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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
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Getting Started with VMware Player
SUSE!Linux!9.2,!SP1)
SUSE!Linux!9.1!—!stock!2.6.4‐52
SUSE!Linux!9.0!—!stock!2.4.21‐99
SUSE!Linux!8.2!—!stock!2.4.20
! Ubuntu!Linux!6.10!
Ubuntu!Linux!6.06
Ubuntu!Linux!5.10
Ubuntu!Linux!5.04
A!Web!browser!is!required!for!the!Help!system.
Linux 64-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
Important:!On!64‐bit!Mandriva!hosts,!some!32‐bit!compatibility!libraries!are!required.!Specifically,!32‐bit!
glibc!and!X11!are!required.
! Red!Hat!Enterprise!Linux!5.0
Red!Hat!Enterprise!Linux!4.5!(Beta,!formerly!called!4.0!Update!5)
Red!Hat!Enterprise!Linux!AS!4.0,!updates!3,!4
Red!Hat!Enterprise!Linux!ES!4.0,!updates!3,!4
Red!Hat!Enterprise!Linux!WS!4.0,!updates!3,!4
Red!Hat!Enterprise!Linux!AS!3.0,!stock!2.4.21,!updates!2.4.21‐
15,!6,!7,!8
Red!Hat!Enterprise!Linux!ES!3.0,!stock!2.4.21,!updates!2.4.21‐15,!6,!7,!8
Red!Hat!Enterprise!Linux!WS!3.0,!stock!2.4.21,!updates!2.4.21‐15,!6,!7,!8
! SUSE!Linux!Enterprise!Server!10
SUSE!Linux!Enterprise!Server!9!SP4!(Beta)
SUSE!Linux!Enterprise!Server!9,!SP1,!SP2,!SP3
(Listed!versions!are!also!supported!with!no!service!pack.)
SUSE!Linux!10.1
SUSE!Linux!10
SUSE!Linux!9.3!
SUSE!Linux!9.2,!SP1
SUSE!Linux!9.1!—!stock!2.6.4‐52
! Ubuntu!Linux!6.10
Ubuntu!Linux!6.06
Ubuntu!Linux!5.10
Ubuntu!Linux!5.04
Important:!On!64‐bit!Ubuntu!6.x!hosts,!some!32‐bit!compatibility!libraries!are!required.!Specifically,!32‐bit!
glibc!and!X11!are!required.
A!Web!browser!is!required!for!the!Help!system.
N
OTE!!!As!newer!Linux!kernels!and!distributions!are!released,!VMware!modifies!and!tests!its!products!for!
stability!and!reliability!on!those!host!platforms.!We!make!every!effort!to!add!support!for!new!kernels!and!
distributions!in!a!timely!manner,!but!until!a!kernel!or!distribution!is!added!to!the!list!below,!
its!use!with!
VMware!products!is!not!supported.!Look!for!newer!prebuilt!modules!in!the!download!area!of!the!VMware!
Web!site.!Go!to!http://www.vmware.com/download/.!