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Questions about how to use/mount/burn/create ISO images.

ISO-image is an archive file (also known as a disc image) of an optical disc, composed of the data contents of every written sector of an optical disc. ISO image files are the most common file format that Canonical uses to distribute Ubuntu installation files.

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How to extract iso images to the hard disk?

I have some ISO images and would like to extract them to a hard-disk. They are not OS images, I think they are music or audio books, I Don't know until they are extracted. Thanks
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How to create an iso from current installation

I installed Ubuntu 14.04.1 on one of my laptops and now I want distribute that exact installation to a few of my friends. I tried making an iso with Gparted on a live session but it makes a 500 GB file (I've only used around 8 GB) . Thanks in…
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How to make a bootable ISO image from a bootable DVD?

I want to make a .iso image of a bootable OS DVD, to use in VirutalBox. Nautilus can make a .iso, but only of data files, it seems. The .iso it created was not bootable. What is available to make a bootable .iso from a bootable DVD?
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How to install .dmg file to ubuntu

I'm trying to install a .dmg file to ubuntu 14.04 I was trying to following eHow Link And a couple of other threads on askubuntu. The problem i'm facing are so : In the eHow they use something called dmg2dmg. Ubuntu seems to have dmg2img. So I…
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How to mount an ISO image in Ubuntu 12.04

Possible Duplicate: How to mount an ISO file? I wish to Mount an ISO image and then install a set-up inside the image. Its an ISO of a game btw. I have tried mounty, Gmount and furious iso and none of them worked.
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ISO file extraction

How do I extract an .iso file so that I am able to use the contents of it. Please be sure that it's not a operating system file, its just a file which contains videos. I have tried to extract it using the default archive extractor it gave me an…
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How can I make a non-bootable ISO file bootable?

I have an ISO file I want to use to install Windows 7 in VirtualBox. The problem is this file is not bootable. Is there any command line tool to make a non-bootable ISO file bootable? Update The ISO file is a Windows 7 installation CD/DVD. I created…
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How to convert between iso and cso?

Is there any way to convert between cso files and iso? I wanted to convert my cso files to iso for playing games on my PSP.
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Downloaded Ubuntu ISO always has wrong checksum?

I have a problem when i try to download the maverick iso. after download i always get the wrong iso checksum with gtkhash? I already tried from several locations provided via the ubuntu page but not succeeded. The hash should…
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Validating an ISO write directly after writing

Background My normal process for writing ISOs is downloading them (zsync via script which performs a ISO validation & shows me the package changes (ie. manifest diff from prior download)), then use mkusb to write it to thumb-drive,…
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Why is the ISO size for 12.04.3 larger than a CD?

Why is the Ubuntu 12LTS 4MB bigger than all the blank CDs I have? I had to burn it on to a DVD. This never used to be the case.
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How to download the first 20.04 .iso

Is there a way for us to download the original 20.04 .iso without the .1 or .2 updates? I see that only the 20.04.2 version is available for downloading. I want it to use the original kernel, not the HWE one. Thank you.
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Convert Ubuntu Core image to bootable ISO

A VPS provider offers its users the ability to install and run any distribution, provided that you upload a bootable ISO image. I'd like to run Ubuntu Core, however I haven't found a way to convert the images that Canonical provides to a bootable…
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I downloaded Ubuntu but I can't find the ISO file

I have downloaded Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS from http://www.ubuntu.com/download/desktop. In order to create a bootable DVD it is asking for an ISO image which I haven't found in the download folder. Where is the .iso file?
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Ubuntu iso image - different size when downloading via torrent or from ubuntu.com

Ubuntu 16.4.1 iso size 1Gb on ubuntu site. but when I download via torrent it seems iso size 1.5 GB. which one should I download? Torrent: http://releases.ubuntu.com/16.04.1/ubuntu-16.04.1-desktop-amd64.iso.torrent Ubuntu site:…
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