extracting files form .iso images on Linux and Solaris

To view the file contents inside a .iso file

Linux:
mkdir /mnt/iso
mount -o loop image.iso /mnt/iso

ls -al /mnt/iso to view files

or

Solaris:
mount .iso file as device
lofiadm -a /solaris10/iso/sol-10-u7-ga-x86-v1.iso /dev/lofi/1

mount device to file system
mount -F hsfs -o ro /dev/lofi/1 /mnt

ls -al /mnt to view files



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Updated Redhat Virtualisation slides

After a recent webinar here is some interesting slides detailing how Redhat Virtualisation has progressed to date

http://www.infrasup.com/downloads/redhat-virtualisation-jan-2011.pdf

see page 19 for a price comparison


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Linux: search files hogging space on server files system

Ever had a server with a full File system and unsure where the issue is ?

use the command below to show disk usage in size order

as superuser

du -sk /* |sort -nr

Enjoy !


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