Virtual CD-ROM

There is an iso file and we want to open it. Its easy in ubuntu, here is the way :

mkdir fakecd
sudo mount cd.iso fakecd -o loop
where cd.iso is your cd image and fakecd the directory where you want your 'virtual cd' be

or

sudo modprobe loop
sudo mount / / -t iso9660 -o loop

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