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Many of you are wondering how to create/mount an ISO image of a CD/DVD in SLED/SLES. You can use K3b, but you can easily use the SLED/SLES GNU Manifesto explains the details. In legal terms, GNU software is protected by the GNU General Public License, or GPL, and by the GNU Lesser General Public License, or LGPL. The Linux kernel, which is subject to the GPL, benefits from this project (especially from the tools), but should not be seen as the same thing.">GNU/Linux Basic Commands, like DD and CAT. Then simply mount it using the MOUNT command like you have it in your CD/DVD ROM!

We are assuming that you already have a CD/DVD in your SLED/SLES base machine. Now we want to create ISO image of that CD/DVD.

Using DD[1] command:

person@NOVELLDESK:~> dd if=/dev/cdrom of=SLED.iso

[1] http://linux.die.net/man/1/dd

After executing the above command, you will get an ISO of your CD/DVD in your current directory.

Using the CAT[2] command you can achieve same thing. Yes using CAT! it's easier than DD.

person@NOVELLDESK:~> cat /dev/cdrom > SLED.iso

[2] http://linux.die.net/man/1/cat

Same as above, you will get your CD/DVD ISO in your current directory.

Now, you can use the MOUNT[3] command to mount the CD/DVD ISO to your SLED/SLES machine, and enjoy it like you have it in your CD/DVD ROM.

We are assuming that you are in same directory in which you have created the ISO of your CD/DVD.

First make the mount directory.

person@NOVELLDESK:~> sudo mkdir /mnt/ISO

person@NOVELLDESK:~> sudo mount SLED.iso -o loop /mnt/ISO

That's it!

The above commands would also work fine with other Linux distributions.