mount an iso from a url without downloading httpfs2
Posted: 01 Oct 2012, 02:24
This is really great news !
We can mount an iso from a web page without downloading it
talk about saving bandwidth make an installer or just extract few files from a large iso or all
I compiled a package for porteus 1.2 and at 41kb could be added in the next iso
http://bigbass-porteus.googlecode.com/f ... 7_PORT.tgz
# make a directory so you have a place to mount the iso
# then get a link for testing < httpfs2 URL mountpoint >
the output in the terminal will be this
look in /mnt/urliso for the iso now you can extract a file or copy all
more info
Description: FUSE filesystem for mounting files from http servers
httpfs2 is a FUSE based filesystem for mounting http or https URLS as files in
the filesystem. There is no notion of listable directories in http so only a
single URL can be mounted. The server must be able to send byte ranges.
Edited to remove smiles
Joe
We can mount an iso from a web page without downloading it
talk about saving bandwidth make an installer or just extract few files from a large iso or all
I compiled a package for porteus 1.2 and at 41kb could be added in the next iso
http://bigbass-porteus.googlecode.com/f ... 7_PORT.tgz
# make a directory so you have a place to mount the iso
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mkdir -p /mnt/urliso
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httpfs2 http://www.ponce.cc/porteus/i486/current/Porteus-v1.2-i486.iso /mnt/urliso
file name: Porteus-v1.2-i486.iso
host name: http://www.ponce.cc
port number: 80
protocol: http
request path: /porteus/i486/current/Porteus-v1.2-i486.iso
auth data: (null)
file size: 263495680
root@porteus:/tmp#
look in /mnt/urliso for the iso now you can extract a file or copy all
more info
Description: FUSE filesystem for mounting files from http servers
httpfs2 is a FUSE based filesystem for mounting http or https URLS as files in
the filesystem. There is no notion of listable directories in http so only a
single URL can be mounted. The server must be able to send byte ranges.
Edited to remove smiles
Joe