mounting .iso image as cdrom

[vinaytp]

hi all....

I dont have cdrom in my system..I am trying to install windows using virtual machine manager in fedora...but it is asking for cdrom as boot device..i have windowz.iso image ..how can i mount it as cdrom and continue my installation........

[waterhead]

You use the mount command to mount an image file. You first must have an empty folder where it can be mounted. So make a directory, but first gain root permissions with the su command.

su
Password:

mkdir /mounted

You can then mount the image in the /mounted folder, using the "loop" option. List the full path to the image first, and then the full path to the folder to mount it in.

mount -o loop /path/to/CD/image.iso /mounted

The CD should now be mounted in the /mounted folder. To unmount it when done, use this command.

umount /mounted