Sun Solaris mount ISO CD image with lofiadm

2008-10-15
http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/howto-mount-sun-solaris-cd-iso-image/

lofiadm is command you need to use mounting an existing CD-ROM image under Sun Solaris UNIX. This is useful when the file contains an image of some flesystem (such as a floppy or CD-ROM image), because the block device can then be used with the normal system utilities for mounting, checking or repairing filesystem
Task: Mounting an Existing CD-ROM Image

If your image name is cd.iso, you can type command:

# lofiadm -a /path/to/cd.iso

Output:

/dev/lofi/1

Please note that the file name argument on lofiadm must be fully qualified and the path must be absolute not relative (thanks to mike for tip).

/dev/lofi/1 is the device, use the same to mount iso image with mount command:

# mount -o ro -F hsfs /dev/lofi/1 /mnt
# cd /mnt
# ls -l
# df -k /mnt

Task: Unmount and detach the images

Use umount command to unmount image:

# umount /mnt

Now remove/free block device:

# lofiadm -d /dev/lofi/1

For more information read lofiadm and lofi man pages.

Updated for accuracy.