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Convert .bin/.cue Files to an .iso File on Arch Linux

Added by Daniel Curtis over 8 years ago. Updated over 8 years ago.

Status:
Closed
Priority:
Normal
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Category:
Workstation
Target version:
Start date:
03/29/2016
Due date:
% Done:

100%

Estimated time:
0.50 h
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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
    

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