mount an iso from a url without downloading httpfs2

[bigbass]

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

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mkdir -p /mnt/urliso

# then get a link for testing < httpfs2 URL mountpoint >

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httpfs2 http://www.ponce.cc/porteus/i486/current/Porteus-v1.2-i486.iso /mnt/urliso

the output in the terminal will be this

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

[Quax]

This is really great news !
We can mount an iso from a web page without downloading it

Good find!

Nevertheless this is possible with httpfs since Slax-6.0.0 and from then was used to run Slax or mount modules via the web

Regards, Quax

[bigbass]

Quax

this is possible with httpfs since Slax-6.0.0

Hey Quax

That info caused me to find this thread
http://www.slax.org/forum.php?action=view&parentID=367

so many good things that get overlooked

Joe