OSX Panther: mount disk image with loop device?

[J]

Nothing in /dev appears to be any sort of a loop device. Anyone know how I
can mount an iso or other filesystem in osx?

Thanks,
JB

[J]

Post by J
Nothing in /dev appears to be any sort of a loop device. Anyone know how
I can mount an iso or other filesystem in osx?
Thanks,
JB

Thanks to all who replied. I posted followups at alt.linux, but no-one
noticed, so I'll mention in a xpost that there is no /dev/loop of any sort
in osx's mock bsd. There is also no -o loop option in osx's version of
mount. There is, however, a disk utility that will mount valid images as
long as they have a .dmg extension. I had a FAT disk dd'd in as image.dd.
After trimming off the partition table, reserved sectors, etc (from Ontrack
Disk Manager) by dd'ing everything after 126sectors to a new file, I had to
rename my dd to image126.dmg. From there I was able to have the mac disk
utility mount the file and then access the file like it was a FAT HD. I
wish I knew how to do it on the command line.. I'll keep looking.

I recommend Brian Carrier's _File System Forensic Analysis_ and his nifty
set of file system tools at www.sleuthkit.org.

-JB

[Robert Hull]

In alt.os.linux, on Tue 18 April 2006 22:16, "J" <nospamplease> <>

Thanks to all who replied.  I posted followups at alt.linux,

Where it was guaranteed to be off topic. I'm glad that those who
repsonded to you did not honour your attempt to troll.