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Gmount-iso is a small tool written using PyGTK and Glade. It allows you to easily mount your cd images. This is a frontend to the ‘mount -o loop -t iso9660 foo.iso /mountpoint’ command.

Install gmountiso in Ubuntu

sudo aptitude install gmountiso

This will complete the installation.

Using gmountiso

If you want to open go to Applications—>System Tools—>Gmount-iso

Once it opens you should see the following screen here you can specify your .iso file and mount point where you want to mount.

Example for gmountiso

I am having dsl-4.0.iso image on my desktop and i want to mount this under dsl directory so i have menctioned all the details and click on mount

This will prompt for root password enter your root password and click on ok

Once it finished mounting you can see these details under mounted images

You can see the files and folders inside dsl directory

If you want to unmount just select the your mount point and click on Unmount

This is very simple and easy process.

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12 Comments to “Easy way of Mount/Unmount .iso Images in Ubuntu”

  1. Ryan says:

    You can also open iso file directly in file-rolller AKA archive manager

  2. xiao_haozi says:

    You could also mount the iso file manually, for example if you want to install software via wine. I like to do the following:
    mkdir -p /path/tomount/point && sudo mount -t loop /isofile.iso /path/tomount/point
    I like this method as it just tends to be a lot faster for me than a gui program and uses tools that are already built into the system rather than adding additional programs as frontends.

    If you are lets saying viewing a movie that you have created and made into an iso disc image, programs like VLC (and im pretty sure mplayer) will read these directly and require no such user manipulation.

  3. Hawk says:

    Can’t mount an ISO located on a Windows share.

  4. carles says:

    @2 : that option is OK if you know the commands and options by heart and have the console open at all times. The program is more for the kind of people that just wants to use a CD image rather than an experienced sysadmin.

  5. Tal says:

    works great!!!
    ubuntu 8.1
    thanks.

  6. vibinlakshman says:

    hello dudes, is this mounting application used to upgrade my ubuntu, from 7.10 to 8.04.. ? please help me to do this , whenever i mount, i cudnt understand what output should i get.. Appreciate help

  7. jonasino says:

    thanx, great for a newbie like me

  8. a.d says:

    when i try and do this I get the following error An error occured wrong fs typ, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/loop0 missing codepage or helper program, or other error in some cases usefull info is found in syslog -try dmesg|tail or so

    please help, (btw I cant reinstall caus emy cd drive is broken)

  9. Lior says:

    Nice tool. Doesn’t work over SMB (when the iso is on a windows share) so I had to copy the iso to the linux box and then mount it.

  10. Hund says:

    Program works great
    Thanks a lot

  11. GREAT!!!! says:

    I love gmountiso. This will be a permanent fixture in my software toolbox.

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