[Techtalk] I want to install Fedora Core 3 but can't boot from scsi cdrom

Wim De Smet kromagg at gmail.com
Thu Feb 10 08:03:03 EST 2005


On Wed, 09 Feb 2005 12:31:45 -0800, Darlene Wallach
<wallachd at earthlink.net> wrote:
> conor.daly at cod.utvinternet.com wrote:
> [snip]
> >
> > 1.  Loopmount diskboot.img
> [snip]
> 
> Conor,
> 
> Thank you for detailed instructions and multiple
> options!
> 
> I understand almost everything but I don't know
> what you mean by "loopmount diskboot.img"
> 

mounting a file as if it were a device. Well something like this, it's
usually accomplished by:
mount -o loop <usual bits>
(see the manpage for details)

greets,
Wim


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