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Mar 3, 2017

ISO file mounts and loopback Files Systems

ISO file mounts and loopback Files Systems

How to mount an ISO file :

1.    Add the ISO file as a normal loopback device
            lofiadm -a /export/home/judi/ISO/sol-10-u11-ga-sparc-dvd.iso /dev/lofi/1

2.    List the loopback device
            lofiadm

3.    Mount the loopback device now
            mount -F hsfs -o ro /dev/lofi/1 /mnt

4.    unmount the loopback device
            umount /mnt

5.    Delete / remove the loopback device
            lofiadm -d /dev/lofi/1

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