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Automount CD-ROM Images
By Chris Lander
Applies to:
- SUSE Linux 10.0
- SUSE Linux Professional 9.2-9.3
- Novell Linux Desktop 9
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9
PROBLEM: You want to automount CD-ROM images to avoid doing it manually.
SOLUTION: Following up on the article "A Little YaST Magic" by Scott M. Morris posted on 6 Jan 2005, where he explains how to mount iso images of the distribution CD-ROMs,it is possible to automatically mount them by making suitable entries in /etc/fstab.
If you have followed Scott's directory and data structure then add the following lines to /etc/fstab:-
/isos/suse1.iso /suse/1 iso9660 rw,loop=/dev/loop0 0 0 /isos/suse2.iso /suse/2 iso9660 rw,loop=/dev/loop1 0 0 /isos/suse3.iso /suse/3 iso9660 rw,loop=/dev/loop2 0 0 /isos/suse4.iso /suse/4 iso9660 rw,loop=/dev/loop3 0 0 /isos/suse5.iso /suse/5 iso9660 rw,loop=/dev/loop4 0 0
Now when the system boots, or you run the command
-
# mount -a
the iso images will be mounted under the /suse directory tree, and there will be no need to manually run Scott's mntimg.sh script before installing software.
EXAMPLE: # Additions to /etc/fstab to mount distribution CD-ROM iso images:
/isos/suse1.iso /suse/1 iso9660 rw,loop=/dev/loop0 0 0 /isos/suse2.iso /suse/2 iso9660 rw,loop=/dev/loop1 0 0 /isos/suse3.iso /suse/3 iso9660 rw,loop=/dev/loop2 0 0 /isos/suse4.iso /suse/4 iso9660 rw,loop=/dev/loop3 0 0 /isos/suse5.iso /suse/5 iso9660 rw,loop=/dev/loop4 0 0
Disclaimer: As with everything else at Cool Solutions, this content is definitely not supported by Novell (so don't even think of calling Support if you try something and it blows up).
It was contributed by a community member and is published "as is." It seems to have worked for at least one person, and might work for you. But please be sure to test, test, test before you do anything drastic with it.
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