I had a problem mounting NTFS iso's created by either dd/qemu-img.
After reading logs and researching I found that unassigned-devices mount the ISO's using "-t iso9660".
This means it only mounts CD Iso's and feels a bit limiting.
I'm wanting to mount ISO's created from old HDD's so I can get rid of old HDD's and migrate/move data to the unRaid array at will, other use cases might occur.
I found that by manually (via SSH) mounting the iso using "-t ntfs" and then setting up the .conf and smb-extra conf that everything worked well.
After that I also found that removing the -t parameter altogether would allow mount to mount it no matter what type it is.
Help from mount:
-t, --types limit the set of filesystem types
Hence, the -t is a limiter.
Removing -t allows me to mount any iso type. NTFS, FAT, CD, etc.
Edit:
If you don't find it acceptable to leave out the filter (I don't see a reason why that should be), but an alternative could be to let the user select a type from a dropdown when selecting the iso. This should be sent with the $info array and could then be used in place of the hardcoded -t iso9660.
dlandon
commented
7 years ago
I had a problem mounting NTFS iso's created by either dd/qemu-img. After reading logs and researching I found that unassigned-devices mount the ISO's using "-t iso9660". This means it only mounts CD Iso's and feels a bit limiting.
I'm wanting to mount ISO's created from old HDD's so I can get rid of old HDD's and migrate/move data to the unRaid array at will, other use cases might occur.
I found that by manually (via SSH) mounting the iso using "-t ntfs" and then setting up the .conf and smb-extra conf that everything worked well. After that I also found that removing the -t parameter altogether would allow mount to mount it no matter what type it is.
Help from mount: -t, --types
limit the set of filesystem types
Hence, the -t is a limiter. Removing -t allows me to mount any iso type. NTFS, FAT, CD, etc.
Fix would be to remove "-t iso9660" from /include/lib.php:958
This would be awesome.
Edit: If you don't find it acceptable to leave out the filter (I don't see a reason why that should be), but an alternative could be to let the user select a type from a dropdown when selecting the iso. This should be sent with the $info array and could then be used in place of the hardcoded -t iso9660.