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Idea #21937: Mounting ISO images should be easier

bug This idea is a duplicate of Idea #194: Easy mounting of Images like ISO and CUE.
Written by Martin von Wittich the 19 Oct 09 at 19:08. Related project: Nautilus. Status: New
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At the moment, ISO images have to be mounted via command line:

sudo mkdir /mnt/cd
sudo mount -t iso9660 -o loop cdimage.iso /mnt/cd

This should be made easier for the average user, e.g. by adding a "Mount" entry to the context menu for ISO images.

There are already several image mounting tools in the repositories, like Furius ISO Mount Tool, but they still have to be installed, have a complex user interface and are not integrated into Nautilus.

I think mounting an image should be as easy as burning it.
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Solution #2: Make it possible to mount ISO image from CLI w/o root access
Written by mikaelstaldal the 20 Oct 09 at 12:14.
Also make it possible to mount ISO images from command line without root (sudo) access.
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Solution #3: Solution #3: Mount it automatically once the user double-clicks the ISO file
Written by dexter_greycells the 24 Oct 09 at 07:41.
When the user selects the ISO file (through the keyboard arrow keys, Tab key or a single click) in nautilus a pop-up should come up asking the user to 'Double-click' the ISO file to mount it.
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Solution #4: Okay, here it is :)
Written by r0g the 28 Oct 09 at 05:09.
In the form of a python script for nautilus actions.

http://www.technicalbloke.com/iso_mount.py

I don't have time to do the unmount command too but it should be easy to adapt if you know a little python, consider that homework & pls post me a copy :)

I think it would be nice if Ubuntu came with some more useful nautilus action scripts and a nicer way of adding/removing them. At the moment getting them in and out is more of a pain than it needs to be. It ought to be as easy as Firefox (if not easier!) to install plugins, maybe then people would make more.

Roger.
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Solution #5: Drag *.iso icon onto computer/desktop/places
Written by Lachu the 28 Oct 09 at 11:56.
Automatically mount *.iso files dragged onto computer window/desktop/places menu.

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eNz1m3 (Idea reviewer) wrote on the 19 Oct 09 at 20:52
You do have gmount-iso, but your nautilus solution would be to integrate it better.

Martin von Wittich wrote on the 19 Oct 09 at 22:06
Yup, I tried gmountiso and furiusisomount, but they both don't feature the simplicity I'm imagining: after having chosen the Mount option from the context menu, the program should have none or minimal UI - similar to the Write to Disc tool. It could e.g. mount the image into a directory /media/ without asking any further questions.

I also tried the 'Mount Archive' option, but a windows setup.exe via wine crashed when ran from the mounted archive, while it ran fine when mounted with furiusisomount.

mikaelstaldal wrote on the 20 Oct 09 at 12:13
Please make it possible to do this from the command line too, without root access.

bvidulich wrote on the 23 Oct 09 at 07:38
There is a program that mounts ISOs that is built into Gnome (gmountiso I think), but it does not mount the isos into the file system, instead mounting them virtually to the desktop. Because the ISOs are not mounted to file system other programs cannot access the files within the ISOs.

This should also be able to be done without root access because mounting to file system normally needs root access.

Redman wrote on the 25 Oct 09 at 04:33
There is already a solution, right click on an iso file on Nautilus and choose open-with ... "Archive Mounter". And it mounts the iso file in Nautilus.

Shnatsel wrote on the 25 Oct 09 at 07:09
Archive mounter can mount ISO images, but 1) not as a CD, just as some removable drive 2) it messes up file names (looks like a bug, will investigate).

Shnatsel wrote on the 25 Oct 09 at 07:13
Yes, that's right, see bug #299956 in Launchpad.

Dataphile wrote on the 25 Oct 09 at 18:13
I believe there has been discussion elsewhere about avoiding the term "mount" in user-facing UI, as it is technical jargon.

I recommend that whatever solution is adopted, the wording be consistent, so we don't reopen a settled issue.

Baggers wrote on the 26 Oct 09 at 14:43
Under karmic this issue seem to have been resolved (at least the RC i'm using on my eeepc isn't showing the problem)
Hopefully this means this is now a non-issue

Drebon wrote on the 27 Oct 09 at 00:17
You have some simple nautilus-action scripts that add a context menu on iso to mount and unmount them

envygeeks wrote on the 27 Oct 09 at 14:46
You could create a perl script in SBIN that does all the mounting for you and taps the command "mountiso file"? A context menu would be really nice, but a Perl script in SBIN would be nicer because then it makes mounting ISO's on a server tons faster when we decide to fast upgrade a server by skipping the internet upgrade and using the CD.

10110111 wrote on the 27 Oct 09 at 17:39
>Also make it possible to mount ISO images from command line without root (sudo) access.

To not have to enter sudo password one can setup sudoers.

mikaelstaldal wrote on the 28 Oct 09 at 08:06
> To not have to enter sudo password one can setup sudoers.

No thanks, there should be no need for root access at all!

xeniac wrote on the 28 Oct 09 at 09:06
Ubunutu 09.04 and upwards comes with gvfs which already supports mounting ISO Images without root privileges.

Right Click an ISO File, and you see an the "mount" entry below "extract"
Drawback: Only GNOME Applications (or application with gvfs support) can access this Virtual-Drive.


yaknowwat wrote on the 29 Oct 09 at 02:05
I'm rather partial to dragging mountable items into computer on the places menu and it becoming mounted as a Virtual CD on the Computer.
This is very mac like except this should be done in addition to having a Mount and View entry on mountable files.

humphreybc wrote on the 29 Oct 09 at 03:46
There's already an option in Karmic by default to mount an iso image.

Right click an ISO image, click "Open with Archive Mounter"

And if you want to set this as the default double-click option, you can.

The iso is automagically mounted.

another_sam wrote on the 30 Oct 09 at 00:35
karmic mounts .iso with double click. awesome!

I only would add two requeriments:
1. On mounting, open a file browser located on the root of the image.
2. To have the mounted images available through the "Open file" dialog in all applications; not only someones. Eg: OpenOffice.org and Geany offer the image, but Firefox and VLC don't.


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