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Table Of Contents
- Getting Started Guide
- Contents
- Preface
- Getting Started with VMware Player
- What Is VMware Player?
- Installing and Running VMware Player
- Supported Host and Guest Operating Systems for VMware Player
- Supported Host Operating Systems
- Supported Guest Operating Systems
- Windows 32-Bit Guest Operating Systems
- Windows 64-Bit Operating Systems
- Linux 32-Bit Guest Operating Systems
- Linux 64-Bit Guest Operating Systems
- Novell NetWare 32-Bit Guest Operating System
- Novell Open Enterprise Server 32-Bit Guest Operating System
- FreeBSD 32-Bit Guest Operating System
- FreeBSD 64-Bit Guest Operating System
- Sun Solaris 32-Bit Guest Operating System
- Sun Solaris 64-Bit Guest Operating System
- Processor Support for 64-Bit Guest Operating Systems
VMware Player Getting Started Guide
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! Windows!2000!Server!SP3,!SP4
Windows!2000!Professional,!SP3,!SP4!
Windows!2000!Advanced!Server,!SP3,!SP4
A!Web!browser!is!required!for!the!Help!system.
Windows 64-Bit Host Operating Systems
VMware!Player!supports!the!following!Windows!64‐bit!host!operating!systems:!
! Windows!Vista!Enterprise!Edition
Windows!Vista!Business!Edition
Windows!Vista!Home!Basic!and!Premium!Editions
Windows!Vista!Ultimate!Edition
! Windows!Server!2003!x64!Edition!SP1
Windows!Server!2003!x64!Edition!R2
! Windows!XP!Professional!x64!Edition
A!Web!browser!is!required!for!the!Help!system.
Linux 32-Bit Host Operating Systems
Supported!distributions!and!kernels!are!listed!below.!VMware!Player!might!not!run!on!systems!that!do!not!
meet!these!requirements.
! Mandriva!Linux!2006!and!2007!
Mandriva!Corporate!Desktop!4.0
Mandriva!Corporate!Server!4.0
Mandrake!Linux!10.1
Mandrake!Linux!9.0!—!stock!2.4.19
! Red!Hat!Enterprise!Linux!5.0!
Red!Hat!Enterprise!Linux!WS!4.5!(Beta,!formerly!called!4.0!Update!5)
Red!Hat!Enterprise!Linux!AS!4.0,!updates!1,!2,!3,!4
Red!Hat!Enterprise!Linux!ES!4.0,!updates!1,!2,!3,!4
Red!Hat!Enterprise!Linux!WS!4.0,!updates!1,!2,!3,!4
Red!Hat!Enterprise
!Linux!AS!3.0,!updates!1,!2,!3,!4,!5,!6,!7,!8
Red!Hat!Enterprise!Linux!ES!3.0,!updates!1,!2,!3,!4,!5,!6,!7,!8
Red!Hat!Enterprise!Linux!WS!3.0,!updates!1,!2,!3,!4,!5,!6,!7,!8
Red!Hat!Enterprise!Linux!2.1!—!stock!2.4.9‐e3
Red!Hat!Linux!9.0!—!stock!2.4.20‐8,!upgrade!2.4.20‐20.9
Red!Hat!Linux!8.0!—!stock!2.4.18
Red!Hat!Linux!7.3!—!stock!2.4.18
Red!Hat!Linux!7.2!—!stock!2.4.7‐10,!upgrade!2.4.9‐7,!upgrade!2.4.9‐13,!upgrade!2.4.9‐21,!upgrade!2.4.9‐31
Red!Hat!Linux!7.1!—!stock!2.4.2‐2,!upgrade
!2.4.3‐12
Red!Hat!Linux!7.0!—!stock!2.2.16‐22,!upgrade!2.2.17‐14
! SUSE!Linux!Enterprise!Server!10
SUSE!Linux!Enterprise!Server!9!SP4!(Beta)
SUSE!Linux!Enterprise!Server!9,!9!SP1,!9!SP2,!9!SP3
(Listed!versions!are!also!supported!with!no!service!pack.)
SUSE!Linux!Enterprise!Server!8,!stock!2.4.19
SUSE!Linux!10.1
SUSE!Linux!10!
SUSE!Linux!9.3