iso file games

loand · May 30, 2011, 11:31am

hi

any chance to install and play games from ISO files?

DenverD · May 30, 2011, 12:17pm

On 05/30/2011 11:36 AM, loand wrote:
> any chance to install and play games from ISO files?

sure, just mount the iso:


su -      <enter rootpassword)
mount -oloop [put full ISO path/name here.iso] /mnt

You should then be able to access the files and folders inside the ISO
in the folder named /mnt

whether it will run/be playable or not depends on if it is a native
linux game, or something else…and, you have all the stuff for the
‘something else’

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martin_helm · May 30, 2011, 12:35pm

If it is a windows game you will need wine. There is a program which helps
you installing windows games
http://www.playonlinux.com/
it is available via the packman repo.
But you should be aware that many windows games have copy protection and
other protection on the original cd/dvd which makes it impossible that you
run the game without putting the original cd/dvd into your drive!
So in such a case mounting the iso will not help you much the game will
refuse to play.

loand · May 30, 2011, 7:10pm

thanks for your answears,

like martin mentioned about wine and windows games I was wondering if I could use the iso mounting command DenverD did write


su -      <enter rootpassword)
mount -oloop [put full ISO path/name here.iso] /mnt

to open iso file with wine and install the game?

martin_helm · May 30, 2011, 7:45pm

loand wrote:

>
> thanks for your answears,
>
> like martin mentioned about wine and windows games I was wondering if I
> could use the iso mounting command DenverD did write
>
> Code:
> --------------------
>
> su - <enter rootpassword)
> mount -oloop [put full ISO path/name here.iso] /mnt
>
> --------------------
>
> to open iso file with wine and install the game?
>
You simply need to try it. I never did. I would guess there is some chance
that it simply works. You will need to configure wine so that it can see the
path where you mount it to (winecfg has some settings to map linux paths to
windows drive names).

loand · May 30, 2011, 8:26pm

I will try do that wine + iso later on and will post results, thanks for answers and the mapping advice

glistwan · May 31, 2011, 7:00am

loand:

thanks for your answears,

like martin mentioned about wine and windows games I was wondering if I could use the iso mounting command DenverD did write
su -      <enter rootpassword)
mount -oloop [put full ISO path/name here.iso] /mnt
to open iso file with wine and install the game?

Yes it’s possible if the game runs under wine. Think of an iso file as a CD/DVD and the loop device as your virtual DVD drive. The mount command is just like putting the CD/DVD into the drive. After that You can see the whole contents of the CD/DVD in the /mnt directory. It is of course possible to mount it anywhere You like provided the directory exists.

After that it’s just like in windows. Once You have the CD/DVD inserted in your virtual driver You need to install the game. You have to do this by running something like setup.exe with wine.

Best regards,
Greg

loand · June 3, 2011, 9:15pm

good to hear it is possible to install and run the game from iso files using wine and enjoy it, I dont really play games much so I am not with rush on using it but when I’ll try I will be probably posting some questions

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