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In my windows, I have created a folder. I have mounted that folder using curlftps. It was successful. there's a .iso file (centos.iso) in that folder. Then I tried to mount that iso image to my linux again in a mount point. But it was unsuccessful.

root@UbuntuServer:/mnt/test# mount -o loop CentOS-7-x86_64-Everything-1804.iso /mnt/test2/
mount: /mnt/test/CentOS-7-x86_64-Everything-1804.iso: failed to setup loop device: Operation not supported  


root@UbuntuServer:~# curlftpfs ftp://randeer:randeer@192.168.0.2 /mnt/test/
root@UbuntuServer:~# ls -l
total 0
root@UbuntuServer:~# cd /mnt/test/
root@UbuntuServer:/mnt/test# ls
CentOS-7-x86_64-Everything-1804.iso  new public             rootnewprivate.ppk
fromcentos.txt                       randeernewprivate.ppk  rootpub
root@UbuntuServer:/mnt/test# mount CentOS-7-x86_64-Everything-1804.iso /mnt/test                                                                                        2/ -t iso9600 -o loop
mount: /mnt/test/CentOS-7-x86_64-Everything-1804.iso: failed to setup loop device

my screenshot

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    Hello, Lets get a little more information. What version of mount are you using? mount --version. What is currently mounted, do you need a remount? mount. Try the mount command again with the verbose switch. sudo mount --verbose -o loop /path/centOS.iso /mnt/test2. Post the outputs in text... – jc__ Aug 30 '18 at 13:53
  • @jc__ - I ran the command as u specify early. but it didn't give me any specific details. root@UbuntuServer:~# curlftpfs test:test@192.168.0.2 /mnt/test/ root@UbuntuServer:~# ls /mnt/test/ CentOS-7-x86_64-Everything-1804.iso test.txt root@UbuntuServer:~# mount --verbose -o loop /mnt/test/CentOS-7-x86_64-Everything-1804.iso /mnt/test2 mount: /mnt/test/CentOS-7-x86_64-Everything-1804.iso: failed to setup loop device: Operation not supported – Randeer Lalanga Aug 31 '18 at 3:59
  • mount version is : mount from util-linux 2.27.1 (libmount 2.27.0: selinux, assert, debug) – Randeer Lalanga Aug 31 '18 at 4:28
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curlftps is userspace, mount loopback is kernelspace. Kernel can't see the userspace mounted file. Use fuseiso for mounting which is a userspace based solution.

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  • Thanks mate, it works. 1)apt install fuseiso . 2) modprobe fuse 3)mkdir /mnt/iso 4)fuseiso -p /mnt/test/CentOS-7.iso /mnt/iso/ – Randeer Lalanga Aug 31 '18 at 4:21

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