2.0

VMware, Inc. 3
Contents
Preface 5
Getting!Started!with!VMware!Player 7
What!Is!VMware!Player? 7
Downloading!VMware!Player!and!Virtual!Machines 7
What!You!Can!Do!with!VMware!Player 8
Features!in!VMware!Player 8
What’s!New!in!VMware!Player!2.0 8
Host!System!Requirements!for!VMware!Player 9
Compatible!Virtual!Machines!and!System!Images 9
Virtual!SMP 9
Installing!and!Running!VMware!Player 10
Installing!VMware!Player 10
Configuring!the!Linux!Installation!with!vmware‐config.pl 11
Required!Configuration!Changes 11
Location!of!vmware‐config.pl 12
Starting!VMware!Player 12
Closing!VMware!Player 12
Uninstalling!VMware!Player 13
Supported!Host!and!Guest!Operating!Systems!for!VMware!Player 13
Supported!Host!Operating!Systems 13
Windows!32‐Bit!Host!Operating!Systems 13
Windows!64‐Bit!Host!Operating!Systems 14
Linux!32‐Bit!Host!Operating!Systems 14
Linux!64‐Bit!Host!Operating!Systems 15
Supported!Guest!Operating!
Systems 16
Windows!32‐Bit!Guest!Operating!Systems 16
Windows!64‐Bit!Operating!Systems 16
Linux!32‐Bit!Guest!Operating!Systems 16
Linux!64‐Bit!Guest!Operating!Systems 17
Novell!NetWare!32‐Bit!Guest!Operating!System 17
Novell!Open!Enterprise!Server!32‐Bit!Guest!Operating!System 17
FreeBSD!32‐Bit!Guest!Operating!System 17
FreeBSD!64‐Bit!Guest!Operating!System 17
Sun!Solaris!32‐
Bit!Guest!Operating!System 17
Sun!Solaris!64‐Bit!Guest!Operating!System 17
Processor!Support!for!64‐Bit!Guest!Operating!Systems 17