How to view content of ISO file in Linux without burning it to disc
To view and use a CD or DVD’s ISO
without needing to burn it to disc is to mount it as a loop
via the loop
option.
Assuming mycdrom.iso
is the ISO
file, the following example will mount it to /mnt/cd
$ mkdir /mnt/cd $ sudo mount -o loop -t iso9660 mycdrom.iso /mnt/cd
You can now navigate to /mnt/cd
to view the content the ISO
file.
loop
device need to be enabled when compiling the kernel for this to work. Most major Linux distributions already have this enabled in their default kernel.