I'd like to know if what I ask can actually be done.
I have a pre-installed program as a Windows ISO. Will I be able to use it with Ubuntu 14?
I imagine it's tricky if it is possible, I'm up for a challenge though :)
Any help appreciated.
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2What's "a pre-installed program as a Windows ISO"? Doesn't make much sense. – mikewhatever Dec 30 '15 at 22:29
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Sorry, I don't know why I added 'pre-installed'. Ignore that bit :) – Scott Dimelow Dec 30 '15 at 22:30
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Well, "...program as a Windows ISO" doesn't make much sense either. – mikewhatever Dec 30 '15 at 22:32
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Yeah.. What is a "Windows ISO"? I think he meant "a Windows program inside an ISO image"? – Eduardo Cola Dec 30 '15 at 22:47
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are you trying to sideload windows with ubuntu? – Dec 30 '15 at 23:28
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Do you mean dual boot? No I'm not. I just wanted to know how to mount and run a windows iso. Cheers – Scott Dimelow Dec 30 '15 at 23:31
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You can't "run [an] ISO" file. ISO files are just file systems that hold other files. Do you want to run a program residing inside the ISO file? – David Foerster Jan 02 '16 at 13:08
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Possible duplicate of How can I graphically mount ISOs? – David Foerster Jan 02 '16 at 13:09
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Not difficult at all. Let's say your ISO is in /home/user/files. Open a terminal and run:
sudo mount -o loop /home/user/files/iso.iso /mnt
Now open it with your file browser (Nautilus) with the command
nautilus /mnt
And we're done. Quite easy, huh? There are graphical ways of doing that, though. You can search for "Gmount-iso" in the software center.
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Hi Eduardo, I followed your instructions but it just opened an empty folder.
I also tried Gmount but that gave an error.
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What was the output from the terminal? Please be more specific. Did you just copy-paste or you wrote the commands one by one? – Eduardo Cola Dec 30 '15 at 22:46
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