Howto open .daa files (Direct-Access-Archive) under Linux / UNIX
Q. How do I open .daa file under Linux or UNIX or Windows?
A. You need to use PowerISO for Linux (windows xp/vista/2000 user see below)-- This is a free utility for linux which can extract, list, and convert image files (including ISO, BIN, DAA, and other formats). Type "poweriso -? " for detailed usage information. It is a disk image format that supports advanced features, such as compression, password protection, and splitting to multiple volumes.
Update: Checkout AcetoneISO - a GUI utility for Linux and the disk image emulator that mounts images of DVD and CD media. It can open your .daa file.
Open .daa file - Linux only program
Download poweriso here. Or use wget program:
$ wget http://poweriso.com/poweriso.tar.gz
$ tar -zxvf poweriso.tar.gz
$ ls
Output:
poweriso
Task: list all files and directories in root direcory of /mnt/iso/obsd39/cd39.iso
$ ./poweriso list /mnt/iso/obsd39/cd39.iso /
$ ./poweriso list /mnt/iso/obsd39/cd39.iso / -r
Convert files/directories from .daa image file
Convert image file to other format. For example convert image.daa to standard iso file, enter:
$./poweriso convert image.daa -o image.iso -ot iso
Extract files/directories from image file
Extract all files and directories in root directory of /mnt/iso/obsd39/cd39.iso to /tmp recursively:
$ ./poweriso extract image.iso / -od /tmp
Task: Display help
Type poweriso -? for help:
$ ./poweriso -?
Open daa file - MS Windows only program
You need to use special shareware program called PowerISO to open .daa extension files. This program only works under MS-Windows. See PowerISO web site for more information.
Download PowerISO
Download a free copy of PowerISO (trial version i.e. try it before you purchase software) for MS-Windows.
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November 6th, 2006 at 6:18 pm
Just noticed that PowerISO have now released a free extractor/converter for Linux - it worked fine for me. From their website:-
PowerISO for Linux — This is a free utility for linux which can extract, list, and convert image files (including ISO, BIN, DAA, and other formats). Type ” poweriso -? ” for detailed usage information. File Size: 253KB
November 6th, 2006 at 9:55 pm
thumger,
Thanks for update. I am sure it will help lots of Linux end user. I have updated the post
December 7th, 2006 at 8:57 pm
Note for PowerPPC Linux users: The Linux version is a i386 binary only, so don’t bother downloading it…
I don’t understand why somebody uses a single platform (i386) closed source compression utility when there are many better, more compatible, open source utilities available.
March 4th, 2007 at 4:11 am
Unfortunately it will not run under FreeBSD (6.1) with linux compatibility enabled, even when brandelf is run on it
April 16th, 2007 at 12:48 am
Works perfectly on linux 2.6.20. Thanks!
April 16th, 2007 at 12:53 am
“Please have some patient while your comments go through all these anti-spam technologies.”
Er, I’m not a doctor, you probably mean “Please have some patience”?
April 16th, 2007 at 2:11 pm
sebastien,
Thanks for the heads up
April 18th, 2007 at 12:27 pm
Thats BS - You just need http://kde-apps.org/content/show.php?content=44805 - Acetoneiso
April 27th, 2007 at 6:55 am
skOre: Actually, AcetoneISO is using PowerISO (and several other existing converters). Without these converters, AcetoneISO is nothing; without PowerISO, AcetoneISO can’t access DAA files at all.
AcetoneISO may even be illegal, violating PowerISO’s license and GPL, since it’s distributed under GPL and PowerISO is a copyrighted close-source program.
May 23rd, 2007 at 5:31 pm
THere is an error on the converting procudere. It should be:
/poweriso convert /mnt/iso/obsd39/cd39.iso -o /tmp/cd39.iso -ot iso
June 17th, 2007 at 1:03 am
to sebestien: in fact AcetoneISO uses poweriso to convert and there is nothing to be shamed of it since it’s proprietary. did you see the new AcetoneISO2? it’s not a simple program anymore, it is in qt4 and handles ISO BIN MDF NRG IMG and mounts them in automatic without needing destination , shows them on display and much more.
saying “AcetoneISO is nothing” is just a free offense to their work. and you know what? the new version doesn’t inlude poweriso but it will download as an external program only when needed. so it is not illegal.
c ya
June 19th, 2007 at 1:54 pm
Thanks for the information.I used MagicISO it did’t work.I hope PowerISO will do the work.
Regards
Razaul
January 20th, 2008 at 9:39 pm
Try this tutorial: DAA2ISO freeware utility.
April 7th, 2008 at 1:22 am
Hi, to actually get at .daa files using poweriso run
./poweriso convert file.daa -o file.iso -ot iso
Best
m
April 15th, 2008 at 10:33 pm
there a gnu new daa2iso converter tool, and teh debian package is here:
http://qgqlochekone.blogspot.com/2008/04/iso-linux-debian-venenux-tools.html
the man pages are too, just command “man daa2iso” for usage convertion from .daa file image to .iso image!
cdemu kernel user space can also mount directly many image file types, wihtout converting it!
June 8th, 2008 at 12:31 am
Hi, I have a problem once with a zip file. I tried to open it with fileroller and ark, both should work to open that file but they wouldn’t. I installed wine and I ran winrar succesfully to open the file. You could do the same but with IsoBuster or PowerISO.