Comments on: Easy way of Mount/Unmount .iso Images in Ubuntu

By: roberto

roberto — Sun, 04 Dec 2011 09:35:27 +0000

When I select the mount point folder, it says that the folder has an error that is just read-only, what should I do?

By: Andrew P.

Andrew P. — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 21:13:18 +0000

Your NOT SUPPOSED to have write privileges to an ISO image. Treat it as a CD-ROM, which stands for Read-Only Memory, with the convenience of being able to access it from your hard drive at hard drive speeds.

By: Karloscopy

Karloscopy — Sat, 08 Oct 2011 12:27:41 +0000

gmountiso works great for mounting iso images, however, after mounting I try to execute a file on the mounted iso and all files are ‘read only’ and owned by root. I end up with the same problem if using the commandline. This is incredibly frustrating as I would like to install some software with wine but it’s not working.

I have also tried:
sudo -R chmod +x /media/isoimage/

this seems to be ineffectual as I am told it is a read only file system.

By: Vizitor

Vizitor — Mon, 04 Jul 2011 11:04:28 +0000

Nice tool; however, place (folder) with mounted image has a ROOT properties. Will be very useful if it be possible to have user properties. (At least I don’t know how to change that)

By: PeterPC

PeterPC — Tue, 17 May 2011 20:16:07 +0000

Gmount-iso seems to do the job - if one does not like commandline too much…

By: Roldy

Roldy — Tue, 26 Oct 2010 20:17:52 +0000

Hi all, i have same problem as Tyler and a.d. Please help

By: Tyler

Tyler — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 01:01:49 +0000

An error occured
wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/loop0, missing codepage or helper program, or other error
In some cases useful info is found in syslog - try
dmesg | tail or so

By: Tyler

Tyler — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 21:39:24 +0000

Im getting the same error as “a.d says”.

Can anyone help?

By: Tyler

Tyler — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 21:15:59 +0000

Alright, I have ubuntu 9.04. I downloaded a pc game off of a torrent, It came as 2 .iso’s. I want to be able to play it without having to burn it to a cd. How do I (unmount?)it. I tried to use the gmount but it gave me an error message. I will post it when I get home. Any help, or other ideas? Like I said, I dont want to burn a CD, or buy a program….must be free. Thanks guys. +1

By: GREAT!!!!

GREAT!!!! — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 16:37:49 +0000

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

By: Hund

Hund — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 06:59:51 +0000

Program works great
Thanks a lot

By: Lior

Lior — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 04:12:39 +0000

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.

By: a.d

a.d — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 00:41:37 +0000

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)

By: jonasino

jonasino — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 21:25:44 +0000

thanx, great for a newbie like me

By: vibinlakshman

vibinlakshman — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 00:08:54 +0000

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

By: Tal

Tal — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 13:14:00 +0000

works great!!!
ubuntu 8.1
thanks.

By: carles

carles — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 15:02:11 +0000

@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.

By: Hawk

Hawk — Sat, 03 May 2008 05:53:29 +0000

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

By: Bionic Commando

Bionic Commando — Sat, 02 Feb 2008 11:12:38 +0000

Here’s an easier way:
http://mundogeek.net/nautilus-scripts/#nautilus-mount-image

By: xiao_haozi

xiao_haozi — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 18:36:06 +0000

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.