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) yes no²⁾

Windows⁴⁾ Windows 2000 SP4³⁾ yes no²⁾

¹⁾FreeBSD: using ATAPI drives requires loading the atapicam kernel module -- see INSTALL doc
²⁾64bit Support not planned.
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.

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)	yes	no²⁾
Windows⁴⁾	Windows 2000 SP4³⁾	yes	no²⁾