Wednesday, June 24, 2009

Mounting ISO in Ubuntu

Promised Anbin to post about mounting ISO in Ubuntu
However I am busy with my visa few days ago.
I am not sure about the older version, maybe this trick will work on 8.10
Ubuntu 9.04 mounting of ISO images is supported in the kernel
Just forget about downloading extra packages to mount...
Open your terminal and enter the command

sudo mkdir /media/isoimage
sudo mount /home/username/path/to/file/myfile.iso /media/isoimage/ -t iso9660 -o loop

The first command makes a folder in the /media directory to where your ISO image can be mounted.
The second command then mounts the file to that directory
A shortcut to the directory should then appear on your desktop.
Here's some picture about me doing mounting...


Here's a dummy .iso file


To mount it, just do what you think you should


To unmount it, type umount (not unmount) I kena before...

If you mess with the setting terribly...(how terrible can you go?)
Just restart your PC/Laptop/whatever... (it may not work) it will auto unmount
Happy mounting!

Wednesday, June 10, 2009

Desktop effect could not be enable

Ever meet this problem?
Desktop effect could not be enable...Swt

This is because my card is blacklisted...
I just want to try my UXA. Argh

Actually this problem can be solved easily.
Just need to go /home/forestbreeze/.config/compiz
And create "compiz-manager" file
Put this line in "SKIP_CHECKS=yes"
It works. My compiz is running again.
Wonder why some card are blacklisted??
I am using x3100 card. x3100 is weak... maybe I will turn to ATI 3450

Anbin's blog about virtual drive is quite nice
Haha but I am using Ubuntu
Ubuntu can mount their drive with terminal command (without software)
And you can run it without any fuss
Beside that Ubuntu also allow user to create an USB startup disk
Which you could try Ubuntu or install it, using your USB stick


The easy way...