Mounting ISO images under freebsd

Contributed by Michilimackinac  
Tagged: FreeBSD  

This command is useful for mounting ISO images under FreeBSD.
You have to the vnode driver in your kernel or loaded as a module.

Check for vn driver with “kldstat -v” command:


% kldstat -v | grep vn
8 vn
%


Configure vnode disk:


% vnconfig -v /dev/vn0c image.iso


Mount the virtual disk:


% mount -r -t cd9660 /dev/vn0c /mnt


Access/Check what you need then unmount the disk:


% umount /mnt


Clear the vnode disk:


% vnconfig -u -v /dev/vn0c