Re: [gentoo-dev] 42Mb CD ISO image

Re: [gentoo-dev] 42Mb CD ISO image

[Ben Lutgens]

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On Wed, Jul 04, 2001 at 11:34:52AM +0200, Sebastian Werner wrote:
>I think it don't mount with loopback because it is a bootable image. The
>iso9660-part is placed after the boot-part on the cdrom. The loopback-driver
>thinks it is only a iso9660 image, i think.

No, chances are he didn't get the whole image. iso images will mount
wether or not they are bootable. I just tested loop-mounting the rc5-r3
iso and it works fine. Please try downloading it again.

>
>Sebastian
>  -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
>  Von: gentoo-dev-admin@cvs.gentoo.org
>[mailto:gentoo-dev-admin@cvs.gentoo.org]Im Auftrag von Juerg Oehler
>  Gesendet: Mittwoch, 4. Juli 2001 11:18
>  An: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org
>  Betreff: [gentoo-dev] 42Mb CD ISO image
>
>
>  hi,
>  yesterday i was downloading
>http://www.ibiblio.org/gentoo/releases/1.0_rc5/isos/gentoo-ix86-build-1.0_rc
>5-r4.iso.
>
>  i then tried to burn the cdrom, as instructed in gentoo_instll.html. fist
>i checked the cdimage by mounting it over loopback driver. it did not work.
>  please couled you have a look at the procedure. you may detect my problem
>quickly.
>
>  maxli:root # ls -l gentoo*
>  -rwxr--r--   1 jo       familie  44751034 Jul  3 14:00
>gentoo-ix86-build-1_0_rc5-r4.iso
>  maxli:root # sum gentoo*
>  16399 43703
>  maxli:root # mount -t iso9660 -o ro,loop=/dev/loop0
>/data/install/linux/gentoo-ix86-build-1_0_rc5-r4.iso /mnt
>  mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/loop0,
>         or too many mounted file systems
>
>  thx for a short answer
>  jürg oehler
>

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Ben Lutgens		
Sistina Software Inc.	
Kernel panic: I have no root and I want to scream

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