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<P>
You've just downloaded a 650MB ISO file, ready for burning to a CD-R.
The MD5 hash checks out, but you're still not sure if the image
contains what you want.  If you're too impatient to wait for the CD-R
to burn, you can browse the actual downloaded file via the loopback
device. First create a mount point

<pre>
  bash# mkdir /mnt/iso
</pre>

<p>Then mount the .iso file:

<pre>
  bash# mount -t iso9660 -o loop Mandrake80-inst.iso /mnt/iso
</pre>

<p>Now browse the directory tree mounted on /mnt/iso. This is
useful as a space saving measure when you want access to both the
directory tree and to the raw .iso image on the same machine.