Mount “Windows” part of hybrid ISO in OS X (10.9.5)

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I have an old hybrid ISO, WAR2BNE (Warcraft II: Battle.net Edition) in fact, that I am trying and failing to mount. The problem with the auto-mounting is that it uses the Mac portion and I need access to the Windows files.

A few web searches came up with various solutions, usually years old, that no longer work when attempted:

I'm not afraid of the Terminal, I'm just not sure where to start researching to solve this.

Best Answer

This worked for me to mount the Windows files in a hybrid CDROM. You should be able to do something similar for an ISO.

  • Run mount to list the currently mounted disks. Find the one for the disk you are interested in. E.g. /dev/disk2s1s2

  • Create a new directory under /Volumes, e.g. /Volumes/win

  • Mount to the new directory with sudo mount_cd9660 -er /dev/disk2s1 /Volumes/win. 9660 is the windows CD format, ISO 9660. Pay close attention to the device name, it is not the same as what is listed for mount. There is only one s, you truncate the extra s. So instead of /dev/disk2s1s2, you just use /dev/disk2s1.

  • Now when you go to /Volumes/win, it should have the Windows files, not the Mac files.

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