I was loving Linux today because I needed to download an ISO, the IBM ServeRAID 7K bootable CD. I used Linux to download the ISO then burn the ISO to CD using “cdrecord”. I was able to mount the ISO on the local filesystem using the following command
mount -o -loop -t iso9660 filename.iso /mnt/iso
This allows you to browse the contents of the ISO without writing it to CD. There’s not a native tool in Vista to write ISOs, so having Linux around was great.
*** UPDATE ***
Apparently this can be done on Windows without too much trouble and Dave has the details on his Blog.
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March 20th, 2007 at 11:02 pm
I know it’s not native, but I’d recommend ISO Recorder http://isorecorder.alexfeinman.com/isorecorder.htm for burning [and creating] ISOs in Vista. It’s nice and small and integrates easily with explorer.
March 21st, 2007 at 5:41 pm
Thanks for the tip Lee, I’ll check it out!