How To mount ISO images in FreeBSD and Linux

An ISO image is an archive file (disk image) of an optical disc using a conventional ISO (International Organization for Standardization) format. ISO image files typically have a file extension of .ISO.

The name "ISO" is taken from the ISO 9660 file system used with CD-ROM media, but an ISO image can also contain UDF file system because UDF is backward-compatible to ISO 9660.

1. Procedure to mount ISO images under Linux

You can mount an ISO image via the loop device under Linux. It's possible to specify transfer functions using loop device.