FreeDVDBoot Release History: One Release, No Version Numbers
There is no “FreeDVDBoot v2.0” to download. Understanding that saves you from fake version pages.
Short answer: FreeDVDBoot was released by CTurt on 2020-06-14 as a GitHub repository, not as a versioned software release. The repository has zero releases and zero tags; its files live in folders (PREBUILT ISOs, Filesystems, PAYLOADS) and are updated by commits. Anyone offering “FreeDVDBoot v2.4” or a similarly numbered download is not describing CTurt’s project — do not trust that file.
Timeline
- 2020-06-14: CTurt publishes FreeDVDBoot (repository created 2020-06-14T14:50:38Z).
- 2020-06-27: CTurt’s technical write-up (cturt.github.io/freedvdboot.html).
- 2020-08-09: demonstration video of the proof of concept on a PS2 (per PS2 Dev Wiki).
- Since then: repository commits continue the project as files, not releases. The prebuilt ISOs in the repository are the download — there is no installer, no updater, and no version check inside them.
File inventory (the actual “versions”)
- All PS2 Slims – English language.iso — 1,366,016 bytes, MD5 2f79111a91c8b90f4068d8c284dd7716.
- Some 2.10 models and all 2.12.iso — 7,344,128 bytes, MD5 e47c861f376df877ce02cbe0c10b97b9.
- 3.04 only – M+maybe other regions except J – English language.iso — 1,370,112 bytes, MD5 503415ee98580dd1d18f9d7031af5abd.
- All three MD5s were re-verified against GitHub downloads on 2026-10-24 (see the homepage checksums section). If a file you downloaded does not match, it is not the GitHub file — re-download from GitHub, do not trust the copy.
How to tell a fake version page
- It names a version number (v2.x, 2024 edition, 2025 update) that CTurt’s repository does not have.
- It offers an installer (.exe) for FreeDVDBoot itself — FreeDVDBoot is a disc image, not a Windows program.
- It claims a new supported version (for example, 3.00 support) without a repository commit or a dated, sourced report like YADE’s.
- It hides the host behind a generic Download button. This site names GitHub first and Terabox as a labelled mirror, for exactly this reason.
Next steps
Verified against: GitHub repository metadata (created 2020-06-14, 0 releases, 0 tags) and CTurt write-up date, checked 2026-10-24; ISO sizes/MD5s re-verified by download + hash.