i tried to pirate games and software on it it was hard to get anything to run.

i think that would make linux not so popular in regions where people depend on piracy.

i want hear your opinions about my point

  • Mordikan@kbin.earth
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    3 days ago

    If the .img file does not contain partition table info, it should just be a matter of mounting:

    sudo mkdir -p /mnt/img
sudo mount -o loop path/to/file.img /mnt/img

    The only time that becomes a problem normally is if its like a partitioned SD card (had a netbook I booted from SD card before and that happened).

    • lost_faith@lemmy.ca
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      3 days ago

      I will try that for the .imgs, how about .ccd, bin/cue and iirc .mkv? These images were obtained over two decades ago and have been transferred a few times, certain 1meg/Xkb files may have been lost. Daemon tools and later power iso used to mount these files no prob but I destroyed my windows a while back and am not going back regardless of what I lose as I gained more

      • Mordikan@kbin.earth
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        3 days ago

        bchunk can do conversion to build these all out as .iso files. I think cdemu, given your mention of Daemon Tools, is a better option though as its effectively doing the same thing DT did. It would load the image to /dev/sr0 (the CD/DVD device) which you would then just run the previous mount command to bring up: sudo mount /dev/sr0 /mnt/cd

        I think you mean MDF/MDS instead of MKV (I haven’t seen those in like 20 years - but I think that’s what you mean). That was the old Alcohol 120% proprietary format. I don’t think any tools directly work with that extension, you’d have to convert those .iso first.