How to mount iso file?

[Johnny[HUN]]

There is an app called "mount unmount iso" and it gets the job done, but its really buggy because when you unmount an iso it doesn't disappear, and when you restart Steam Deck the mounted iso vanishes and you have to mount it every single time.

Is there a proper app for this? Poweriso SteamOS (or linux?) version doesn't have virtual cd/dvd option, only on Windows version, and I am using SteamOS.

[Prezidentas]

why do you need iso files? just extract the files

[Johnny[HUN]]

Originally posted by Škoda 14Tr:

why do you need iso files? just extract the files

installing and playing old games that was on multiple CD-s (you know what is a cd, right?) Even if you launch the game it will say "please insert disc 2"

[Prezidentas]

Originally posted by JohnnyHUN:

Originally posted by Škoda 14Tr:

why do you need iso files? just extract the files

installing and playing old games that was on multiple CD-s (you know what is a cd, right?) Even if you launch the game it will say "please insert disc 2"

under linux you are using various compatibility layers to run windows software. you need those layers to fake the disc, not the operating system itself. In linux discs are just another directory, no different from a regular folder (for the data mode of the CD anyways).

[Johnny[HUN]]

Originally posted by Škoda 14Tr:

Originally posted by JohnnyHUN:

installing and playing old games that was on multiple CD-s (you know what is a cd, right?) Even if you launch the game it will say "please insert disc 2"

under linux you are using various compatibility layers to run windows software. you need those layers to fake the disc, not the operating system itself. In linux discs are just another directory, no different from a regular folder (for the data mode of the CD anyways).

then how can you tell a game where to look for the files from the CD ?

[Prezidentas]

Originally posted by JohnnyHUN:

Originally posted by Škoda 14Tr:

under linux you are using various compatibility layers to run windows software. you need those layers to fake the disc, not the operating system itself. In linux discs are just another directory, no different from a regular folder (for the data mode of the CD anyways).

then how can you tell a game where to look for the files from the CD ?

perhaps your compatibility layer has a disc mounting option. Or installing a no-cd patch after copying files from the disc.

[haverespect]

Did you ever figure this out?

[Johnny[HUN]]

Originally posted by haverespect:

Did you ever figure this out?

not really, for the games needed to have the cd/dvd in the drive all the time (secuROM protection I think) I just downloaded a "no cd" or "no dvd" crack, and it solved the problem, wether it's an legal genue game from my shelf or a pirated one

[RedBaronK™]

Originally posted by JohnnyHUN:

Originally posted by haverespect:

Did you ever figure this out?

not really, for the games needed to have the cd/dvd in the drive all the time (secuROM protection I think) I just downloaded a "no cd" or "no dvd" crack, and it solved the problem, wether it's an legal genue game from my shelf or a pirated one

I have an old game that wasn't popular enough to have a no-cd crack, been struggling with desktop mode trying to mount iso also. It's definitely not easy.

[Prezidentas]

Originally posted by RedBaronK™:

Originally posted by JohnnyHUN:

not really, for the games needed to have the cd/dvd in the drive all the time (secuROM protection I think) I just downloaded a "no cd" or "no dvd" crack, and it solved the problem, wether it's an legal genue game from my shelf or a pirated one

I have an old game that wasn't popular enough to have a no-cd crack, been struggling with desktop mode trying to mount iso also. It's definitely not easy.

what you should be pursuing are ways to trick the game into thinking you have a disc inserted. mounting an iso under linux will not make the game think anything.

[ingramli]

The Linux system (and its community) simply do not have support of the old CD based DRM titles in mind, AFAIK there is nothing like daemon tools of windows that are designed to bypass SecuROM and other disc based DRM protection, there is no comparison compare to simply running those games on a old PC running winXP/win7, sad, but it is what it is.

[WarnerCK]

Originally posted by ingramli:

The Linux system (and its community) simply do not have support of the old CD based DRM titles in mind, AFAIK there is nothing like daemon tools of windows that are designed to bypass SecuROM and other disc based DRM protection, there is no comparison compare to simply running those games on a old PC running winXP/win7, sad, but it is what it is.

It doesn't need a separate application - the standard mount command does it with the -o loop option.

How well that functionality is built into graphical file managers like Dolphin or Nautilus (or Wine's pretend Windows environment), whether it requires root access, and whether the Deck's read-only filesystem adds any additional wrinkles, I really couldn't say; I've not used disc-based software on PC for the best part of 20 years.

[Prezidentas]

You can mount an iso easily, but you can also just extract the files from the iso and the end result will be the same. There is no point in trying to mount an iso under Linux because the Windows application will not pass any copy protection.

[ingramli]

Originally posted by WarnerCK:

Originally posted by ingramli:

The Linux system (and its community) simply do not have support of the old CD based DRM titles in mind, AFAIK there is nothing like daemon tools of windows that are designed to bypass SecuROM and other disc based DRM protection, there is no comparison compare to simply running those games on a old PC running winXP/win7, sad, but it is what it is.

It doesn't need a separate application - the standard mount command does it with the -o loop option.

How well that functionality is built into graphical file managers like Dolphin or Nautilus (or Wine's pretend Windows environment), whether it requires root access, and whether the Deck's read-only filesystem adds any additional wrinkles, I really couldn't say; I've not used disc-based software on PC for the best part of 20 years.

Yes the standard mount command suffice for most games if that does not have a disc check mechanism (Those games that would install/run just fine if you extract the files from the iso). But for titles that use SecuROM and other disc based DRM protection, there is just no solution which works similar to daemon tools of windows.

[Prezidentas]

Originally posted by ingramli:

Originally posted by WarnerCK:

It doesn't need a separate application - the standard mount command does it with the -o loop option.

How well that functionality is built into graphical file managers like Dolphin or Nautilus (or Wine's pretend Windows environment), whether it requires root access, and whether the Deck's read-only filesystem adds any additional wrinkles, I really couldn't say; I've not used disc-based software on PC for the best part of 20 years.

Yes the standard mount command suffice for most games if that does not have a disc check mechanism (Those games that would install/run just fine if you extract the files from the iso). But for titles that use SecuROM and other disc based DRM protection, there is just no solution which works similar to daemon tools of windows.

there is no tool because this is not an issue for Linux, this is an issue for the compatibility software like wine or dosbox.

[ingramli]

Originally posted by Škoda 14Tr:

Originally posted by ingramli:

Yes the standard mount command suffice for most games if that does not have a disc check mechanism (Those games that would install/run just fine if you extract the files from the iso). But for titles that use SecuROM and other disc based DRM protection, there is just no solution which works similar to daemon tools of windows.

there is no tool because this is not an issue for Linux, this is an issue for the compatibility software like wine or dosbox.

Yes it is not an issue for Linux itself, but the issues of wine or dosbox is what affect the gaming community, when they consider moving away from Windows to Linux. The operation system does not self-contained, it only become useful when it has got useful software (and its support), just like a gaming console is useless if there are no games to run on it.