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### Obtaining BCWipe for UNIX

BCWipe for UNIX is distributed as

- source codes archive (.tar.gz format)
- bootable CD and floppy images with Linux system and precompiled BCWipe binaries.

Please visit Jetico web site for latest version.

### Compatibility

BCWipe for UNIX is developed to be cross-platform and should run on any POSIX-compliant UNIX flavour. It was successfully tested on following systems:

- Linux 2.0-2.4
- FreeBSD 3.0-4.6
- OpenBSD 2.8
- Solaris 8
- Digital UNIX 4
- Irix 6.5 (wiping block devices was not tested)

### Building BCWipe from source codes

1. Get and unpack BCWipe for UNIX source distribution.
2. Run `make` command for BCWipe compilation.
3. Run `make install` command; ask your system administrator if you do not have enough privileges for this command.

### Making bootable BCWipe CD

1. Get and unpack BCWipe bootable CD .iso image.
2. Burn .iso image using any appropriate CD-R/CD-RW creating software