Ubuntu How To's --- HOW TO moutn bin/cue, iso, mds, ccd and nrg files (Feisty)

HOW TO moutn bin/cue, iso, mds, ccd and nrg files (Feisty)

Before we start I'd like to be sure you know how to mount regular ISO files. Use terminal to navigate to the folder containing your ISO image and type:

sudo mkdir /media/virtual sudo modprobe loop sudo mount image.iso /media/virtual -o loop
Now let's proceed.

I'm sure you have many times downloaded a CD/DVD image that wasn't standard iso file. The problem with these ones is that you cannot mount them in Ubuntu. There are many bin2iso and similar converter programs but theres a simple way to get these images mounted. It's called cdemu .

Before you continue be aware. If you have download bin/cue image that should contain a video it is possible that it's a svcd image and if this is the case mplayer can natively read this files. Just type

mplayer image.bin

and it should work.

Also, with VLC player you can play iso files. To install vlc type:

sudo apt-get install vlc

Also if all fails you can convert the bin/cue image to an iso image using bchunk:

sudo apt-get install bchunk

Navigate to the folder where your bin/cue file is located and type:

bchunk IMAGE.bin IMAGE.cue ANYNAME.iso

Also it is possible to mount bin/cue images directly. Download latest cdemu from here.
Extract it and navigate to the extracted folder. Feisty users should type:

nano cdemu_core.c

and replace the generic_file_read with do_sync_read. It should be done in two lines as shown on images below.

Now type:

make sudo make install sudo gedit /usr/bin/create_cdemu_devs.sh

and replace everything with following:

Right click, then save as:
create_cdemu_devs.sh

Next type:

sudo nano /etc/rc.local

and before exit 0 you add following:

echo " Creating CDemu devices..." create_cdemu_devs.sh

Type:

sudo modprobe loop sudo create_cdemu_devs.sh

And thats it. To mount bin/cue image type:

cdemu X image.cue mkdir /media/cdemuX sudo mount -t iso9660 -o -ro /dec/cdemu/X /media/cdemuX
Where X is any integer number between 0 and 7 (X=0,1,2,3,...,7). This is because u get 8 virtual CD-ROMs so you can mount 8 images at the same time.

To unmount image type:

cdemu -u X
where X is the number of drive you wish to unmount.

You can find more tips on configuring your cdemu here. Steps 7. and successive.

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HOW TO moutn bin/cue, iso, mds, ccd and nrg files (Feisty)

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