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Title: New feature suggestion. ISO mount
Post by: net_tech on August 16, 2010, 08:25:02 AM
I don’t know how realistic this is gonna sound, but I have a suggestion. I keep a lot of ISOs on my DNS-323, so if I had an option to mount any ISO stored on DNS-323 hard drive as a share, it would be a very useful feature I think.

Do you agree?

Title: Re: New feature suggestion. ISO mount
Post by: scaramanga on August 16, 2010, 12:46:16 PM
See here: http://forum.dsmg600.info/viewtopic.php?id=5381 (http://forum.dsmg600.info/viewtopic.php?id=5381)
Title: Re: New feature suggestion. ISO mount
Post by: gunrunnerjohn on August 16, 2010, 04:38:51 PM
How does one do this without firing up SSH or Telnet and running a script, complete with a full path to the file you wish to mount? 
Title: Re: New feature suggestion. ISO mount
Post by: scaramanga on August 17, 2010, 12:41:34 AM
How does one do this without firing up SSH or Telnet and running a script, complete with a full path to the file you wish to mount? 
I guess one doesn't.
It is possible, I guess, if things are a bit more static: If you place your iso in a certain location and give it a specific name. Then, you could add a scheduled job that would run the script and mount it (and another one to umount it) with a click of a button from the web interface.
Title: Re: New feature suggestion. ISO mount
Post by: net_tech on August 17, 2010, 07:54:36 AM
How does one do this without firing up SSH or Telnet and running a script, complete with a full path to the file you wish to mount? 

an interface with 2 text fields and 2 buttons. :)

ISO _________________________ Browse..... <-- Path to the ISO
Path ________________________ Select....... <-- Existing Share

                                  Mount / Cancel
Title: Re: New feature suggestion. ISO mount
Post by: gunrunnerjohn on August 17, 2010, 08:00:22 AM
You presume that this will be added to the GUI, I seriously doubt that will happen any time soon.
Title: Re: New feature suggestion. ISO mount
Post by: scaramanga on August 17, 2010, 10:27:11 AM
an interface with 2 text fields and 2 buttons. :)

ISO _________________________ Browse..... <-- Path to the ISO
Path ________________________ Select....... <-- Existing Share

                                  Mount / Cancel


You could probably do that if you install Fonz Fun Plug + lighttpd + php and some elbow grease.
Title: Re: New feature suggestion. ISO mount
Post by: gunrunnerjohn on August 17, 2010, 10:28:35 AM
Let us know when the beta is ready.  ;D
Title: Re: New feature suggestion. ISO mount
Post by: net_tech on August 18, 2010, 09:05:29 AM
You presume that this will be added to the GUI, I seriously doubt that will happen any time soon.


Is it because D-Link does not care what we think/ask for?
Title: Re: New feature suggestion. ISO mount
Post by: gunrunnerjohn on August 18, 2010, 09:57:26 AM
Is it because D-Link does not care what we think/ask for?
Give that man a cigar. :D  I think it's more along the lines of how many people actually would find this useful.  Remember, the folks here are probably a very small percentage of the user population for these boxes.  I'm guessing that D-Link gets it's marketing information from other sources.
Title: Re: New feature suggestion. ISO mount
Post by: dosborne on August 18, 2010, 04:05:40 PM
Are you looking at mounting data cd/dvd iso images? If so, there are lots of free/pay utilities to mount iso images and map to a drive letter. I used Daemon Tools, a commercial product.

If you are after something else, then ignore :)
Title: Re: New feature suggestion. ISO mount
Post by: net_tech on August 19, 2010, 06:42:24 AM
Are you looking at mounting data cd/dvd iso images? If so, there are lots of free/pay utilities to mount iso images and map to a drive letter. I used Daemon Tools, a commercial product.

If you are after something else, then ignore :)

That's what I use right now. Just trying to keep the number of the apps installed on the pc to a minimum. If you have a few computers on your network, each computer needs to get Daemon tools installed.

Title: Re: New feature suggestion. ISO mount
Post by: scaramanga on August 19, 2010, 07:10:27 AM
I, personally, use Virtual CloneDrive.
You can find alternatives here: http://alternativeto.net/desktop/daemon-tools (http://alternativeto.net/desktop/daemon-tools)