Mount ISO image under Linux

“ISO Master” program is a GUI which may be useful available from the Get Deb website.

You can mount ISO images via the loop device. It is possible to specify transfer functions (for encryption/decryption or other purposes) using loop device.

But how to mount ISO image under Linux? You need to use mount command as follows:

Procedure to mount ISO images under Linux

1) You must login as a root user, if not root user then switch to root user using following command:

$ su -

2) Create the directory aka mount point:

# mkdir -p /mnt/disk

3) Use mount command as follows (assumes that your ISO file name is disk1.iso):

# mount -o loop disk1.iso /mnt/disk

4) Change directory to list it:

# cd /mnt/disk
# ls -l

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