CDemu
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CDEmu is a CD/DVD-ROM device emulator for linux, licensed under GPL v2 or later. It is a from-scratch rewrite of the legacy CDEmu project, which was started by Robert Penz.
Features
- Virtual Disk
- Emulation
- Sits in the System Tray
- Linux-based
- Low resource footprint
- Works at kernel level
Tags
- iso
- bin
- cue
- nrg
- ccd
- os-utilities
- hardware-emulation
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What is CDemu?
CDEmu is a CD/DVD-ROM device emulator for linux, licensed under GPL v2 or later. It is a from-scratch rewrite of the legacy CDEmu project, which was started by Robert Penz.
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Comments and Reviews
Big on talk, low on delivery. Can't understand what all these other reviewers are ooh'ing and aah'ing over.
I was looking for a graphical utility to mount vhd files which would work in Peppermint Linux. This much acclaimed, trumpet-blown, tom-tom-ed program has a Linux version which we need to compile ourselves!? WTH!! And then Linuxers gripe about not winning ordinary users over :eyeroll:
You know what worked for me? PowerISO! Yes, they offer a free version for Linux use which did the "one-job" very well thank you. And ready binaries, no compiling needed.
Dude. There's literally a .DEB package on their website. You don't have to compile.
it mounts every cd I try to mount. Even the Multi-track ISOs that AcetoneISO can't deal with. It's a great up-to-date software, and it become easier to use with the gcdemu applet which I can even run on XFCE.
Tip: add repository and then use Synaptic Package Manager to install it rather than compiling from source. You pretty much have to be Chuck Noris to compile this from source. Love this program. There should be a 'love' button. Works great. GUI applet is a nice cherry on top. Think about it - it's an open source CD emulator that works on Linux, how awesome is that? When I mount my Battle for Naboo iso with CDemu, I can play the game through WINE 1.3. I was bummed when I found out that 'sudo mount -o loop' only makes a pseudo-device, rather than actually emulating hardware. Then this program filled that void! Speaking of open-source, people might make mod'ed versions of it...like, hey, maybe someone will add in virtual burning (burn to new image file instead of a CD where the user can have CDemu generate a blank and mount that blank and the emulated CD hardware appears to have a blank disc in it to which a burning program can see and write to just like any other blank CD - then you have an iso or bin instead of a real CD when you are done burning) to this program. You see, it's open source, so there's hope for things like this.
You are right,this is the easiest way: cdemu PPA
sudo apt-get install gcdemu