Prerequisite Module

You’ll have to make sure that the loop module is loaded before you can use this feature.

Mount a CD ISO Image

We’ll use the regular mount command to mount the ISO image into a folder, just like you would do with a regular drive. The difference is that we pass the -o loop command to specify the loop module, which can handle ISO images.

Of course you should make sure that you have created the /media/iso folder ahead of time.

Mount a DVD ISO Image

When mounting ISO images of DVDs, you might have to use the UDF type instead of ISO.

Mount an ISO Image in Gnome

todo: Explain how to use the gnome scripts to mount images.

Open an ISO Image Without Mounting

todo: Explain how you’ll be able to open the file without actually mounting it.