disks" menu select "Attach disk image...": Disks Utility

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  8. You can use ISO Master, a GUI utility similar to furiusisomount. Simply: 

    sudo apt-get install isomaster

    And then open your *.iso file with ISO Master from your preferred file manager.

    From the website:

    Use ISO Master to:

    • Create or customise CD/DVD images
    • Make Bootable CDs/DVDs

    Basically, it allows you to add or remove files from the ISO image, then save the changes.

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  9. If you want to get read write permissions for copying files from the mounted ISO and do not want to install something else. Just go into terminal shell, navigate to whereever you mounted your ISO, such as:

    sudo mount -o loop /home/username/whatever.iso /mnt/iso

    Than copy the entire mounted directory somewhere else:

    sudo cp -rf /mnt/iso /home/username/MyMountedISO

    You could also use

    cd /mnt/iso

    Next view the contents

    ls

    and than:

    sudo cp install.img /home/username/MyMountedISO
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  10. Mounting an iso file is simpler relative to installing it latter. Just to mention that if you want to install latest matlab versions in latest ubuntus, you do not need to mount it the iso, rather extract it there and proceed in installation after making the install and /matlab-extracted-folder/sys/java/jre/glnxa64/jre/bin/java executables.

    Tested on ubuntu 14.04 and matlab 2014a.

    Cheers,

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