Hi, i have very limited linuxskills. I'm looking for a way to mount blurayiso images. When i try to mount those images, i get the message "unkown filesystemtype 'udf'". I guess the udf driver is missing. Is there a way to mount blurayisos on the unraidserver (Beta 7)? Can anyone help and give me directions how to solve that issue?

The method of mounting any ISO image under Linux is through a loop device.

 

You must

create a mount point (an empty directory)

mount, via a loop device using the iso9660 file system type.

 

Something like this, assuming the "iso" file is named xyz.iso and on disk1 in the "movies" directory.

mkdir -p /var/tmp/mnt/iso_image

mount -tiso9660 -o ro,loop /mnt/disk1/movies/xyz.iso /var/tmp/mnt/iso_image

where 'xyz.iso" is your ISO image file.

 

Once mounted, you will see the contents in /var/tmp/mnt/iso_image

ls -l /var/tmp/mnt/iso_image

 

You will need to un-mount the iso image before you can stop the unRAID array, otherwise, the mounted file will keep disk1 (in this example) busy and when you attempt to press "Stop" the unRAID server, it will sit there attempting to un-mount the drive until it is not busy.

 

To see the currently mounted file-systems type:

mount

 

To un-mount the looped ISO image type (the un-mount command is "umount" without the first "n", not "unmount"):

umount /var/tmp/mnt/iso_image

 

For all the commands, remember that linux is case sensitive, so if your file is named XYZ.ISO and in the "Movies" folder, reference it as /mnt/disk1/Movies/XYZ.ISO

 

If you install the unMENU add-on, you can also install a special plug-in I wrote to mount ISO images.  It performs the commands I described and has a built in file-browser to allow you to select the ISO file to mount.  You can find it here: http://lime-technology.com/forum/index.php?topic=2595.msg39653#msg39653

 

The unMENU add-on is described here in the wiki http://lime-technology.com/wiki/index.php?title=UnRAID_Add_Ons#UnMENU

 

Joe L.

iso9660 will also mount UDF? sure?

 

iso9660 will also mount UDF? sure?

 

Not sure... but he said he was trying to mount an ISO file, so it is worth a try.  I know iso9660 is a subset of udf, and that mount was complaining.

Worst that can happen is the mount will not work.

 

Joe L.

udf is one of the supported FS in linux (udf version depends on linux kernel version)

blue-rays are definitely NOT plain 9660

 

 

Someone just told me that udf is inserted in Kernel 2.6.28 wich is older than the kernelversion of the current Beta7 .

 

He told me furthermore, that the mounting command would be:

 

sudo mount -t udf -o loop bluray.iso /media/Bluray

 

Do u think you could expand your unmenuscript with the integration of Bluray with the help of the obove command?

 

Thanks for pointing me out the problems with not unmounting. That helpt a lot.

UDF was also available in kernel 2.4 (but older UDF versions)

 

 

Someone just told me that udf is inserted in Kernel 2.6.28 wich is older than the kernelversion of the current Beta7 .

 

He told me furthermore, that the mounting command would be:

 

sudo mount -t udf -o loop bluray.iso /media/Bluray

 

Do u think you could expand your unmenuscript with the integration of Bluray with the help of the obove command?

 

Thanks for pointing me out the problems with not unmounting. That helpt a lot.

Your friend may be correct for his version of Linux, but it is not for unRAID.

 

First, the "sudo" command is not needed, becuase you log in as "root" so everything has super-user powers.

Second, the "udf" file-system type is not one unRAID has compiled into its kernel.  To verify on yours, type:

cat /proc/filesystems

 

Until I know the exact command you used to mount your UDF file-system, and you can demonstrate that the blue-ray UDF file-system is mounted on your unRAID array, (by posting the output of the "mount" command) there is nothing more for me to do.

 

Joe L.