how to mount uif

[powel212]

Anybody know how to mount .uif CD image in Ubuntu or convert .uif to .iso ?

i know this works for iso
sudo mount filename.iso /media/cdrom0 -o loop
hoping there is some way to do the same thing with uif

Thanks

Powel

[taurus]

You can use uif2iso to convert it to .iso and use the command in your OP to mount it.

http://linux.softpedia.com/get/Utilities/UIF2ISO-35316.shtml

[powel212]

Thanks to you and to Luigi for making this little dos based program. Works the charm.

I was hoping for a native linux app that could do the same thing if anyone knows.

Thanks

powel

[doktor_apokalypse]

I know it's not really linux native, but I just used it like this abbout five minutes ago:

sirius@dogstar:~$ wine uif2iso.exe <filename>.uif <filename>


and it did everything right there in the terminal, no problem, no fake wine windows window. Of course that means you have to have wine, but hey... I don't think anybody else has broken the encryption on uif and made a tool for it.

[powel212]

If that is as close as I can get, that is certainly a nice alternative. Thank you for:

wine uif2iso.exe <filename>.uif <filename>

I have wine installed but never use it. But this sounds like a great opportunity give it a try.

Thanks again

Powel

[gonkyouka]

ive tried this code:

sirius@dogstar:~$ wine uif2iso.exe <filename>.uif <filename>

but it gives me this error:


wine: could not load L"C:\\windows\\system32\\uif2iso.exe": Module not found


I have wine installed...

[statmonkey]

You don't need to run wine to accomplish this if you don't want to.


sudo apt-get install zlib1g zlib1g-dev libssl-dev build-essential

Gives you Zlib and openssl

Download uif2iso written by Luigi Auriemma.


sudo wget http://aluigi.altervista.org/mytoolz/uif2iso.zip

Go to the directory you downloaded uif2iso.zip to and type:


unzip uif2iso.zip

and then


cd src

Now to pull it together type (in the src directory)


make

and then


sudo make install

Convert to iso by going to the directory your uif is in and typing:


uif2iso your.uif yournew.iso

I would recommend mounting it with gmount-iso which you can get by typing:


sudo apt-get install gmountiso

gmount-iso will show up in System Tools in your menu. Before mounting you will need to create a mount point. I would suggest in your /media directory. Like:


sudo mkdir /media/mynewiso

You can also mount by command line but I am lazy and like the ease that gmountiso gives me.

I found these instructions at http://wesleybailey.com/articles/convert-uif-to-iso and reproduce them here just to save someone from the hunting I went through. I find this method by far the easiest I have ever found. Good luck.

[LinuxHelper]

Statmonkey....

I appreciate the help but the final link you pointed out, but it does not work for me.

I searched that guys site and found the need like that shows how to install uif2iso in linux. I read through the comments and found out how to fix the uif2iso wrong bbis signature (http://wesleybailey.com/articles/uif-to-iso-converter)

[cas118]

Just an update for those looking at this topic.

Ubuntu 10.10 has a native uif2iso tool:


sudo apt-get install uif2iso

Job done :)