2.0

VMware Player Getting Started Guide
16 VMware, Inc.
Supported Guest Operating Systems
VMware!is!continually!adding!support!for!new!guest!operating!systems!and!new!versions!and!updates!of!
currently!supported!operating!systems.!This!sections!provides!a!simplified!list!of!guest!operating!systems!
supported!for!virtual!machines!running!in!VMware!Player.!For!the!most!recent!list!of!supported!guest!
operating!systems,!including!detailed!information
!about!the!specific!operating!system!versions,!service!packs,!
and!updates!supported,!see!the!VMware!Guest!Operating!System!Installation!Guide,!available!from!
http://pubs.vmware.com/guestnotes/.!
This!guide!also!provides!notes!on!installing!the!most!common!guest!operating!systems.!VMware!Player!is!not!
listed!in!the!VMware!Guest!Operating!System!Installation!Guide,!but
!the!information!for!VMware!Workstation!6.0!
is!applicable!to!VMware!Player!2.0.
Operating!systems!that!are!not!listed!are!not!supported!for!use!in!a!VMware!Player!virtual!machine.!
Windows 32-Bit Guest Operating Systems
! Windows!Vista!(3‐D!effects!not!yet!supported)
! Windows!Server!2003,!Small!Business!Server!2003
Windows!Server!2003!Web!Edition
! Windows!XP!Professional!and!Home!Edition
! Windows!2000!Professional!
Windows!2000!Server!
Windows!2000!Advanced!Server!
! Windows!NT!Workstation!and!Server!4.0
Windows!NT!4.0!Terminal!Server!Edition
! Windows!Me
! Windows!98!
! Windows!95
! Windows!for!Workgroups
! Windows!3.1!
Windows 64-Bit Operating Systems
! Windows!Vista!x64!Edition!(3‐D!effects!not!yet!supported)
! Windows!Server!2003!x64!Edition!
! Windows!XP!Professional!x64!
Linux 32-Bit Guest Operating Systems
! Mandriva!Linux!2006!and!2007
! Mandrake!Linux
! Red!Hat!Linux
! Red!Hat!Enterprise!Linux!Advanced!Server,!Enterprise!Server,!and!Workstation
! SUSE!Linux
! SUSE!Linux!Enterprise!Server!
! Turbolinux!Server,!Enterprise!Server,!Workstation,!Desktop
! Novell!Linux!Desktop
! Sun!Java!Desktop!System!(JDS)
! Ubuntu!Linux