Mounting ISO help

ajstan · 26 Jan 2010 at 12:28

Hi all, just putting a simple flash program thing on a network which is never a problem but this one needs a disks, and many of the computers on the network don't have CD drives. Now I would use Daemon for something like this at home but that isn't really suitable here.

Is there a small program that after opening, immediately mounts the iso image?

Makhaira · 26 Jan 2010 at 12:29

Why is it not suitable?

You're going to struggle to mount an ISO image without actually installing a program since it needs to create a virtual device. Your next best bet would be to use an ISO editing program to extract the files from the image, if you can get around it that way.

davethe11 · 26 Jan 2010 at 13:38

if you are just after a small app for mounting iso's, I use the free SlySoft Virtual CloneDrive, only 1.5 meg I think, linky

ajstan · 26 Jan 2010 at 13:38

Makhaira said:
Why is it not suitable?

You're going to struggle to mount an ISO image without actually installing a program since it needs to create a virtual device. Your next best bet would be to use an ISO editing program to extract the files from the image, if you can get around it that way.

Done that, its still after the CD. Daemon not suitable, just take my word for it I can't be bothered to explain

derkaderka · 26 Jan 2010 at 13:40

ajstan said:
Done that, its still after the CD. Daemon not suitable, just take my word for it I can't be bothered to explain

Have you tried "mounting" the directory as a mapped network drive ?

+1 , for Virtual CloneDrive by the way

EDIT:
IF the setup installer is checking the drive the installer is runing from AND checking
if its a REAL CD-ROM , then either hacking the installer or mounting using a virtual drive
software is your only choice.

orderoftheflame · 26 Jan 2010 at 13:41

davethe11 said:
if you are just after a small app for mounting iso's, I use the free SlySoft Virtual CloneDrive, only 1.5 meg I think, linky

I use this. Works very well.

ajstan · 26 Jan 2010 at 15:11

Yh have tried mapped network drive, slysoft is basically a lightweight version of daemon, and yes it is very good, but it isn't 100% what I want.

Tbh, the only way to get it working how I want is to take apart the exe and stop it from checking the disc is there because the files it needs have been copied over onto the network, trouble is I have no idea how to take apart an exe.

Thanks for your helps guys, but I would appreciate if anyone could tell me how to take apart an exe..?

Makhaira · 26 Jan 2010 at 16:09

Reshacker, and hex knowledge. You'll almost certainly be violating the EULA for the software though unless you have developer rights (in which case I'd expect you to have the source code).

Clonedrive, Daemon are your options tbh.