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How to Mount a CD ISO image in Windows Vista
Ok, so I've clearly been using *nix operating systems for too long because little annoyances like this make me have nasty Tourette's episodes. Seriously, how fscking hard should it be to open up the CD image I downloaded and snitch a couple files from it?!
On Linux it goes like this: mount -o loop,ro /media/imagename /path/to/image.iso
Done.
On Windows, it went like this:
Google for about 1/2 hour to find all sorts of companies who will gladly take my money to do some mundane task (Daemon Tools, I'm talking to you). Find the Virtual CD-Rom from Microsoft that ONLY WORKS WITH XP!!! WTF, folks?
Finally stumble across Magic ISO (http://www.magiciso.com/tutorials/miso-magicdisc-mount.htm) that does exactly what I needed: emulates a CD-Rom that you 'load' by giving it the path to the ISO image you need.
Good grief, I'm going back to my trusty Linux.
Getting SmartCache to Start in Scalix
After no error messages, and many attempts to initialize the SmartCache, a solution is found.