Support #787
Convert .bin/.cue Files to an .iso File on Arch Linux
Description
An ISO image is an archive file (a.k.a. disk image) of an optical disc using a conventional ISO format that is supported by many software vendors. ISO image files typically have a file extension of .iso
; occasionally, you might come across a disc image in the .bin
format.
While there are ways to use BIN/CUE’s in Linux, it is much easier to convert them to the standard .iso
format.
bchunk (BinChunker)¶
CD image format conversion from .bin
/.cue
to .iso
. The bchunk package contains a UNIX/C rewrite of the BinChunker program. BinChunker converts a CD image in a .bin
/.cue
format into a .iso
file.
The .bin
/.cue
format is used by some non-UNIX CD-writing software, but is not supported on most other CD-writing programs.
- Install bchunk:
sudo pacman -S bchunk
- Convert the
.bin
and.cue
files into a.iso
file:bchunk disc_image.bin disk_image.cue disc_image
Mount .iso¶
- make a cdrom directory:
mkdir /media/cdrom
- Mount the .iso disc image:
sudo mount -o loop disc_image.iso /media/cdrom