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RE: [SLUG] mounting off a loop device in 2.2.12

To: "'slug@nospam.slug.org.au'" <slug@nospam.slug.org.au>
Subject: RE: [SLUG] mounting off a loop device in 2.2.12
From: "Marshall, Joshua" <MarshallJ@nospam.switch.aust.com>
Date: Wed, 5 Jul 2000 16:04:41 +1000
Sender: owner-slug@nospam.newtreno.spectrum.com.au

> this is the error i am getting when i try to mount a iso image.
> 
> #mount -t vfat -o loop /home/schakrab/shuv.iso /mnt/cdrom
> ioctl: LOOP_SET_FD: Invalid argument

Firstly, the filesystem type wouldn't be vfat, it'd be iso9660.

What I usually do is:

losetup /dev/loop0 /home/schakrab/shuv.iso
mount /dev/loop0 /mnt/cdrom

and when you're finished,

umount /mnt/cdrom
losetup -d /dev/loop0
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