{"id":12123,"date":"2019-03-22T11:13:08","date_gmt":"2019-03-22T11:13:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.appservgrid.com\/paw92\/?p=12123"},"modified":"2019-03-22T11:13:08","modified_gmt":"2019-03-22T11:13:08","slug":"how-to-mount-and-unmount-an-iso-image-in-rhel-centos-fedora-and-ubuntu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.appservgrid.com\/paw92\/index.php\/2019\/03\/22\/how-to-mount-and-unmount-an-iso-image-in-rhel-centos-fedora-and-ubuntu\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Mount and Unmount an ISO Image in RHEL\/CentOS\/Fedora and Ubuntu"},"content":{"rendered":"

An\u00a0ISO<\/strong>\u00a0image or\u00a0.iso<\/strong>\u00a0(International Organization for Standardization<\/strong>) file is an archive file that contains a disk image called\u00a0ISO 9660<\/strong>\u00a0file system format. Every\u00a0ISO<\/strong>\u00a0file have\u00a0.ISO<\/strong>\u00a0extension has defined format name taken from the\u00a0ISO 9660<\/strong>\u00a0file system and specially used with\u00a0CD\/DVD<\/strong>\u00a0Rom\u2019s. In simple words an iso file is a disk image.<\/p>\n

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\"How<\/a><\/p>\n

mount and unmount iso images in linux<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

I have seen most of the Linux operating system that we download from the internet are\u00a0.ISO<\/strong>\u00a0format. Typically an\u00a0ISO<\/strong>\u00a0image contains installation of software\u2019s such as, operating system installation, games installation or any other applications. Sometimes it happens that we need to access files and view content from these\u00a0ISO<\/strong>\u00a0images, but without wasting disk space and time in burning them on to\u00a0CD\/DVD<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

This article describes how to\u00a0mount<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0unmount<\/strong>\u00a0an ISO image on a Linux Operating system to access and list the content of files.<\/p>\n

How to Mount an ISO Image<\/h3>\n

To mounting an\u00a0ISO<\/strong>\u00a0image on Linux (RedHat<\/strong>,\u00a0CentOS<\/strong>,\u00a0Fedora<\/strong>\u00a0or\u00a0Ubuntu<\/strong>), you must be logged in as \u201croot<\/strong>\u201d user or switch to \u201csudo<\/strong>\u201d and run the following commands from a terminal to create a mount point.<\/p>\n

# mkdir \/mnt\/iso\r\n\r\nOR\r\n\r\n$ sudo mkdir \/mnt\/iso<\/pre>\n
Once you created mount point, use the \u201cmount<\/strong>\u201d command to mount an iso file called \u201cFedora-18-i386-DVD.iso<\/strong>\u201c.<\/p>\n
# mount -t iso9660 -o loop \/home\/tecmint\/Fedora-18-i386-DVD.iso \/mnt\/iso\/\r\n\r\nOR\r\n\r\n$ sudo mount -t iso9660 -o loop \/home\/tecmint\/Fedora-18-i386-DVD.iso \/mnt\/iso\/<\/pre>\n
After the\u00a0ISO<\/strong>\u00a0image mounted successfully, go the mounted directory at\u00a0\/mnt\/iso<\/strong>\u00a0and list the content of an ISO image. It will only mount in read-only mode, so none of the files can be modified.<\/p>\n
# cd \/mnt\/iso\r\n# ls -l<\/pre>\n
You will see the list of files of an ISO image, that we have mounted in the above command. For example, the directory listing of an\u00a0Fedora-18-i386-DVD.iso<\/strong>\u00a0image would look like this.<\/p>\n
total 16\r\ndrwxrwsr-x  3 root 101737 2048 Jan 10 01:00 images\r\ndrwxrwsr-x  2 root 101737 2048 Jan 10 01:00 isolinux\r\ndrwxrwsr-x  2 root 101737 2048 Jan 10 01:00 LiveOS\r\ndrwxrwsr-x 28 root 101737 4096 Jan 10 00:38 Packages\r\ndrwxrwsr-x  2 root 101737 4096 Jan 10 00:43 repodata\r\n-r--r--r--  1 root root   1538 Jan 10 01:00 TRANS.TBL<\/pre>\n
How to Unmount an ISO Image<\/h3>\n
Simply run the following command from the terminal either \u201croot<\/strong>\u201d or \u201csudo<\/strong>\u201d to unmount an mounted ISO image.<\/p>\n
# umount \/mnt\/iso\r\n\r\nOR\r\n\r\n$ sudo umount \/mnt\/iso<\/pre>\n
Where Options<\/h5>\n
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  1. -t :<\/strong>\u00a0This argument is used to indicate the given filesystem type.<\/li>\n
  2. ISO 9660 :<\/strong>\u00a0It describes standard and default filesystem structure to be used on CD\/DVD ROMs.<\/li>\n
  3. -o :<\/strong>\u00a0Options are necessary with a -o argument followed by a separated comma string of options.<\/li>\n
  4. loop:<\/strong>\u00a0The loop device is a pseudo-device that often used for mounting CD\/DVD ISO image and makes those files accessible as a block device.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
    Read Also :\u00a0How to Mount Windows NTFS Partition in Linux<\/a><\/p>\n
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    An\u00a0ISO\u00a0image or\u00a0.iso\u00a0(International Organization for Standardization) file is an archive file that contains a disk image called\u00a0ISO 9660\u00a0file system format. Every\u00a0ISO\u00a0file have\u00a0.ISO\u00a0extension has defined format name taken from the\u00a0ISO 9660\u00a0file system and specially used with\u00a0CD\/DVD\u00a0Rom\u2019s. In simple words an iso file is a disk image. mount and unmount iso images in linux I have seen most … <\/p>\n
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