[Xastir] maps directory question

[N1OFZ]

You need to use the loop back device.  Use the command:

mount -o loop -t iso9660 filename.iso /mnt/iso

I use it all the time and it works fine.

Dana
N1OFZ

On Jan 8, 2005, at 10:00 AM, Wes Johnston wrote:

> Isn't there a way in linux to mount an ISO file as a local file 
> system?  From
> there you could edit/add/delete map files from the ISO image.  Then 
> unmount it
> and burn to CD, right?
>
> Also, I've found that CD ISO images burned to DVD will also boot... so 
> now this
> gives us 4.7gigs on a "cd"... hihi.
>
> Wes
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>
>
>
> Quoting John Williams <vk5zty at bigpond.com>:
>
>> Thanks for the replies.
>>
>> I will get him to try running knoppix on the hard drive.
>>
>> Cheers
>>
>> John
>> VK5ZTY
>>
>> On 6 Jan 2005 at 22:27, Curt Mills wrote:
>>
>>> On Thu, 6 Jan 2005, VK5ZTY wrote:
>>>
>>>> A local amateur has tried a knoppix distro from
>>>>  http://www.afu-knoppix.de/
>>>
>>>> The next problem is maps.  There are some maps on the CD but not for
>>>> this part of the world.
>>>>
>>>> Is there any way to specify an alternative maps directory on 
>>>> startup so
>>>> that xastir looks for maps on the hard drive instead of on the CD.
>>>
>>> Some of these CD distributions have a method where you can copy the
>>> CD onto the hard drive and run from there.  That's about your only
>>> option right now I think, unless your home directory is in
>>> read/write memory or disk, in which case you can modify the
>>> ~/.xastir/config/xastir.cnf file so that you can point it to
>>> wherever  you like.  There are several paths to directories and
>>> files listed in that config file.  Just grep for "share" and you
>>> should find them.  I think they're all grouped together.
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>>
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