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Getting Started with VMware Player
Linux 64-Bit Guest Operating Systems
! Mandriva!Linux!2006!and!2007
! Red!Hat!Enterprise!Linux!Advanced!Server,!Enterprise!Server,!and!Workstation
! SUSE!Linux!Enterprise!Server!
! SUSE!Linux
! Ubuntu!Linux!
Novell NetWare 32-Bit Guest Operating System
See!the!VMware!Guest!Operating!System!Installation!Guide!for!version!details!about!this!operating!system,!at!
http://pubs.vmware.com/guestnotes/.!
Novell Open Enterprise Server 32-Bit Guest Operating System
See!the!VMware!Guest!Operating!System!Installation!Guide!for!version!details!about!this!operating!system,!at!
http://pubs.vmware.com/guestnotes/.!
FreeBSD 32-Bit Guest Operating System
If!you!use!SCSI!virtual!disks!larger!than!2GB!with!FreeBSD!4.0–4.3,!there!are!known!problems,!and!the!guest!
operating!system!does!not!boot.!To!work!around!this!issue,!see!the!VMware!Guest!Operating!System!Installation!
Guide,!at!http://pubs.vmware.com/guestnotes/.!
FreeBSD 64-Bit Guest Operating System
See!the!VMware!Guest!Operating!System!Installation!Guide!for!version!details!about!this!operating!system,!at!
http://pubs.vmware.com/guestnotes/.!
Sun Solaris 32-Bit Guest Operating System
See!the!VMware!Guest!Operating!System!Installation!Guide!for!version!details!about!supported!x86!platform!
operating!systems,!at!http://pubs.vmware.com/guestnotes/. !
Sun Solaris 64-Bit Guest Operating System
See!the!VMware!Guest!Operating!System!Installation!Guide!for!version!details!about!supported!x86!platform!
operating!systems,!at!http://pubs.vmware.com/guestnotes/. !
Processor Support for 64-Bit Guest Operating Systems
VMware!Player!supports!virtual!machines!with!64‐bit!guest!operating!systems,!running!on!host!machines!
with!the!following!processors:
! AMD!Athlon!64,!revision!D!or!later
! AMD!Opteron,!revision!E!or!later
! AMD!Turion!64,!revision!E!or!later
! AMD!Sempron,!64‐bit‐capable!revision!D!or!later!
! Intel!EM64T!VT‐capable!processors!
VMware!Player!supports!virtual!machines!with!64‐bit!guest!operating!systems!only!on!host!machines!that!
have!one!of!the!supported!64‐bit!processors.!When!you!power!on!a!virtual!machine!with!a!64‐bit!guest!
operating!system,!VMware!Play er!performs!an!internal!check.!If!the
!host!CPU!is!not!a!supported!64‐bit!
processor,!you!cannot!power!on!the!virtual!machine.!
VMware!also!provides!a!standalone!utility!that!you!can!use!without!VMware!Player!to!perform!the!same!check!
and!determine!whether!your!CPU!is!supported!for!VMware!Player!virtual!machines!with!64‐bit!guest!