Mounting images so no cd is required.

[therock003]

I want to play this game i have and there does not seem to be a no-cd patch available,so i was wondering how can i mount an image file of the cd,so its not required to be on the drive,when i decide to launch it.

[kakariko81280]

mount -o loop <disk image> <mount point>

Changing the bits in <> to the relevant locations. You will need to be root to do this, but you can edit /etc/fstab to make this mountable/unmountable by normal users.

Put the following in /etc/fstab

<disk image> <mount point> udf,iso9660 loop,noauto,user,ro 0 0

Then run

mount <mount point>

Alternatively, drop the 'user' and change 'noauto' to 'auto' in the fstab and the disk image will be mounted every time you start the computer.

Let us know how you get on,

Chris...

[therock003]

Put the following in /etc/fstab

How do i put it?I opened fstab with text editor,shall i copy paste it there?Actually i'm using gmount app to mount so i wont have to type image name and mounts,but i get the error that could not mount as user root,so i need to put the line somewehere.

So shalli just paste it?

[kakariko81280]

yep, edit the /etc/fstab file as root and paste that in on a line by itself. If you have problems, try it with the mount command in a shell so you can copy and paste the errors here.

Let us know how you get on,

Chris...

[bobescalin2005]

You can try also AcetoneISO it`s a great tool for mount virtual cd/dvd

Cheers!

[bigtomrodney]

Man they really want those PayPal donations...a button built into the app?!

[i92guboj]

If you are talking about anticopy protected stuff, then you need to patch the exe file, no matter how you copy your cd, since the exe will continue checking for the in-disk-layout protection mechanisms, which are not going to be on the iso you make.

If there's no copy protection, just make an iso and mount it using fuseiso. It's an userland tool, it doesn't need any root priviledges nor fstab configuration to be run, and it can mount many image formats besides iso.

[dandart]

What about the copy protection if you copy the whole disk iso in RAW?