Tiny Core Linux

General TC => General TC Talk => Topic started by: vincentyu1130 on August 13, 2016, 09:37:23 AM

Title: TinyCore on USB thumb won't mount .iso as loop device
Post by: vincentyu1130 on August 13, 2016, 09:37:23 AM

I installed TinyCore 7.2 on usb thumb using the tc-install extension, tried to mount iso as follows:
mkdir /mnt/disk
mount -o loop name.iso /mnt/disk
Nothing happened and there is nothing in /mnt/disk.
mount --help says "-o loop" will be ignored and loop device autorecognized

Any ideas?

Title: Re: TinyCore on USB thumb won't mount .iso as loop device
Post by: Juanito on August 13, 2016, 09:42:02 AM

You could try:

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$ sudo mount name.iso /mnt/disk

Title: Re: TinyCore on USB thumb won't mount .iso as loop device
Post by: vincentyu1130 on August 13, 2016, 09:44:16 AM

tried sudo mount, with or without -o loop, same result.

Title: Re: TinyCore on USB thumb won't mount .iso as loop device
Post by: Juanito on August 13, 2016, 09:46:49 AM

Did you get any error message? Are you sure that name.iso is a valid iso file?

Title: Re: TinyCore on USB thumb won't mount .iso as loop device
Post by: vincentyu1130 on August 13, 2016, 09:51:39 AM

Nothing from mount. I'm sure it's a valid iso 'cause I've tried it with my other live Linux cd and succeeded. (Of course name.iso is not the actual name, I'm just simplifying the question)

Does the fact that the iso file is on a ntfs partition ring a bell?

Title: Re: TinyCore on USB thumb won't mount .iso as loop device
Post by: Juanito on August 13, 2016, 09:55:45 AM

Maybe you could try this, just to be sure:

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$ sudo mkdir /mnt/iso
$ sudo mount /mnt/sdb1/tmp/CorePure64-7.2.iso /mnt/iso
$ ls /mnt/iso/boot
corepure64.gz  isolinux/      vmlinuz64

Title: Re: TinyCore on USB thumb won't mount .iso as loop device
Post by: vincentyu1130 on August 13, 2016, 10:12:01 AM

There is no iso file on my sdb1 so I tried with the Tinycore-current.iso file I downloaded and burnt to cd(also on ntfs partition) and it worked!!
The one iso that failed me is Windows 8 Installation dvd image. It worked on my other live Linux cd which is MUCH larger and more fully loaded than TinyCore.

Title: Re: TinyCore on USB thumb won't mount .iso as loop device
Post by: vincentyu1130 on August 13, 2016, 09:43:12 PM

I loaded util-linux to replace busybox and tried mount again, it gives me error message "unknown file system type 'udf'".
Is there an app I can load to support udf? I tried searching for udf in the app browser and couldn't find any.
My search on internet suggest udf support should be built into the kernel, right?

Title: Re: TinyCore on USB thumb won't mount .iso as loop device
Post by: Rich on August 13, 2016, 11:09:09 PM

Hi vincentyu1130
See if installing the  filesystems  extension helps.

Title: Re: TinyCore on USB thumb won't mount .iso as loop device
Post by: vincentyu1130 on August 14, 2016, 12:29:40 AM

filesystem extensions? I tried app browser but couldn't find anything with udf keyword.

Title: Re: TinyCore on USB thumb won't mount .iso as loop device
Post by: Rich on August 14, 2016, 12:46:16 AM

Hi vincentyu1130
You're looking for an extension called  filesystems-4.2.7-tinycore.tcz.  The number in the extension name should match
the kernel you are running.

Title: Re: TinyCore on USB thumb won't mount .iso as loop device
Post by: vincentyu1130 on August 14, 2016, 01:15:09 AM

Done as said. Works fine now!!
Thanks.