From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from imf20aec.mail.bellsouth.net ([205.152.59.68]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1BfVxw-00006m-00 for ; Tue, 29 Jun 2004 23:40:56 -0400 Received: from jaybird.no-ip.info ([66.20.80.125]) by imf20aec.mail.bellsouth.net (InterMail vM.5.01.06.08 201-253-122-130-108-20031117) with ESMTP id <20040630034025.FRZW1701.imf20aec.mail.bellsouth.net@jaybird.no-ip.info> for ; Tue, 29 Jun 2004 23:40:25 -0400 Received: from h2c8f0 (unknown [192.168.0.101]) by jaybird.no-ip.info (Postfix) with SMTP id 407C64283 for ; Tue, 29 Jun 2004 23:40:25 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <000f01c45e53$fa616580$6500a8c0@h2c8f0> From: "Jayson Smith" To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." References: Date: Tue, 29 Jun 2004 23:40:24 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 Subject: Re: tips needed on iso files X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.4 Precedence: list Reply-To: Jayson Smith , "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Id: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 30 Jun 2004 03:40:56 -0000 Hi, If you've compiled loopback support in your kernel, try the following mount -o loop yourfile.iso /cdrom I think that's right anyway. I've got a cold so I'm not quite thinking straight tonight. Anyway, that should put that filesystem on /cdrom. Jayson. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chuck Hallenbeck" To: "Speakup Distribution List" Sent: Tuesday, June 29, 2004 6:18 PM Subject: tips needed on iso files > Hi gang, > > I would appreciate some tips on doing a couple of simple things > with iso files. I have not done them before, and cannot find what > I need to know in man pages etc. If you could post a "howto" for > the following tasks I would appreciate it: > > 1. I have the four iso files for SW 10.0 (thanks, Greg) plus the > associated md5 files. How do I verify the intactness of my > downloads? The man page seems to suggest I should have a command > called "md5" unless I am misreading it, but there ain't no such > animal on my system. Related to that, I will then burn a set of > CD's and will need to verify those burns as well. > > 2. There should be a way to "open" those iso files, copying or > converting them to the corresponding files and directories, > without first burning the CD's and then mounting and copying the > contents back in again. How would you do that, going directly > from an iso file to a directory structure on the HD? > > Many thanks, > Chuck > > > -- > The Moon is Waxing Gibbous (90% of Full) > My home page is now at http://www.mhcable.com/~chuckh > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup