2.0
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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This!preface!provides!information!about!the!VMware!Player!Getting!Started!Guide!and!links!to!VMware
®
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technical!support!and!educational!resources.
This!preface!contains!the!following!topics:
! “A b o u t !This!Book”!on!page 5
! “Technical!Support!and!Education!Resources”!on!page 6
About This Book
This!manual,!the!VMware!Player!Getting!Started!Guide,!provides!information!about!installing!and!using!
VMware!Player!2.0.!Detailed!information!about!how!to!use!VMware!Player!features!is!in!the!online!help.
Intended Audience
This!book!is!intended!for!anyone!who!wants!to!install!or!use!VMware!Player!2.0.!VMware!Player!2.0!users!
include!anyone!who!wants!to!run!virtual!machines!or!virtual!appliances.!You!can!download!and!safely!run!
prebuilt!application!environments!provided!by!software!vendors!or!colleagues.
Document Feedback
If!you!have!comments!about!this!documentation,!submit!your!feedback!to:
docfeedback@vmware.com
Conventions
Table!P‐2!illustrates!the!typographic!conventions!used!in!this!manual.!
Preface
Table P-1. Conventions Used in This Manual
Style Elements
Blue!(online!only) Cross‐references!and!email!addresses
Blue!boldface!(online!only) Links
Black!boldface User!interface!elements!such!as!button!names!and!menu!items
Monospace Commands,!filenames,!directories,!and!paths
Monospace bold User!input
Italic Document!titles,!glossary !terms,!and!occasional!emphasis
<!Name!>! Variable!and!parameter!names