Creating And Mounting Iso File System Using makeisofs utility
One file containing all the directory and files of CD-ROM.
First insert the cd in cd-rom for which you want to make the ISO image file.
# which mkisofs
# fdisk –l
# mkdir iso
# cd iso
# mkisofs –o mega.iso –J –v –R /media/cdrom
-o - Output File
-J – Joilet (The file is also redable by other applications in windows).
For more details of switches see the man pages of mkisofs
# man mkisofs
Mounting ISO file
# cat /proc/filesystems
Display list of filesystems supported by Linux or Kernel.
# mkdir mount
# mount –t iso9660 –o loop mega.iso /root/iso/mount
# cd /root/iso/mount
# ls
