dvdisaster Version 0.72.2 / 0.79 (devel-3)  To the Internet version
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·System requirements
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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 Lenny (5.0.3)
Kernel 2.6.26
yes yes
FreeBSD1) 8.0 yes yes
NetBSD 5.02 yes yes
Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard) yes no2)
Windows4) Windows 2000 SP43) yes no2)

1)FreeBSD: using ATAPI drives requires loading the atapicam kernel module -- see INSTALL doc
2)Due to unresolved problems with the build system. However 64bit support currently provides no significant improvements over the 32bit version.
3)Later Versions up to Windows 7 have been reported to work. Windows 2000 SP3 and earlier versions are not supported.
4)Support for multicore processors varies. On some editions using additional cores for dvdisaster does not result in more performance.

Copyright 2004-2010 Carsten Gnörlich.
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