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-1.2.tar.gz
$ tar -zxvf poweriso-1.2.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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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
thumger,
Thanks for update. I am sure it will help lots of Linux end user. I have updated the post :)
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.
Unfortunately it will not run under FreeBSD (6.1) with linux compatibility enabled, even when brandelf is run on it :(
Works perfectly on linux 2.6.20. Thanks!
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Er, I’m not a doctor, you probably mean “Please have some patience”? ;)
sebastien,
Thanks for the heads up :)
Thats BS – You just need http://kde-apps.org/content/show.php?content=44805 – Acetoneiso
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.
THere is an error on the converting procudere. It should be:
/poweriso convert /mnt/iso/obsd39/cd39.iso -o /tmp/cd39.iso -ot iso
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
Thanks for the information.I used MagicISO it did’t work.I hope PowerISO will do the work.
Regards
Razaul
Try this tutorial: DAA2ISO freeware utility.
Hi, to actually get at .daa files using poweriso run
./poweriso convert file.daa -o file.iso -ot iso
Best
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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!
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.
thanks
it works for me
using PowerISO
i convert my file from .daa to .iso
then i extract it
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thank you very much
I followed your instructions. Unfortunately, after accessing the file, the system comes back with a message:
“File version mismatch. To open this file, please visit our website to get the latest version.”
Can you advise on what to do?
Thanks.
Jayne
dear Jayne
download the latest version of PowerISO
from the website
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good luck
This does work on FreeBSD 7. You need to “bandelf -t linux poweriso” and have linux compatibility enabled.
http://freshmeat.net/projects/daa2iso/
this will do the job. poweriso is a i386 precompiled binary so is useless for anyone using linux on ppc, mips etc or *bsd solaris etc etc…. i.e. should be listed as linux/i386 and not just linux.
This runs successfully on my ppc debian box.