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Table 3. Guest Operating Systems (Continued)
Processor Type Operating System Edition
Linux 64-bit Asianux Server
CentOS
Mandriva Linux
Mandriva Corporate Desktop
Mandriva Corporate Server
Oracle Enterprise Linux
Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Advanced Server (AS)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Enterprise Server (ES)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop with or without the Workstation Option
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Advanced Platform with or without the Workstation
Option
SUSE Linux
openSUSE Linux
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop
Turbolinux Server
Ubuntu Linux
Novell NetWare 32-Bit NetWare
Novell Open Enterprise Server 32-bit Open Enterprise Server 32-bit
FreeBSD 32-bit FreeBSD 32-bit
NOTE If you use SCSI virtual disks larger than 2GB with FreeBSD 4.0–4.3, the
guest operating system does not boot. To work around this issue, see the
VMware Guest Operating System Installation Guide.
FreeBSD 64-bit FreeBSD 64-bit
Sun 32-bit Solaris x86 32-bit
Sun Java Desktop System (JDS)
Sun 64-bit Solaris x86 64-bit
Microsoft MS-DOS MS-DOS
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:
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Revision D or later of AMD Athlon 64, Opteron, Turion 64, and Sempron
n
Intel Pentium 4 and Core 2 processors with EM64T and Intel Virtualization Technology
VMware Player supports virtual machines with 64-bit guest operating systems 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 Player 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 operating
systems. Download the 64-bit processor check utility from the downloads area of the VMware Web site.
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