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List:       aix-l
Subject:    Re: mounting an iso image in AIX
From:       ANTHONY DELSORBO <delsorbo () ASC ! HPC ! MIL>
Date:       2002-09-26 12:30:40
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Not really.

The answer given was to create a LV and dd'ing the iso image to that LV.
That defeats the purpose.  You should be able to simply mount the iso image
without having to copy it.

On the other hand, the anwer might be: No it can't be done.

On Thursday 26 September 2002 05:15 am, Holger.VanKoll@SWISSCOM.COM wrote:
> Hello,
>
> that was answered a few weeks ago. Look @
> http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=aix-l&r=1&w=2
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ANTHONY DELSORBO [mailto:delsorbo@ASC.HPC.MIL]
> Sent: Wednesday, September 25, 2002 4:53 PM
> To: aix-l@Princeton.EDU
> Subject: mounting an iso image in AIX
>
>
> Does anyone have any experience in mounting ISO images in AIX?  Can it
> be done at all?
>
> In linux, sun, and some other systems, you can do the following to mount
> an ISO image:
>
> mount myisoimage.iso /mountpoint -o loop=/dev/loop0
>
> What this will do is allow you to work with the iso as if it were a file
> system.
>
> I know there's no /dev/loop device in AIX.  Is there another way of
> doing this in AIX?
>
>
> Thanks
>
> Tony
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