Cannot open a non-ISO9660 file

[Paul Smith]

On 1/15/06, Bob Chiodini <rchiodin at bellsouth.net> wrote:
> > I have got an iso file, which was created on MS Windows. When I try to
> > open it (for instance, on file-roller), I get an error message saying
> > that it is a non-ISO9660 file. Any ideas how to open/mount that iso
> > file on Linux?
>
> Can it be mounted using a loop device?
>
> mkdir /tmp/mnt
>
> mount ISO-filename /tmp/mnt -o loop,ro

Thanks, Bob. It cannot be mounted; getting:

"mount: you must specify the filesystem type"

As I said, the iso file is probably corrupted.

Paul