Comments on: Mount and Unmout ISO images without burning them

By: imsamurai

imsamurai — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 07:30:07 +0000

no, i’m wrong)

you must remove quotes from mount, umount, mkdir, rmdir, also use rmdir -rf

but still doesn’t work from gui

By: imsamurai

imsamurai — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 07:18:39 +0000

also in mount.sh change:

sudo mkdir “/media/$BASENAME”
to
sudo mkdir -p “/media/$BASENAME”

works in 11.10

By: Bro

Bro — Wed, 28 Sep 2011 16:31:00 +0000

I’ve modified the scripts so that they work on Ubuntu 11.04. The problem was that the gksudo command will not enable the later sudo commands to work.
I modified the scripts to save the password and provide the password to the sudo commands executed later. Also modified the script to work when executed in a shell and added an option for disabling GUI in the shell as well as an option for opening Nautilus (ASK/YES/NO).

----- MOUNT.SH start ----
#!/bin/bash
# mount
OPEN_NAUTILUS=”YES” # ASK/YES/NO
USE_GUI_IN_SHELL=”NO” # YES/NO

shopt -s expand_aliases
alias sudo=’echo $pw | sudo -S -p “”‘

# Run from shell
if [ -t 1 -a $USE_GUI_IN_SHELL = "NO" ]; then
echo -n “[sudo] password for $USER: ”
stty_orig=`stty -g`
stty -echo
read pw
stty $stty_orig
# Echo newline
echo “”
else
pw=$(/usr/bin/gksudo -p --description “ISO Mounter”)
fi

if [ -z "$NAUTILUS_SCRIPT_SELECTED_FILE_PATHS" ]; then
if [ -e $1 ]; then
NAUTILUS_SCRIPT_SELECTED_FILE_PATHS=$1
else
NAUTILUS_SCRIPT_SELECTED_FILE_PATHS=${PWD}/$1
fi
fi

BASENAME=`basename $NAUTILUS_SCRIPT_SELECTED_FILE_PATHS .iso`

sudo mkdir “/media/$BASENAME”

if sudo mount -o loop -t iso9660 $NAUTILUS_SCRIPT_SELECTED_FILE_PATHS “/media/$BASENAME”
then
if [ "$OPEN_NAUTILUS" = "ASK" ]; then
if zenity --question --title “ISO Mounter” --text “$BASENAME Successfully Mounted. Open Volume?”
then
nautilus /media/”$BASENAME” --no-desktop
fi
elif [ "$OPEN_NAUTILUS" = "YES" ]; then
nautilus /media/”$BASENAME” --no-desktop
fi
exit 0
else
sudo rmdir “/media/$BASENAME”

if [ $USE_GUI_IN_SHELL = "YES" ]; then
zenity --error --title “ISO Mounter” --text “Cannot mount $BASENAME!”
else
echo “Cannot mount $BASENAME!”
fi
exit 1
fi

----- UNMOUNT.SH start ----
#!/bin/bash
# unmount
USE_GUI_IN_SHELL=”NO” # YES/NO

shopt -s expand_aliases
alias sudo=’echo $pw | sudo -S -p “”‘

if [ -z "$NAUTILUS_SCRIPT_SELECTED_FILE_PATHS" ]; then
NAUTILUS_SCRIPT_SELECTED_FILE_PATHS=${PWD}/$1
fi

BASENAME=`basename $NAUTILUS_SCRIPT_SELECTED_FILE_PATHS .iso`

sudo umount “/media/$BASENAME”
umount_res=$?
sudo rmdir “/media/$BASENAME”
rmdir_res=$?

if [ $umount_res -eq 1 ]; then
if [ $USE_GUI_IN_SHELL = "YES" ]; then
zenity --info --text “Failed to umount /media/$BASENAME”
else
echo “Failed to umount /media/$BASENAME”
fi
elif [ $rmdir_res -eq 1 ]; then
if [ $USE_GUI_IN_SHELL = "YES" ]; then
zenity --info --text “Failed to remove directory /media/$BASENAME”
else
echo “Failed to remove directory /media/$BASENAME”
fi
fi
exit 0

By: vfcloud

vfcloud — Tue, 09 Aug 2011 22:08:28 +0000

Very useful iso mount command. THX!

By: Lag

Lag — Tue, 02 Aug 2011 05:27:38 +0000

I am now unable to mount anything after doing these steps. It’s obviously my wrongdoing . however I am not alone in this error so that makes me feel a little better. Is there a solution to this problem yet? I’ve been looking at the comments but nothing comes up. Help wanted?

By: Vinny

Vinny — Sun, 01 May 2011 12:01:03 +0000

Looping Kernel Module worked perfect for me although I have no idea what negative effects it is having on the system if any. Which method is preferable and why?

By: Logan

Logan — Wed, 02 Mar 2011 12:59:43 +0000

I tried the Nautilus Scripts but it fails to mount the file. Can you tell me why. I am using Ubuntu 10.04

By: Chimeric

Chimeric — Tue, 21 Dec 2010 02:55:59 +0000

Incredibly helpful about the mounting. THANKS!

By: K Patki

K Patki — Sun, 14 Nov 2010 12:31:14 +0000

Hi
I’m using Ubuntu 10.04. I tried the Nautilus Scripts method to mount iso files.
Two problems have come up because of this:
a) Iso fies are unable to be mounted. (i.e. it doesn’t work!)
b) My usb flash drive, CD / DVD rom also does not work. An error message “Cannot mount “.
But the icon shows up in the “Places” menu.
Please help. I don’t know how to revert back to the settings before I performed the steps given in the post.

By: T Williams

T Williams — Mon, 25 Oct 2010 23:39:10 +0000

I need to import email messages FROM Evolution To Thunderbird. Can anyone help me?

By: Drakezilla

Drakezilla — Fri, 01 Oct 2010 14:24:20 +0000

excellent script, only one thing …the ISO file’s name should not contain blank spaces… you get an error if any

By: Neo Anderson

Neo Anderson — Sun, 29 Aug 2010 14:37:44 +0000

Is there any prob with the $BASENAME variable?
I can’t get an echo out of it after the step:
BASENAME=`basename $NAUTILUS_SCRIPT_SELECTED_FILE_PATHS .iso`
why is this?
am using lucid

By: Neo Anderson

Neo Anderson — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 16:23:34 +0000

It is not working in Lucid Lynx. Shows “cannot Mount iso”! do you have this scripts’ latest versions?

By: Dustin

Dustin — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 21:52:57 +0000

Brilliant tutorial! thanks alot!

By: priyaranjan

priyaranjan — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 15:41:05 +0000

works gr8.. thnx

By: let it be

let it be — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 10:42:02 +0000

O_o. Great! Thanks

By: oDesk

oDesk — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 14:42:36 +0000

well done

By: Surya

Surya — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 14:50:42 +0000

It works…

Thanks…

By: Alex

Alex — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 21:30:22 +0000

Thank you for the information this was very helpful !!!

By: TannerS

TannerS — Sat, 17 Apr 2010 07:06:36 +0000

I could not unmount it, once it had to fix it some other way every time I turn on ym pc

/media/cdrom0 opens with our without cd in drive

can anyone tell me what to do?