Trouble Mounting ISO image

**jsatt** · 11-21-2006

I'm trying to mount an iso to copy the files to my hd. I've found the commonly used command to do this...

Code:

mount -o loop image.iso /mnt/isoimage/

came back that mount-point didn't exist so I made the mount point according to someones site that I found...

Code:

mkdir -p /mnt/isoimage/

I ran the mount command again and now it says

Code:

mount: Not a directory

Is there something wrong with the mount command or how I created the mountpoint, or are there other settings in SUSE that I have to change first?

**antidrugue** · 11-21-2006

That's good, you just forgot a little something, the filesystem type :

Code:

mount -t iso9660 -o loop image.iso /mnt/isoimage/

Also, make sure the mount point is an empty directory.

**jsatt** · 11-21-2006

I tried it as

Code:

mount -o loop -t iso9660 image.iso /mnt/isoimage/

before and got the same thing. Also the directory was brand new nothing in it.

**antidrugue** · 11-21-2006

Well, the problem must be with /mnt/isoimage/, verify that this directory exist and that it is writable (proper permissions set).

**jsatt** · 11-22-2006

seems like it may be a problem wih the iso, other iso's load alright. Will redownload and try again.