dvdisaster Version 0.72.6 / 0.79 (devel-3)  To the Internet version
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·Digital signature
·Installation
·Alpha (unstable) versions
·Additional resources
Questions and Answers
Bug reporting

Hardware requirements

  • x86, PowerPC or Sparc processor;
  • an up-to-date CD/DVD/BD drive with ATAPI, SATA or SCSI interface;
  • enough hard disk space for creating .iso images from processed media.

Supported operating systems

The following table gives an overview of the supported operating systems. The specified releases have been used for developing and testing the current dvdisaster version. Typically, slightly older and newer OS versions will also work.

The dvdisaster project recommends GNU/Linux.

Operating System Release 32bit support 64bit support
GNU/Linux Debian Squeeze (6.0.4)
Kernel 2.6.32		 yes yes
FreeBSD1) 9.0 yes yes
NetBSD 5.1.2 yes yes
Mac OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard)3) yes no2)
Windows4) Windows 2000 SP44) yes no2)

1)FreeBSD: using ATAPI drives requires loading the atapicam kernel module -- see INSTALL doc
2)64bit Support not planned.
3)10.7 and later versions are not supported. Development of the Mac OS X version has been ceased.
4)Later versions up to Windows 7 have been reported to work. Windows 2000 SP3 and earlier versions are not supported.
Copyright 2004-2014 Carsten Gnörlich.
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