How to mount .ISO files on *NIX Systems

[imbatman]

You need

• Your Terminal Emulator (konsole, gnome-terminal..etc)
• Root Permissions
• A little knowledge how to use the Terminal (cd, ls)

1) Open a Terminal and switch to root by typing:

sudo -i

Some distros don't support sudo / or you might not be in the /etc/sudoers file, if that's the case just use:

su

You'll be aasked for your password (sudo) / the root's password (su)
2) navigate to the location of your iso (using cd).
Then type:

mkdir -p /mnt/iso && mount -o loop YourISOFile.iso /mnt/iso

(Of course you have to replace YourISOFile.iso with the filename of your iso)
Your iso is now mounted at /media/iso
3) If you don't need your iso file any more just unmount it like that:

umount /mnt/iso && rm -r /mnt/iso

Hope this helps.