How to do a virtual drive

[Daffydd]

I can't seem to figure out how to mount a virtual guide. I have a .Iso of a linux game but I can't get it either on a cd or figure out how to mount it to a virtual guide. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

[pavlo_7]

I believe you are trying to mount an .iso image, or want to create a CD out of that image.
If so (in Ubuntu),
to mount image (assuming .iso is in your Home directory) try this:

cd 
mkdir hd
sudo mount -t iso9660 -o loop file.iso hd
ls hd

(in the above command, replace "file.iso" with the name of your .iso file).


To create a CD, use k3b. Install it if you do not have it:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install k3b

Then right click on .iso image ==> open it with k3b ==> wait until Md5 Sum finishes calculating ==> Insert empty CD ==> click Start

[Daffydd]

O.K. I have no idea how to do the code thing, complete newb to this, I just started using linux(ubuntu) about a month ago so still trying to learn.

[LinuxDummie]

The code thing? You mean enter the code he gave you right?

Click Applications, accessories, terminal.

Type those commands into the terminal.

[abhishek456]

O.K. I have no idea how to do the code thing, complete newb to this, I just started using linux(ubuntu) about a month ago so still trying to learn.

after opening terminal check yourself that you are in the same directory where your .iso file is located

then issuing

mkdir hd

would create a directory named "hd"

then

sudo mount -t iso9660 -o loop file.iso hd

would mount your .iso file on to "hd" directory

and

 ls hd

would list the filenames present in "hd" directory

[Daffydd]

after opening terminal check yourself that you are in the same directory where your .iso file is located

then issuing

mkdir hd

would create a directory named "hd"

I tried this and it said: mkdir: cannot create directory `hd': File exists
should I try using another directory name?
Ok another question, how do I find the dir I just made.
also i tried the command ls hd and it doesn't seem to do anything

[Daffydd]

ok figured it out, Veilen Dank

[Daffydd]

one last question. How do I get it to run now? it says to do this:
Mount the Heroes III CD and change the current directory to where
it is mounted. Type 'sh setup.sh' to run the install script.

e.g. Log in as root:
mount /mnt/cdrom
cd /mnt/cdrom
sh setup.sh

but when i type the first lime into the terminal it gives me this message:
daffydd@Obergruppenfuhrer:~$ mount /mnt/cdrom
mount: can't find /mnt/cdrom in /etc/fstab or /etc/mtab

I feel so comtarded right now.

[Juan Pablo]

where did you mount the ISO? Better, just post the command you used to mount it. The command to run the game should look like this,

sh <where you mounted it>/setup.sh

[pavlo_7]

If you mounted the .iso image in "hd", then you need to:

cd hd
sh setup.sh