Re: [SLE] fstab entry for iso

From: Carlos E. R. (robin1.listas_at_tiscali.es)
Date: 02/15/05

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    The Tuesday 2005-02-15 at 13:26 -0000, Hamish wrote:

    > > I have used dd to make an iso of my SuSE dvd so I can leave it in the case
    > > and use it direct off my hdd, I would like to use fstab to mount it every
    > > time i start, but I cannot figure how to tell it "-o loop". Has anyone done
    > > this? Mount the iso normally: `mount -o loop /path/to/susedvd.iso /susedvd`
    > > - this works fine, but how do I transfer that to fstab?

    What is the advantage of doing that compared to simply copying the dvd
    contents to some directory?

    > Stupid moment - its really simple, for anyone who wants to do this, the fstab
    > entry looks like this:
    >
    > /pathto/susedvd.iso /mnt/susedvd iso9660 defaults,loop,ro 0 0

    Interesting.

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