i've been trying to mount an .iso according to a guide i read here, but every time i run the command sudo mount -o loop /home/varbo/Downlaods/Windows 7 Ultimate SP1.iso /media/iso i get the same (usage) error:

Usage: mount -V : print version ... usage and options deleted .... Other options: [-nfFrsvw] [-o options] [-p passwdfd]. For many more details, say man 8 mount .

Any kind of help would be appreciated.

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2 Answers

Your iso has spaces, so you have to quote or escape them:

sudo mount -o loop '/home/varbo/Downlaods/Windows 7 Ultimate SP1.iso' /media/iso

or

sudo mount -o loop /home/varbo/Downlaods/Windows\ 7\ Ultimate\ SP1.iso /media/iso

The spaces will be automatically escaped if you use tab completion

sudo mount -o loop /home/varbo/Downlaods/WindowsTabTab /media/iso

The problem here's that you can't have spaces among the command or the terminal interprets it as a separate command/statement, what you have to do is rather simeple, just rename your file from Windows 7 Ultimate SP1.iso to Windows_7_Ultimate_SP1.iso, and do the same with command.

The command should look like this sudo mount -o loop /home/varbo/Downlaods/Windows_7_Ultimate_SP1.iso /media/iso

I hope this helps, good luck.

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