KVM - User contributions [en]

Guest Support Status

2008-02-25T07:30:52Z

Michael:

== Windows Family ==
{| border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0"
| Guest
| Guest bitness
| Host version
| Host cpu
| Host bitness
| Status
| Comments
|
|-
| Windows Server 2008 (Datacenter, RC1)
| 32
| kvm-55
| Intel
| 64
| Works
| by Alexey.E.
|
|-
| Windows Server 2008 (Standard, RC0)
| 32
| kvm-51
| Intel
| 64
| Works
| by Alexey.E.
|
|-
| Windows Vista Ultimate
| 64
| kvm-57
| Intel
| 64
| Works
| by Alexey.E.
|
|-
| Windows Vista Ultimate
| 64
| kvm-61
| AMD
| 64
| Works
|
|
|-
| Windows Vista Ultimate
| 32
| kvm-52
| Intel
| 64, 32
| Works
| See [[Vista Networking Workaround]] for getting networking to actually work. Not Aero capable. updated by Alexey.E.
|
|-
| Windows Vista Ultimate
| 32
| kvm-57
| AMD
| 64
| Works
| by Alexey.E.
|
|-
| Windows Server 2003 (Enterprise)
| 32
| kvm-57
| Intel
| 64
| Works
| Use -net nic,model=rtl8139. Reboot only works on Standard PC HAL. May need -no-acpi (and hit F7 and choose Standard PC) for install.
|
|-
| Windows Server 2003 x64
| 64
| kvm-52
| Intel
| 64
| Works
| Some people report instability. by Alexey.E.
|
|-
| Windows Server 2003 (Enterprise)
| 32
| kvm-57
| AMD
| 64
| Works
| Some people report instability. by Alexey.E.
|
|-
| Windows Server 2003 x64
| 64
| kvm-52
| AMD
| 64
| Fails
| by Alexey.E.
|
|-
| Windows XP Pro x64
| 64
| kvm-57
| Intel
| 64
| Works
| by Alexey.E.
|
|-
| Windows XP Pro x64
| 64
| kvm-61
| AMD
| 64
| Works
| Installer crashes @ end, but reboot brings up Windows just fine
|
|-
| Windows XP Pro
| 32
| kvm-57
| Intel
| 64
| Works
| See [[Windows ACPI Workaround]] for better performance
|
|-
| Windows XP Pro
| 32
| kvm-57
| AMD
| 64
| Works
| by Alexey.E. Some people report instability.
|
|-
| Windows 2000 Pro (SP4)
| 32
| kvm-57
| Intel
| 64
| Works
| See [[Windows ACPI Workaround]] for better performance; use Qcow2 format. by Alexey.E.
|
|-
| Windows 2000 Advanced Server
| 32
| kvm-44
| Intel
| 64
| Works
| Install with -no-acpi, use Qcow2 format.
|
|-
| Windows NT 4.0 (SP1)
| 32
| kvm-28
| Intel
| 32
| Works
|
|
|-
| Windows NT 4.0 (SP6a)
| 32
| kvm-28
| Intel
| 32
| Works
| Crashes starting the GUI. Works with -no-kvm
|
|-
| Windows 98SE
| 32
| kvm-44, 2.6.23-rc8
| AMD
| 64, 32
| no way
|
|
|-
| Windows 95
| 32
| kvm-44, 2.6.23-rc8
| AMD
| 64, 32
| no way
|
|
|}

== Fedora/[[RedHat]] Derivatives ==
{| border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0"
| Guest
| Guest bitness
| Host version
| Host cpu
| Host bitness
| Status
| Comments
|
|-
| F8
| 32
| kvm-51
| Intel
| 64
| Works
| by Alexey.E.
|
|-
| F7
| 64
| kvm-52
| Intel
| 64
| Setup Fails
| [http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1806377&group_id=180599&atid=893831 It doesn't work.] by Alexey.E.
|
|-
| F7
| 32
| kvm-52
| Intel
| 64
| Works
| by Alexey.E.
|
|-
| FC6
| 32
| kvm-26
| Intel, AMD
| 32, 64
| Works
|
|
|-
| FC5
| 32, 64
| kvm-12
| Intel, AMD
| 32, 64
| Works
|
|
|-
| Trixbox (CentOS)
| 32
| kvm-12
| Intel
| 64
| Works
|
|
|-
| RHL9
| 32
| kvm-51
| Intel
| 64
| Works
| by Alexey.E.
|
|-
| RHL7
| 32
| kvm-52
| Intel, AMD
| 64
| Crashes
| Fails on init. by Alexey.E.
|
|-
| RHEL5/CentOS 5
| 64
| kvm-57
| Intel
| 64
| Works
| by Alexey.E.
|
|-
| RHEL5/CentOS 5
| 64
| kvm-57
| AMD
| 64
| Works
| by Alexey.E.
|
|-
| RHEL5/CentOS 5
| 32
| kvm-55
| Intel
| 64
| Works (without SMP)
| by Alexey.E. (can't boot with SMP)
|
|}
== Ubuntu/Debian ==
{| border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0"
| Guest
| Guest bitness
| Host version
| Host cpu
| Host bitness
| Status
| Comments
|
|-
| Ubuntu 7.10
| 32, 64
| kvm-51
| Intel
| 32, 64
| Works
| Framebuffer Problem with installation disk image. Use "mini" disc or create vm with QEMU. May need -no-apci on vm boot.
|
|-
| Ubuntu 7.04
| 32, 64
| kvm-51
| Intel
| 32, 64
| Doesn't work.
| by Alexey.E.
|
|-
| Ubuntu LTS 6.06 Server
| 32
| kvm-20
| Intel
| 32
| Works
| use -no-acpi
|
|-
| Debian Etch
| 32, 64
| kvm-18/kvm-45
| Intel
| 64
| Works
| by Alexey.E.
|
|-
| Debian Sarge
| 32
| kvm-12
| Intel
| 32
| Works
|
|
|-
| Debian Sarge
| 32
| kvm-12
| Intel
| 64
| Mostly works
| Install hangs, will install via -no-kvm. Runs fine after
|
|-
| Ubuntu 7.10 Server
| 64
| kvm-60
| AMD
| 64
| Works
| No framebuffer (black screen at first). Hit enter to start installer.
|
|-
| Ubuntu 7.10 Server
| 32
| kvm-60/61
| Intel
| 64
| Doesn't work
| Installer crashes (by Ryota Ozaki)
|
|}
== Other Linux Distros ==
{| border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0"
| Guest
| Guest bitness
| Host version
| Host cpu
| Host bitness
| Status
| Comments
|
|-
| Slackware 11
| 32
| kvm-15
| Intel
| 64
| Works
| using test26.s kernel
|
|-
| Slackware 12
| 32
| kvm-36
| Intel
| 32
| Works
|
|
|-
| openSUSE 10.3
| 32
| kvm-57
| AMD
| 64
| Works
| by Alexey.E.
|
|-
| openSUSE 10.3
| 32/64
| kvm-51
| Intel
| 64
| Crashes, Workaround exists
| Start kvm with -no-kvm for installation. Remove graphical GRUB. by Alexey.E.
|
|-
| OpenSUSE 10.2
| 32/64
| kvm-28/kvm-51
| Intel
| 64
| Crashes, Workaround exists
| Start kvm with -no-kvm for installation. Remove graphical GRUB. by Alexey.E.
|
|-
| SUSE Linux 9.1
| 32
| kvm-57
| Intel/AMD
| 64
| Works
| by Alexey.E.
|
|-
| Qemu-Puppy 2.01-3
| 32
| kvm-17/18
| Intel
| 32
| Works
|
|
|-
| Qemu-Puppy 2.13-1
| 32
| kvm-17/18
| Intel
| 32
| Works
|
|
|-
| KNOPPIX 5.1.1
| 32
| kvm-18
| Intel
| 64
| Works
| use nmi_watchdog=0 or nolapic kernel parameter to boot
|
|-
| Knoppix 5.2
| 32
| kvm-18
| Intel
| 32
| Works
|
|
|-
| [[SystemRescueCD]] 0.3.4
| 32
| kvm-18
| Intel
| 64
| Works
| Works fine, except for initial X-setting "cirrus" - changed to "vesa", then works.
|
|-
| Gentoo 2006.1
| 32
| kvm-24
| Intel
| 64
| Works
|
|
|-
| Gentoo 2007.0
| 32
| kvm-24
| Intel
| 64
| Works
|
|
|-
| Arch Linux (Duke)
| 32
| kvm-17
| AMD
| 64
| Works
| Host: 2.6.21-ARCH, guest: 2.6.22-rc5-ARCH says "booting paravirtualized kernel on bare hardware"
|
|-
| Mandrake Linux 9.2
| 32
| kvm-29
| Intel
| 64
| Almost Works
| bootloader redraw problem. by Alexey.E.
|
|-
| Mandriva 2007
| 32
| kvm-51
| Intel
| 64
| Crashes, Workaround exists
| start kvm with -no-kvm for installation. Remove graphical GRUB. by Alexey.E.
|
|-
| Mandriva 2008
| 32
| kvm-51
| Intel
| 64
| Crashes, Workaround exists
| start kvm with -no-kvm for installation. Remove graphical GRUB. by Alexey.E.
|
|-
| Xandros 3 OCE
| 32
| kvm-29
| Intel
| 64
| Works
| by Alexey.E.
|
|}

== BSD ==
{| border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0"
| Guest
| Guest bitness
| Host version
| Host cpu
| Host bitness
| Status
| Comments
|
|-
| OpenBSD 4.2
| 32
| kvm-58
| Intel
| 32
| Works
|
|
|-
| OpenBSD 4.1
| 32
| kvm-56
| Intel,AMD
| 64
| Works
| by Alexey.E.
|
|-
| OpenBSD 4.0
| 64
| kvm-12
| Intel
| 64
| Works
|
|
|-
| OpenBSD 4.0
| 32
| kvm-16 + CVS
| Intel
| 64
| Works
|
|
|-
| FreeBSD 6.2
| 64
| kvm-12
| AMD
| 64
| Works
|
|
|-
| FreeBSD 6.2
| 32
| kvm-16 + CVS
| AMD
| 64
| Works
|
|
|-
| FreeBSD 6.3
| 32
| (Fedora 8 - kvm-37-7.fc8)
| Intel
| 64
| works
| but one cpu only - max 1GB memory
|
|-
| GNU/kFreeBSD
| 64
| kvm-15
| AMD
| 64
| Works
|
|
|-
| GNU/kFreeBSD
| 32
| kvm-16 + CVS
| AMD
| 64
| Works
|
|
|-
| FreeBSD 6.1
| 32
| kvm-17/18
| Intel
| 32
| Works
|
|
|-
| NetBSD 3.1
| 32
| kvm-17/18
| Intel
| 32
| Works
|
|
|-
| NetBSD 3.1
| 32
| kvm-21
| AMD
| 64
| Works
|
|
|-
| PC-BSD 1.4
| 32
| kvm-56
| Intel
| 64
| Works
| By Alexey.E.
|
|-
| DragonflyBSD 1.10.1
| 32
| kvm-58
| Intel
| 64
| Works
|
|
|}

== Solaris/[[OpenSolaris]] ==
{| border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0"
| Guest
| Guest bitness
| Host version
| Host cpu
| Host bitness
| Status
| Comments
|
|-
| Solaris 10 U1
| 32
| kvm-12
| Intel
| 64
| Works
| later releases will detect the CPU is 64 bit capable and try to default to run a 64 bit kernel and fail, for those you have to override Solaris autodetection by adding "kernel/unix" to the kernel multiboot entry in GRUB
|
|-
| Solaris 10 U3
| 64
| kvm-58 + patch
| Intel
| 64
| Works
| needs additional patch to kvm for [http://tapir.sajinet.com.pe/gentoo/portage/app-emulation/kvm/files/kvm-57-kernel-longmode.patch kvm kernel longmode]
|
|-
| Nexenta [[OpenSolaris]] beta 3 test 1
| 64
| kvm-53
| Intel
| 64
| Could Work
| needs additional patches to qemu (qemu-ide-*) from [http://tapir.sajinet.com.pe/gentoo/portage/app-emulation/kvm/files/] but still crashes and kills itself; later versions had regressions and would crash as shown by [http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1841658&group_id=180599&atid=893831 bug 1841658]
|
|}

== Others ==
{| border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0"
| Guest
| Guest bitness
| Host version
| Host cpu
| Host bitness
| Status
| Comments
|
|-
| Haiku OS
| 32
| kvm-12
| AMD
| 64
| Works
| [http://kvm.qumranet.com/kvmwiki/Screenshots?action=AttachFile&do=view&target=kvm_aros_haiku.png screenshot]
|
|-
| Amiga Research OS (AROS)
| 32
| kvm-12
| AMD
| 64
| Works
| LiveCD tested. [http://kvm.qumranet.com/kvmwiki/Screenshots?action=AttachFile&do=view&target=kvm_aros_haiku.png screenshot]
|
|-
| Amiga Research OS (AROS)
| 32
| kvm-58
| Intel
| 32
| Works
| LiveCD tested.
|
|-
| ReactOS 0.3.0
| 32
| kvm-14
| AMD
| 64
| Works
| [http://kvm.qumranet.com/kvmwiki/Screenshots?action=AttachFile&do=view&target=kvm_reactos.png screenshot]
|
|-
| FreeDOS 1.0
| 32
| kvm-12/14
| Intel
| 64
| Work(ish)
| Can only be installed from live CD by disabling kvm and using qemu only. Upper memory management (himem.exe) crashed kvm. Some other drivers do so as well. Step through booting using F8 to determine which. DOS is confined to the lower 640K of memory. See [http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1666308&group_id=180599&atid=893831 bug 1666308].
|
|-
| MS DOS 6.22
| 32
| kvm-28
| Intel
| 32
| Stops
| It seems to stop booting after HIMEM.
|
|-
| Xen 3.0.4
| 64, 32
| kvm-18
| Intel
| 64
| Works
|
|
|-
| GNU hurd live CD (20051117)
| 32
| kvm-28
| Intel
| 32
| Works
| Seems to have networking problems.
|
|-
| GNU/Hurd (Debian K14)
| 32
| kvm-33
| Intel
| 32
| Works
| [http://kvm.qumranet.com/kvmwiki/Guest_Support_Status?action=AttachFile&do=get&target=hurd-k14.png screenshot]
|
|-
| Syllable 0.61
| 32
| kvm-29
| Intel
| 64
| Crashes
| by Alexey.E.
|
|-
| Visopsys 0.62
| 32
| kvm-29
| Intel
| 64
| Crashes
| by Alexey.E.
|
|-
| Darwin 8.0.1
| 32
| kvm-29
| Intel
| 64
| Crashes
| by Alexey.E.
|

__NOTOC__

Guest Support Status

2007-12-14T09:42:50Z

Michael:

== Windows Family ==
{| border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0"
| Guest
| Guest bitness
| Host version
| Host cpu
| Host bitness
| Status
| Comments
|
|-
| Windows Server 2008 (Datacenter, RC1)
| 32
| kvm-55
| Intel
| 64
| Works
| by Alexey.E.
|
|-
| Windows Server 2008 (Standard, RC0)
| 32
| kvm-51
| Intel
| 64
| Works
| by Alexey.E.
|
|-
| Windows Vista Ultimate
| 64
| kvm-52
| Intel
| 64
| Works
| by Alexey.E.
|
|-
| Windows Vista Ultimate
| 64
| kvm-52
| AMD
| 64
| Fails
| by Alexey.E.
|
|-
| Windows Vista Ultimate
| 32
| kvm-52
| Intel
| 64, 32
| Works
| See [[Vista Networking Workaround]] for getting networking to actually work. Not Aero capable. updated by Alexey.E.
|
|-
| Windows Vista Ultimate
| 32
| kvm-55
| AMD
| 64
| Fails
| by Alexey.E.
|
|-
| Windows Server 2003 (Enterprise)
| 32
| kvm-52
| Intel
| 64
| Works
| Use -net nic,model=rtl8139. Reboot only works on Standard PC HAL. May need -no-acpi (and hit F7 and choose Standard PC) for install.
|
|-
| Windows Server 2003 x64
| 64
| kvm-52
| Intel
| 64
| Works
| Some people report instability. by Alexey.E.
|
|-
| Windows Server 2003 (Enterprise)
| 32
| kvm-52
| AMD
| 64
| Works
| Some people report instability. by Alexey.E.
|
|-
| Windows Server 2003 x64
| 64
| kvm-52
| AMD
| 64
| Fails
| by Alexey.E.
|
|-
| Windows XP Pro x64
| 64
| kvm-52
| Intel
| 64
| Works
| by Alexey.E.
|
|-
| Windows XP Pro x64
| 64
| kvm-56
| AMD
| 64
| Fails
| Update by Michael M: Install starts but fails with BSOD: SYSTEM_SERVICE_EXCEPTION
|
|-
| Windows XP Pro
| 32
| kvm-52
| Intel
| 64, 32
| Works
| See [[Windows ACPI Workaround]] for better performance
|
|-
| Windows XP Pro
| 32
| kvm-52
| AMD
| 64
| Works
| by Alexey.E. Some people report instability.
|
|-
| Windows 2000 Pro (SP4)
| 32
| kvm-20/kvm-52
| Intel
| 64, 32
| Works
| Install with -no-acpi, use Qcow2 format. by Alexey.E.
|
|-
| Windows 2000 Advanced Server
| 32
| kvm-44
| Intel
| 64
| Works
| Install with -no-acpi, use Qcow2 format.
|
|-
| Windows NT 4.0 (SP1)
| 32
| kvm-28
| Intel
| 32
| Works
|
|
|-
| Windows NT 4.0 (SP6a)
| 32
| kvm-28
| Intel
| 32
| Works
| Crashes starting the GUI. Works with -no-kvm
|
|-
| Windows 98SE
| 32
| kvm-44, 2.6.23-rc8
| AMD
| 64, 32
| no way
|
|
|-
| Windows 95
| 32
| kvm-44, 2.6.23-rc8
| AMD
| 64, 32
| no way
|
|
|}

== Fedora/[[RedHat]] Derivatives ==
{| border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0"
| Guest
| Guest bitness
| Host version
| Host cpu
| Host bitness
| Status
| Comments
|
|-
| F8
| 32
| kvm-51
| Intel
| 64
| Works
| by Alexey.E.
|
|-
| F7
| 64
| kvm-52
| Intel
| 64
| Setup Fails
| [http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1806377&group_id=180599&atid=893831 It doesn't work.] by Alexey.E.
|
|-
| F7
| 32
| kvm-52
| Intel
| 64
| Works
| by Alexey.E.
|
|-
| FC6
| 32
| kvm-26
| Intel, AMD
| 32, 64
| Works
|
|
|-
| FC5
| 32, 64
| kvm-12
| Intel, AMD
| 32, 64
| Works
|
|
|-
| Trixbox (CentOS)
| 32
| kvm-12
| Intel
| 64
| Works
|
|
|-
| RHL9
| 32
| kvm-51
| Intel
| 64
| Works
| by Alexey.E.
|
|-
| RHL7
| 32
| kvm-52
| Intel, AMD
| 64
| Crashes
| Fails on init. by Alexey.E.
|
|-
| RHEL5/CentOS 5
| 64
| kvm-50
| Intel
| 64
| Works
| by Alexey.E.
|
|-
| RHEL5/CentOS 5
| 32
| kvm-55
| Intel
| 64
| Works
| by Alexey.E. (may FAIL with SMP)
|
|}
== Ubuntu/Debian ==
{| border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0"
| Guest
| Guest bitness
| Host version
| Host cpu
| Host bitness
| Status
| Comments
|
|-
| Ubuntu 7.10
| 32
| kvm-51
| Intel
| 32, 64
| Doesn't work.
| Black Screen. by Alexey.E.
|
|-
| Ubuntu 7.04
| 32, 64
| kvm-51
| Intel
| 32, 64
| Doesn't work.
| by Alexey.E.
|
|-
| Ubuntu LTS 6.06 Server
| 32
| kvm-20
| Intel
| 32
| Works
| use -no-acpi
|
|-
| Debian Etch
| 32, 64
| kvm-18/kvm-45
| Intel
| 64
| Works
| by Alexey.E.
|
|-
| Debian Sarge
| 32
| kvm-12
| Intel
| 32
| Works
|
|
|-
| Debian Sarge
| 32
| kvm-12
| Intel
| 64
| Mostly works
| Install hangs, will install via -no-kvm. Runs fine after
|
|}
== Other Linux Distros ==
{| border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0"
| Guest
| Guest bitness
| Host version
| Host cpu
| Host bitness
| Status
| Comments
|
|-
| Slackware 11
| 32
| kvm-15
| Intel
| 64
| Works
| using test26.s kernel
|
|-
| Slackware 12
| 32
| kvm-36
| Intel
| 32
| Works
|
|
|-
| [[OpenSuse]] 10.3
| 32/64
| kvm-51
| Intel
| 64
| Crashes, Workaround exists
| Start kvm with -no-kvm for installation. Remove graphical GRUB. by Alexey.E.
|
|-
| [[OpenSuse]] 10.2
| 32/64
| kvm-28/kvm-51
| Intel
| 64
| Crashes, Workaround exists
| Start kvm with -no-kvm for installation. Remove graphical GRUB. by Alexey.E.
|
|-
| SUSE Linux 9.1
| 32
| kvm-50
| Intel
| 64
| Works
| by Alexey.E.
|
|-
| Qemu-Puppy 2.01-3
| 32
| kvm-17/18
| Intel
| 32
| Works
|
|
|-
| Qemu-Puppy 2.13-1
| 32
| kvm-17/18
| Intel
| 32
| Works
|
|
|-
| KNOPPIX 5.1.1
| 32
| kvm-18
| Intel
| 64
| Works
| use nmi_watchdog=0 or nolapic kernel parameter to boot
|
|-
| Knoppix 5.2
| 32
| kvm-18
| Intel
| 32
| Works
|
|
|-
| [[SystemRescueCD]] 0.3.4
| 32
| kvm-18
| Intel
| 64
| Works
| Works fine, except for initial X-setting "cirrus" - changed to "vesa", then works.
|
|-
| Gentoo 2006.1
| 32
| kvm-24
| Intel
| 64
| Works
|
|
|-
| Gentoo 2007.0
| 32
| kvm-24
| Intel
| 64
| Works
|
|
|-
| Arch Linux (Duke)
| 32
| kvm-17
| AMD
| 64
| Works
| Host: 2.6.21-ARCH, guest: 2.6.22-rc5-ARCH says "booting paravirtualized kernel on bare hardware"
|
|-
| Mandrake Linux 9.2
| 32
| kvm-29
| Intel
| 64
| Almost Works
| bootloader redraw problem. by Alexey.E.
|
|-
| Mandriva 2007
| 32
| kvm-51
| Intel
| 64
| Crashes, Workaround exists
| start kvm with -no-kvm for installation. Remove graphical GRUB. by Alexey.E.
|
|-
| Mandriva 2008
| 32
| kvm-51
| Intel
| 64
| Crashes, Workaround exists
| start kvm with -no-kvm for installation. Remove graphical GRUB. by Alexey.E.
|
|-
| Xandros 3 OCE
| 32
| kvm-29
| Intel
| 64
| Works
| by Alexey.E.
|
|}

== BSD ==
{| border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0"
| Guest
| Guest bitness
| Host version
| Host cpu
| Host bitness
| Status
| Comments
|
|-
| OpenBSD 4.1
| 32
| kvm-56
| Intel,AMD
| 64
| Works
| by Alexey.E.
|
|-
| OpenBSD 4.0
| 64
| kvm-12
| Intel
| 64
| Works
|
|
|-
| OpenBSD 4.0
| 32
| kvm-16 + CVS
| Intel
| 64
| Works
|
|
|-
| FreeBSD 6.2
| 64
| kvm-12
| AMD
| 64
| Works
|
|
|-
| FreeBSD 6.2
| 32
| kvm-16 + CVS
| AMD
| 64
| Works
|
|
|-
| GNU/kFreeBSD
| 64
| kvm-15
| AMD
| 64
| Works
|
|
|-
| GNU/kFreeBSD
| 32
| kvm-16 + CVS
| AMD
| 64
| Works
|
|
|-
| FreeBSD 6.1
| 32
| kvm-17/18
| Intel
| 32
| Works
|
|
|-
| NetBSD 3.1
| 32
| kvm-17/18
| Intel
| 32
| Works
|
|
|-
| NetBSD 3.1
| 32
| kvm-21
| AMD
| 64
| Works
|
|
|-
| PC-BSD 1.4
| 32
| kvm-56
| Intel
| 64
| Works
| By Alexey.E.
|
|}

== Solaris/[[OpenSolaris]] ==
{| border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0"
| Guest
| Guest bitness
| Host version
| Host cpu
| Host bitness
| Status
| Comments
|
|-
| Solaris 10 U1
| 32
| kvm-12
| Intel
| 64
| Works
| later releases will detect the CPU is 64 bit capable and try to default to run a 64 bit kernel and fail, for those you have to override Solaris autodetection by adding "kernel/unix" to the kernel multiboot entry in GRUB
|
|-
| Solaris 10 U3
| 64
| kvm-54 + patches
| Intel
| 64
| Works
| needs additional patches to qemu (qemu-ide-*) and kvm (kvm-kernel-*) from [http://tapir.sajinet.com.pe/gentoo/portage/app-emulation/kvm/files/] which are scheduled for future releases
|
|-
| Nexenta [[OpenSolaris]] beta 3 test 1
| 64
| kvm-53
| Intel
| 64
| Could Work
| needs additional patches to qemu (qemu-ide-*) from [http://tapir.sajinet.com.pe/gentoo/portage/app-emulation/kvm/files/] but still crashes and kills itself; later versions had regressions and would crash as shown by [http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1841658&group_id=180599&atid=893831 bug 1841658]
|
|}

== Others ==
{| border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0"
| Guest
| Guest bitness
| Host version
| Host cpu
| Host bitness
| Status
| Comments
|
|-
| Haiku OS
| 32
| kvm-12
| AMD
| 64
| Works
| [http://kvm.qumranet.com/kvmwiki/Screenshots?action=AttachFile&do=view&target=kvm_aros_haiku.png screenshot]
|
|-
| Amiga Research OS (AROS)
| 32
| kvm-12
| AMD
| 64
| Works
| LiveCD tested. [http://kvm.qumranet.com/kvmwiki/Screenshots?action=AttachFile&do=view&target=kvm_aros_haiku.png screenshot]
|
|-
| ReactOS 0.3.0
| 32
| kvm-14
| AMD
| 64
| Works
| [http://kvm.qumranet.com/kvmwiki/Screenshots?action=AttachFile&do=view&target=kvm_reactos.png screenshot]
|
|-
| FreeDOS 1.0
| 32
| kvm-12/14
| Intel
| 64
| Work(ish)
| Can only be installed from live CD by disabling kvm and using qemu only. Upper memory management (himem.exe) crashed kvm. Some other drivers do so as well. Step through booting using F8 to determine which. DOS is confined to the lower 640K of memory. See bug 1666308.
|
|-
| MS DOS 6.22
| 32
| kvm-28
| Intel
| 32
| Stops
| It seems to stop booting after HIMEM.
|
|-
| Xen 3.0.4
| 64, 32
| kvm-18
| Intel
| 64
| Works
|
|
|-
| GNU hurd live CD (20051117)
| 32
| kvm-28
| Intel
| 32
| Works
| Seems to have networking problems.
|
|-
| GNU/Hurd (Debian K14)
| 32
| kvm-33
| Intel
| 32
| Works
| [http://kvm.qumranet.com/kvmwiki/Guest_Support_Status?action=AttachFile&do=get&target=hurd-k14.png screenshot]
|
|-
| Syllable 0.61
| 32
| kvm-29
| Intel
| 64
| Crashes
| by Alexey.E.
|
|-
| Visopsys 0.62
| 32
| kvm-29
| Intel
| 64
| Crashes
| by Alexey.E.
|
|-
| Darwin 8.0.1
| 32
| kvm-29
| Intel
| 64
| Crashes
| by Alexey.E.
|

__NOTOC__

Guest Support Status

2007-04-08T20:31:43Z

Michael:

= Guest support status =
== Linux distributions ==
{| border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0"
| Host version
| Host cpu
| Host bitness
| Guest
| Guest bitness
| Status
| Comments
|
|-
| kvm-12
| Intel, AMD
| 64
| FC5
| 32, 64
| Works
|
|
|-
| kvm-12
| Intel, AMD
| 32
| FC5
| 32
| Works
|
|
|-
| kvm-12
| Intel, AMD
| 32
| FC6
| 32
| Works
|
|
|-
| kvm-12
| Intel
| 32
| Debian Sarge
| 32
| Works
|
|
|-
| kvm-12
| Intel
| 64
| Debian Etch
| 32, 64
| Works
|
|
|-
| kvm-12
| Intel
| 64
| Debian Sarge
| 32
| Mostly works
| Install hangs, will install via -no-kvm. Runs fine after
|
|-
| kvm-12
| Intel
| 64
| Trixbox (CentOS)
| 32
| Works
|
|
|-
| kvm-15
| Intel
| 64
| Slackware 11
| 32
| Works
| using test26.s kernel
|
|-
| kvm-17/18
| Intel
| 32
| [[OpenSuse]] 10.2
| 32
| Works
| sans gfxmenu
|
|-
| kvm-17/18
| Intel
| 32
| Qemu-Puppy 2.01-3
| 32
| Works
|
|
|-
| kvm-17/18
| Intel
| 32
| Qemu-Puppy 2.13-1
| 32
| Works
|
|
|-
| kvm-18
| Intel
| 64
| KNOPPIX 5.1.1
| 32
| Works
| wants nmi_watchdog=0 kernel parameter
|
|-
| kvm-18
| Intel
| 32
| Knoppix 5.2
| 32
| Works
|
|
|-
|<|>kvm-18
|<|>Intel
|<|>64
|<|>Ubuntu 7.04 beta
|<|>64
|<|>Works
| <^>Installation works with -no-kvm, except for grub. Grub fixed with sysrescuecd. Works fine...
|
|-
|<|>kvm-18
|<|>Intel
|<|>64
|<|>[[SystemRescueCD]] 0.3.4
|<|>32
|<|>Works
| <^>Works fine, except for initial X-setting "cirrus" - changed to "vesa", then works.
|
|-
| kvm-18
| Intel
| 32
| Debian 4.0
| 32
| Works
| released version (netinst CD)
|
|}
== Windows Family ==
{| border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0"
| Host version
| Host cpu
| Host bitness
| Guest
| Guest bitness
| Status
| Comments
|
|-
| kvm-12
| Intel, AMD
| 64, 32
| Windows XP Pro
| 32
| Works
|
|
|-
| kvm-12
| AMD
| 64, 32
| Windows 98SE
| 32
| Crashes
| Get an "Invalid VxD dynamic link call to device 3, service B". Works with -no-kvm
|
|-
| kvm-12
| AMD
| 64, 32
| Windows 95
| 32
| Crashes
| Get an "Invalid VxD dynamic link call to device 3, service B". Works with -no-kvm, but doesn't recognize the NIC. Did no further testing.
|
|-
| kvm-14
| Intel
| 64
| Windows Server 2003 (Enterprise, SP2)
| 32
| Works
| Needs -no-kvm and -no-acpi for install and possibly for update to SP2. Use -net nic,model=rtl8139
|
|-
| kvm-14
| Intel
| 64
| Windows Vista (Business, Enterprise)
| 32, 64
| Fails to install
| ACPI support is required for installation, and enabling ACPI support causes a bluescreen
|
|-
| kvm-17/18
| Intel
| 32
| Windows XP Pro (SP2)
| 32
| Works
|
|
|}
== BSD ==
{| border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0"
| Host version
| Host cpu
| Host bitness
| Guest
| Guest bitness
| Status
| Comments
|
|-
| kvm-12
| Intel
| 64
| OpenBSD 4.0
| 64
| Works
|
|
|-
| kvm-16 + CVS
| Intel
| 64
| OpenBSD 4.0
| 32
| Works
|
|
|-
| kvm-12
| AMD
| 64
| FreeBSD 6.2
| 64
| Works
|
|
|-
| kvm-16 + CVS
| AMD
| 64
| FreeBSD 6.2
| 32
| Works
|
|
|-
| kvm-15
| AMD
| 64
| GNU/kFreeBSD
| 64
| Works
|
|
|-
| kvm-16 + CVS
| AMD
| 64
| GNU/kFreeBSD
| 32
| Works
|
|
|-
| kvm-17/18
| Intel
| 32
| FreeBSD 6.1
| 32
| Works
|
|
|-
| kvm-17/18
| Intel
| 32
| NetBSD 3.1
| 32
| Works
|
|
|}
== Others ==
{| border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0"
| Host version
| Host cpu
| Host bitness
| Guest
| Guest bitness
| Status
| Comments
|
|-
| kvm-12
| AMD
| 64
| Haiku OS
| 32
| Works
| [http://kvm.qumranet.com/kvmwiki/Screenshots?action=AttachFile&do=view&target=kvm_aros_haiku.png screenshot]
|
|-
| kvm-12
| AMD
| 64
| Amiga Research OS (AROS)
| 32
| Works
| LiveCD tested. [http://kvm.qumranet.com/kvmwiki/Screenshots?action=AttachFile&do=view&target=kvm_aros_haiku.png screenshot]
|
|-
| kvm-14
| AMD
| 64
| ReactOS 0.3.0
| 32
| Works
| [http://kvm.qumranet.com/kvmwiki/Screenshots?action=AttachFile&do=view&target=kvm_reactos.png screenshot]
|
|-
| kvm-12
| Intel
| 64
| Solaris 10 GA U3
| 64
| Works
| [http://kvm.qumranet.com/kvmwiki/Screenshots?action=AttachFile&do=view&target=solaris10-fc6-login.png screenshot]
|
|-
| kvm-12/14
| Intel
| 64
| FreeDOS 1.0
| 32
| Work(ish)
| Can only be installed from live CD by disabling kvm and using qemu only. Upper memory management (himem.exe) crashed kvm. Some other drivers do so as well. Step through booting using F8 to determine which. DOS is confined to the lower 640K of memory. See bug 1666308.
|
|-
| kvm-17/18
| Intel
| 32
| Solaris 10.1
| 32
| Works
| Complains about clock speed
|
|-
| kvm-18
| Intel
| 64
| Xen 3.0.4
| 64, 32
| Works
|
|
|-
| kvm-18
| Intel
| 32
| Solaris 11
| 32
| Works
|

__NOTOC__

Guest Support Status

2007-03-25T20:45:16Z

Michael:

= Guest support status =

== Linux distributions ==

{| border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0"
| Host version
| Host cpu
| Host bitness
| Guest
| Guest bitness
| Status
| Comments
|
|-
| kvm-12
| Intel, AMD
| 64
| FC5
| 32, 64
| Works
|
|
|-
| kvm-12
| Intel, AMD
| 32
| FC5
| 32
| Works
|
|
|-
| kvm-12
| Intel, AMD
| 32
| FC6
| 32
| Works
|
|
|-
| kvm-12
| Intel
| 32
| Debian Sarge
| 32
| Works
|
|
|-
| kvm-12
| Intel
| 64
| Debian Etch
| 32, 64
| Works
|
|
|-
| kvm-12
| Intel
| 64
| Debian Sarge
| 32
| Mostly works
| Install hangs, will install via -no-kvm. Runs fine after
|
|-
| kvm-12
| Intel
| 64
| Trixbox (CentOS)
| 32
| Works
|
|
|-
| kvm-15
| Intel
| 64
| Slackware 11
| 32
| Works
| using test26.s kernel
|
|-
| kvm-17/18
| Intel
| 32
| [[OpenSuse]] 10.2
| 32
| Works
| sans gfxmenu
|
|-
| kvm-17/18
| Intel
| 32
| Qemu-Puppy 2.01-3
| 32
| Works
|
|
|-
| kvm-17/18
| Intel
| 32
| Qemu-Puppy 2.13-1
| 32
| Works
|
|
|-
| kvm-18
| Intel
| 64
| KNOPPIX 5.1.1
| 32
| Works
| wants nmi_watchdog=0 kernel parameter
|
|-
| kvm-18
| Intel
| 32
| Knoppix 5.2
| 32
| Works
|
|
|}

== Windows Family ==

{| border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0"
| Host version
| Host cpu
| Host bitness
| Guest
| Guest bitness
| Status
| Comments
|
|-
| kvm-12
| Intel, AMD
| 64, 32
| Windows XP Pro
| 32
| Works
|
|
|-
| kvm-12
| AMD
| 64, 32
| Windows 98SE
| 32
| Crashes
| Get an "Invalid VxD dynamic link call to device 3, service B". Works with -no-kvm
|
|-
| kvm-12
| AMD
| 64, 32
| Windows 95
| 32
| Crashes
| Get an "Invalid VxD dynamic link call to device 3, service B". Works with -no-kvm, but doesn't recognize the NIC. Did no further testing.
|
|-
| kvm-17/18
| Intel
| 32
| Windows XP Pro (SP2)
| 32
| Works
|
|
|}

== BSD ==

{| border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0"
| Host version
| Host cpu
| Host bitness
| Guest
| Guest bitness
| Status
| Comments
|
|-
| kvm-12
| Intel
| 64
| OpenBSD 4.0
| 64
| Works
|
|
|-
| kvm-16 + CVS
| Intel
| 64
| OpenBSD 4.0
| 32
| Works
|
|
|-
| kvm-12
| AMD
| 64
| FreeBSD 6.2
| 64
| Works
|
|
|-
| kvm-16 + CVS
| AMD
| 64
| FreeBSD 6.2
| 32
| Works
|
|
|-
| kvm-15
| AMD
| 64
| GNU/kFreeBSD
| 64
| Works
|
|
|-
| kvm-16 + CVS
| AMD
| 64
| GNU/kFreeBSD
| 32
| Works
|
|
|-
| kvm-17/18
| Intel
| 32
| FreeBSD 6.1
| 32
| Works
|
|
|-
| kvm-17/18
| Intel
| 32
| NetBSD 3.1
| 32
| Works
|
|
|}

== Others ==
{| border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0"
| Host version
| Host cpu
| Host bitness
| Guest
| Guest bitness
| Status
| Comments
|
|-
| kvm-12
| AMD
| 64
| Haiku OS
| 32
| Works
| [http://kvm.qumranet.com/kvmwiki/Screenshots?action=AttachFile&do=view&target=kvm_aros_haiku.png screenshot]
|
|-
| kvm-12
| AMD
| 64
| Amiga Research OS (AROS)
| 32
| Works
| LiveCD tested. [http://kvm.qumranet.com/kvmwiki/Screenshots?action=AttachFile&do=view&target=kvm_aros_haiku.png screenshot]
|
|-
| kvm-14
| AMD
| 64
| ReactOS 0.3.0
| 32
| Works
| [http://kvm.qumranet.com/kvmwiki/Screenshots?action=AttachFile&do=view&target=kvm_reactos.png screenshot]
|
|-
| kvm-12
| Intel
| 64
| Solaris 10 GA U3
| 64
| Works
| [http://kvm.qumranet.com/kvmwiki/Screenshots?action=AttachFile&do=view&target=solaris10-fc6-login.png screenshot]
|
|-
| kvm-12/14
| Intel
| 64
| FreeDOS 1.0
| 32
| Work(ish)
| Can only be installed from live CD by disabling kvm and using qemu only. Upper memory management (himem.exe) crashed kvm. Some other drivers do so as well. Step through booting using F8 to determine which. DOS is confined to the lower 640K of memory. See bug 1666308.
|
|-
| kvm-17/18
| Intel
| 32
| Solaris 10.1
| 32
| Works
| Complains about clock speed
|
|-
| kvm-18
| Intel
| 64
| Xen 3.0.4
| 64, 32
| Works
|
|
|-
| kvm-18
| Intel
| 32
| Solaris 11
| 32
| Works
|

__NOTOC__

Guest Support Status

2007-03-23T12:28:08Z

Michael: new entries

= Guest support status =

== Linux distributions ==

{| border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0"
| Host version
| Host cpu
| Host bitness
| Guest
| Guest bitness
| Status
| Comments
|
|-
| kvm-12
| Intel, AMD
| 64
| FC5
| 32, 64
| Works
|
|
|-
| kvm-12
| Intel, AMD
| 32
| FC5
| 32
| Works
|
|
|-
| kvm-12
| Intel, AMD
| 32
| FC6
| 32
| Works
|
|
|-
| kvm-12
| Intel
| 32
| Debian Sarge
| 32
| Works
|
|
|-
| kvm-12
| Intel
| 64
| Debian Etch
| 32, 64
| Works
|
|
|-
| kvm-12
| Intel
| 64
| Debian Sarge
| 32
| Mostly works
| Install hangs, will install via -no-kvm. Runs fine after
|
|-
| kvm-12
| Intel
| 64
| Trixbox (CentOS)
| 32
| Works
|
|
|-
| kvm-15
| Intel
| 64
| Slackware 11
| 32
| Works
| using test26.s kernel
|
|-
| kvm-17
| Intel
| 32
| [[OpenSuse]] 10.2
| 32
| Works
| sans gfxmenu
|
|-
| kvm-17
| Intel
| 32
| Qemu-Puppy 2.01-3
| 32
| Works
|
|
|-
| kvm-17
| Intel
| 32
| Qemu-Puppy 2.13-1
| 32
| Works
|
|
|}

== Windows Family ==

{| border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0"
| Host version
| Host cpu
| Host bitness
| Guest
| Guest bitness
| Status
| Comments
|
|-
| kvm-12
| Intel, AMD
| 64, 32
| Windows XP Pro
| 32
| Works
|
|
|-
| kvm-12
| AMD
| 64, 32
| Windows 98SE
| 32
| Crashes
| Get an "Invalid VxD dynamic link call to device 3, service B". Works with -no-kvm
|
|-
| kvm-12
| AMD
| 64, 32
| Windows 95
| 32
| Crashes
| Get an "Invalid VxD dynamic link call to device 3, service B". Works with -no-kvm, but doesn't recognize the NIC. Did no further testing.
|
|-
| kvm-17
| Intel
| 32
| Windows XP Pro (SP2)
| 32
| Works
|
|
|}

== BSD ==

{| border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0"
| Host version
| Host cpu
| Host bitness
| Guest
| Guest bitness
| Status
| Comments
|
|-
| kvm-12
| Intel
| 64
| OpenBSD 4.0
| 64
| Works
|
|
|-
| kvm-16 + CVS
| Intel
| 64
| OpenBSD 4.0
| 32
| Works
|
|
|-
| kvm-12
| AMD
| 64
| FreeBSD 6.2
| 64
| Works
|
|
|-
| kvm-16 + CVS
| AMD
| 64
| FreeBSD 6.2
| 32
| Works
|
|
|-
| kvm-15
| AMD
| 64
| GNU/kFreeBSD
| 64
| Works
|
|
|-
| kvm-16 + CVS
| AMD
| 64
| GNU/kFreeBSD
| 32
| Works
|
|
|-
| kvm-17
| Intel
| 32
| FreeBSD 6.1
| 32
| Works
|
|
|-
| kvm-17
| Intel
| 32
| NetBSD 3.1
| 32
| Works
|
|
|}

== Others ==
{| border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0"
| Host version
| Host cpu
| Host bitness
| Guest
| Guest bitness
| Status
| Comments
|
|-
| kvm-12
| AMD
| 64
| Haiku OS
| 32
| Works
| [http://kvm.qumranet.com/kvmwiki/Screenshots?action=AttachFile&do=view&target=kvm_aros_haiku.png screenshot]
|
|-
| kvm-12
| AMD
| 64
| Amiga Research OS (AROS)
| 32
| Works
| LiveCD tested. [http://kvm.qumranet.com/kvmwiki/Screenshots?action=AttachFile&do=view&target=kvm_aros_haiku.png screenshot]
|
|-
| kvm-14
| AMD
| 64
| ReactOS 0.3.0
| 32
| Works
| [http://kvm.qumranet.com/kvmwiki/Screenshots?action=AttachFile&do=view&target=kvm_reactos.png screenshot]
|
|-
| kvm-12
| Intel
| 64
| Solaris 10 GA U3
| 64
| Works
| [http://kvm.qumranet.com/kvmwiki/Screenshots?action=AttachFile&do=view&target=solaris10-fc6-login.png screenshot]
|
|-
| kvm-12/14
| Intel
| 64
| FreeDOS 1.0
| 32
| Work(ish)
| Can only be installed from live CD by disabling kvm and using qemu only. Upper memory management (himem.exe) crashed kvm. Some other drivers do so as well. Step through booting using F8 to determine which. DOS is confined to the lower 640K of memory. See bug 1666308.
|
|-
| kvm-17
| Intel
| 32
| Solaris 10.1
| 32
| Works
| Complains about clock speed
|

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