Loop FS help please.

[Todd Zullinger]

clemens at dwf.com wrote:
> For some reason, I seem to have a mental block when trying to do a
> mount of a loop filesystem.
> 
> I have a copy of the f8 iso on disk, I would like to look inside of
> it.  Im sure that I can do that with a magic mount ... -o loop= ...
> but cant seem to get it right.

In addition to using mount, which requires root privs, you could also
use fuseiso to mount as a normal user.  You can even use file-roller
(the Gnome Archive Manager) to open and poke around in iso files.

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