On Ubuntu or any other Linux
There's a console way or a GUI way.
Mount by hand
sudo mount -o loop -t iso9660 my.iso /mymountpoint
GUI way
The best tool is
AcetoneISO, supporting almost all kind of disc images.
Read more about this tool in this separate post.
Add
Gmount-iso from the application menu or install it by issuing
sudo apt-get install gmountiso
.
Just select the .iso image you want to mount, select a folder where it should be available and that's it.
Unfortunately, it seems to support only .iso images.
If you need to create .iso files,
look at this post.
Integration into Nautilus
Some people have created scripts that can be launched directly from Nautilus on the .iso file. You can also look here for
instructions with screenshots.
On Windows
Several applications exists, all supporting several other image formats apart from .iso
Virtual CDRom Control
From Microsoft there is a
very small tool (~ 60kb) which can mount .iso and some other formats.
Read the Readme.txt about it's install and usage instructions.
Daemon Tools
DAEMON Tools is an advanced application for Microsoft Windows which provides THE best optical media emulation in the industry.
It supports the biggest amount of protection modes and image formats.
But it's uninstallation was quite bad some time ago, not sure if it is better nowadays.
Alcohol 120%
Alcohol 120% can also create several virtual drives and permits to mount images directly from the right mouse menu.
But it's main purpose is burning images to CD/DVD, supporting several protection modes either.
I recommend this tool, but it's not freeware.
