How to extract iso images to the hard disk?

I have some ISO images and would like to extract them to a hard-disk. They are not OS images, I think they are music or audio books, I Don't know until they are extracted. Thanks

Solution 1:

If you are comfortable with the command line you can make use of the loop-back device.

All you'll need is an empty folder, so either use an existing one or create an new one:

mkdir test_folder

then run:

sudo mount -o loop,ro -t iso9660 filename.iso test_folder

If you are not sure about the filesystem type of the .iso, your system might be able to auto-detect it. This works on Ubuntu 18.04 with the Ubuntu installation ISOs for example:

sudo mount filename.iso test_folder

Now you can just cd test_folder or just ls test_folder to see the contents. No need to extract anything.

To "remove" the .iso, just type:

umount /path/to/test_folder

Solution 2:

sudo apt-get install p7zip-full
7z x disk.iso

See also: https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/70738/what-is-the-fastest-way-to-extract-an-iso

See also:

• create ISO: How to create an ISO image from a ZIP file? It seems 7z can only unpack but not create ISO files?
• edit ISO: How to edit ISO Images (Including Bootable ISOs)

Tested in Ubuntu 18.04 with the Ubuntu 18.04 ISO itself: ubuntu-18.04.1-desktop-amd64.iso.