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Mount a BIN/CUE image in linux

This really doesn’t show how to mount a BIN/CUE image in linux so the title might have been “Convert a BIN/CUE image to ISO and then mount it using the loopback mount trick”, but at the end you’ll be able to mount your image file, so I guess the title remains true.

The tool needed to convert a BIN/CUE image to an ISO one is bchunk. On Ubuntu you can get it from the repositories (sudo apt-get install bchunk). Check out how to install it on your distro. After installing it convert the image file is as easy as running this command on your terminal:

bchunk image.bin image.cue image

After that you’ll have a file named image.iso ready to be mounted:

sudo mount -o loop image.iso /mount/directory

Posted by the one who pulls the strings on Fri, 5 Mar 2010

Hands on Flex 3

One of my functions at work is developing websites, most of the cases with just XHTML+CSS but now i’m getting involved on the development of a flash-based and i’m learning Flex 3, an open source framework from Adobe for building flash applications. To start all you need is the free Flex 3 SDK (system requirements) and a text editor. You could also use Adobe Flex Builder, a Flex IDE that makes development a lot easier. Flex Builder is not free but you can check it out downloading the free trial.

If you choose not to use Flex Builder open your text editor because you’re about to create your first Flex application:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<mx:Application
	xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml"
	layout="vertical">
	<mx:Label text="Hello World!" />
</mx:Application>

Save the file as helloworld.mxml. I’m using linux, if that’s your case open your terminal and change to the bin directory of the Flex SDK and compile the file with the following command:

./mxmlc --strict=true --file-specs helloworld.mxml

On Windows type the command without “./”. The compiler will create the file helloworld.swf. And there you have, your very first Flex Application ready to go online:

Stay tunned for more.

Posted by the one who pulls the strings on Fri, 5 Mar 2010

Mount an ISO image in Linux

You’ve just downloaded an ISO file and don’t have any CD/DVD available to burn it? There’s no need to, in linux you can mount your image file just like if it was another device. Before you can mount the image you need a mount point, this example mounts the file myimage.iso on /mnt/myimage in just two steps:

0. On most systems only root can use the mount command so you should use the root account (e.g. use the su – command) or use sudo before any of the following commands

1. Create the mount point

$ mkdir -p /mnt/myimage

2. Use the mount command to mount the ISO image

$ mount -o loop myimage.iso /mnt/myimage

Now, if you open the /mnt/myimage directory you’ll see all the files inside the image.

There’s a third step: umounting the ISO image when you are done working with it

$ umount /mnt/myimage

Posted by the one who pulls the strings on Thu, 4 Mar 2010

Zona WiFi

It’s been two years since I graduate from college. Since my first year the school had WiFi hot spots but now I came by and see that they had them labeled.

Posted by the one who pulls the strings on Mon, 1 Mar 2010