KVM - User contributions [en]

Guest Support Status

2009-06-27T15:11:35Z

RyotaOzaki: add Fedora 11

=Guest Support Status=

== Windows Family ==
{|border=1
| '''Guest'''
| '''Guest bitness'''
| '''Host version'''
| '''Host cpu'''
| '''Host bitness'''
| '''Status'''
| '''Comments'''
|-
| Windows 7 RC
| 64
| kvm-72+dfsg-5
| Intel
| 64
| Works
| Installs and works without any problem with 1G mem.
|-

|-
| Windows 7 Beta
| 64
| kvm-84
| AMD
| 64
| Works
| Installs and works without any problem with 512M mem.
|-

| Windows 7 Beta
| 32
| kvm-83
| Intel
| 32
| Works
| Installed in about 25-30 minutes and worked flawlessly on my ThinkPad T60 (1953-7EU) with 1.5G of RAM
|-

| Windows 7 Beta
| 32
| kvm-62
| AMD
| 64
| Works
| "-m 2048 -vnc :0 -usbdevice tablet -smp 2 -std-vga" on qcow2
|-

| Windows Server 2008 (Datacenter)
| 64
| kvm-72
| Intel, AMD
| 64
| Works
| by Alexey.E.
|-

| Windows Server 2008 (Datacenter)
| 32
| kvm-72
| Intel, AMD
| 64, 32
| Works
| by Alexey.E.
|-

| Windows Vista Ultimate
| 64
| kvm-84
| Intel, AMD
| 64
| Works
| (not Aero Glass capable) by Alexey.E.
|-

| Windows Vista Ultimate
| 32
| kvm-84
| Intel, AMD
| 64, 32
| Works
| (not Aero Glass capable) by Alexey.E.
|-

| Windows Server 2003 x64
| 64
| kvm-72
| Intel, AMD
| 64
| Works
| by Alexey.E. (setup is unstable, rerun several times)
|-

| Windows Server 2003 (Enterprise)
| 32
| kvm-72
| Intel
| 32, 64
| Works
| by Alexey.E.
|-

| Windows Server 2003 (Enterprise)
| 32
| kvm-72
| AMD
| 64
| Works
| by Alexey.E.
|-

| Windows XP Pro x64
| 64
| kvm-72
| Intel, AMD
| 64
| Works
| by Alexey.E. (setup is unstable, rerun several times)
|-

| Windows XP Pro
| 32
| kvm-72
| Intel
| 32, 64
| Works
| by Alexey.E.
|-

| Windows XP Pro
| 32
| kvm-72
| AMD
| 64
| Works
| by Alexey.E.
|-

| Windows 2000 Pro (SP4)
| 32
| kvm-64
| Intel, AMD
| 64
| Works
| use Qcow2 format. (setup is unstable, rerun several times) by Alexey.E.
|-

| Windows 2000 Pro (SP4)
| 32
| kvm-64
| Intel
| 32
| Works
| use Qcow2 format. (setup is unstable, rerun several times) by Alexey.E.
|-

| Windows 2000 Advanced Server
| 32
| kvm-44
| Intel
| 64
| Works
| use Qcow2 format.
|-

| Windows 98SE
| 32
| kvm-63
| Intel
| 32
| Fails
| by Alexey.E. (halts when booting HIMEM)
|-

| Windows 98SE
| 32
| kvm-80, 2.6.27.7
| AMD
| 64
| no way
| install crashes
|-

| Windows 95
| 32
| kvm-44, 2.6.23-rc8
| AMD
| 64, 32
| no way
|
|}

== Linux Family: Fedora/RedHat Derivatives ==
{|border=1
| '''Guest'''
| '''Guest bitness'''
| '''Host version'''
| '''Host cpu'''
| '''Host bitness'''
| '''Status'''
| '''Comments'''
|-

| Fedora 11
| 64
| kvm-87
| Intel
| 64
| Fails
| Anaconda freezes
|-

| Fedora 11
| 32
| kvm-87
| Intel
| 64
| Works
|
|-

| Fedora 11 BETA
| 32, 64
| kvm-84
| Intel
| 64
| Fails
| by Alexey.E. Slowness and softlockups.
|-

|-
| Fedora 10
| 32, 64
| kvm-85
| Intel, AMD
| 64
| Works
| by Alexey.E. Updated by Lennert.B.
|-

| Fedora 9
| 32, 64
| kvm-85
| Intel, AMD
| 64
| Works
| by Alexey.E.
|-

| Fedora 8
| 32, 64
| kvm-85
| Intel, AMD
| 64
| Works
| by Alexey.E.
|-

| Fedora 7
| 32, 64
| kvm-75
| Intel, AMD
| 64
| Works
| by Alexey.E.
|-

| Fedora 6
| 32
| kvm-26
| Intel, AMD
| 32, 64
| Works
|
|-

| Fedora 5
| 32, 64
| kvm-12
| Intel, AMD
| 32, 64
| Works
|
|-

| Fedora 4
| 64
|
| AMD
| 64
| Works, slightly high idle cpu
|by MichaelKarliner
|-

| Fedora 3
| 64
| kvm-78
| AMD
| 64
| Works
| by George Y. Requires noacpi in boot options
|-

| RHEL5
| 32, 64
| kvm-85
| Intel, AMD
| 64
| Works
| by Alexey.E.
|-

| RHEL4
| 32, 64
| kvm-85
| Intel, AMD
| 64
| Works
| by Frank.Q. updated by Alexey.E.
|-

| RHEL3
| 32, 64
| kvm-85
| Intel, AMD
| 64
| Works
| by Frank.Q. updated by Alexey.E.
|-

| Red Hat Linux 9
| 32
| kvm-51
| Intel
| 64
| Works
| by Alexey.E.
|-

| Red Hat Linux 8
| 32
| kvm-64
| Intel
| 64
| Crashes
| Fails on init. by Frank.Q.
|-

| Red Hat Linux 7.3
| 32
| kvm-78
| AMD
| 64
| Works
| -no-kvm is required for installation
|-

| Red Hat Linux 7
| 32
| kvm-52
| Intel, AMD
| 64
| Crashes
| Fails on init. by Alexey.E.
|-

| Trixbox (CentOS)
| 32
| kvm-12
| Intel
| 64
| Works
|
|}

== Linux Family: Ubuntu/Debian Derivatives ==
{|border=1
| '''Guest'''
| '''Guest bitness'''
| '''Host version'''
| '''Host cpu'''
| '''Host bitness'''
| '''Status'''
| '''Comments'''
|-

| Ubuntu 9.04
| 64
| kvm-84
| Intel
| 64
| Works
| It's actually Xubuntu but should be the same both block and net virtio devices working too
|-

| Ubuntu 8.10
| 32
| kvm-85
| Intel, AMD
| 32, 64
| Works
| by Peter.v.V.
|-

| Ubuntu 8.04 LTS
| 32, 64
| kvm-64
| Intel, AMD
| 32, 64
| Works
| by Alexey.E. (some issues with virtio)
|-

| Ubuntu 7.10
| 32, 64
| kvm-62
| Intel,AMD
| 32, 64
| Crashes, Workaround exists
| Install using Qemu, remove GFX boot. by Alexey.E.
|-

| 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)
|-

| Ubuntu 7.04
| 32, 64
| kvm-62
| Intel,AMD
| 32, 64
| Crashes, Workaround exists
| Install using Qemu, remove GFX boot. by Alexey.E.
|-

| Ubuntu 6.06 LTS Server
| 32
| kvm-20
| Intel
| 32
| Works
| use -no-acpi
|-

| Debian Lenny 5.0
| 32, 64
| kvm-72/77
| Intel
| 64
| Works
|
|-

| Debian Etch 4.0
| 64
| kvm-72
| Intel, AMD
| 64
| Works
| by Alexey.E.
|-

| Debian Etch 4.0
| 32
| kvm-64
| Intel
| 64, 32
| Works
| by Alexey.E.
|-

| Debian Etch 4.0
| 32
| kvm-64
| AMD
| 64
| FAILS, workaround exists
| by Alexey.E. (manually choose i586 kernel, do not use default "k7" kernel)
|-

| Debian Sarge 3.1
| 32
| kvm-12
| Intel
| 32
| Works
|
|-

| Debian Sarge 3.1
| 32
| kvm-12
| Intel
| 64
| Mostly works
| Install hangs, will install via -no-kvm. Runs fine after
|-

| Xandros 3 OCE
| 32
| kvm-29
| Intel
| 64
| Works
| by Alexey.E.
|-

| 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
|
|}

== Other Linux Distros ==
{|border=1
| '''Guest'''
| '''Guest bitness'''
| '''Host version'''
| '''Host cpu'''
| '''Host bitness'''
| '''Status'''
| '''Comments'''
|-

| openSUSE 11.1
| 32, 64
| kvm-85
| Intel, AMD
| 64
| Works
| by Alexey.E.
|-

| openSUSE 11.0
| 32, 64
| kvm-85
| Intel, AMD
| 64
| Works
| by Alexey.E.
|-

| openSUSE 10.3
| 32
| kvm-57
| AMD
| 64
| Works
| by Alexey.E.
|-

| openSUSE 10.3
| 32/64
| kvm-64
| Intel
| 64, 32
| 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 10.0
| 32
| kvm-64
| Intel
| 64, 32
| Crashes, Workaround exists
| Start kvm with -no-kvm for installation. Remove graphical GRUB. by Alexey.E.
|-

| SUSE Linux 9.1
| 32
| kvm-72
| Intel/AMD
| 64, 32
| Works
| by Alexey.E.
|-

| Slackware 12 .2
| 32
| kvm-36
| Intel
| 32
| Works
|
|-

| Slackware 12
| 32
| kvm-36
| Intel
| 32
| Works
|
|-

| Slackware 11
| 32
| kvm-15
| Intel
| 64
| Works
| using test26.s kernel
|-

| Qemu-Puppy 2.01-3
| 32
| kvm-17/18
| Intel
| 32
| Works
|
|-

| Qemu-Puppy 2.13-1
| 32
| kvm-17/18
| 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-51
|Intel
|64
| Works
| by Alexey.E.
|-

| Mandriva 2009
| 32/64
| kvm-75
| Intel
| 64
| Crashes, Workaround exists
| start kvm with -no-kvm for installation. Remove graphical GRUB. by Alexey.E.
|-

| Mandriva 2008.1
| 32
| kvm-64
| Intel
| 64, 32
| 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.
|-

| Mandriva 2007
| 32
| kvm-51
| Intel
| 64
| Crashes, Workaround exists
| start kvm with -no-kvm for installation. Remove graphical GRUB. by Alexey.E.
|-

| Crux Linux 2.5
| 32
| kvm-82
| Intel
| 32
| Works
| Boots Automatically at 'Guest Install' stage. Installs without issue. by Chris P
|}

== UNIX Family: BSD ==
{|border=1
|'''Guest'''
| '''Guest bitness'''
| '''Host version'''
| '''Host cpu'''
| '''Host bitness'''
| '''Status'''
| '''Comments'''
|-

| OpenBSD 4.4
| 64
| kvm-78
| AMD
| 64
| Works
|
|-

| OpenBSD 4.2
| 32
| kvm-58
| Intel
| 32
| Works
|
|-

| OpenBSD 4.1
| 32
| kvm-72
| 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 6.1
| 32
| kvm-17/18
| Intel
| 32
| 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
|
|-

|FreeBSD 6.3
|32
|Debian Lenny, kvm-60
|AMD
|64
|Works
|No issues in several weeks of testing. Freddie
|-

|FreeBSD 6.3
|64
|Debian Lenny, kvm-60
|AMD
|64
|Works
|No issues in several weeks of testing. Freddie
|-

|FreeBSD 7.0
|32
|Debian Lenny, kvm-60
|AMD
|64
|Works
|No issues in several weeks of testing. Tested with 1 and 2 virtual CPUs. Freddie
|-

|FreeBSD 7.0
|64
|Debian Lenny, kvm-60
|AMD
|64
|Works
|No issues in several weeks of testing. Tested with 1 and 2 virtual CPUs. Freddie
|-

|FreeBSD 7.0
|32
|OpenSUSE 10.3 kvm-63
|AMD
|64
|works
| disk i/o issues? "ad0: TIMEOUT - WRITE_DMA retrying (1 retry left) LBA=XXXXXXX"
|-

| FreeBSD 7.0
| 64
| OpenSUSE 10.3 kvm-63
| AMD
| 64
| crashes after boot loader
|-

| FreeBSD 7.1
| 64
| kvm-84
| Intel
| 64
| Works
| sdl graphics mess up if using kvm, setup with -nokvm then use ssh or -nographics and serial console
|-

| GNU/kFreeBSD
| 32
| kvm-84
| Intel
| 32
| Works
| kvm module must be loaded with oos_shadow=0
|-

|GNU/kFreeBSD
| 64
| kvm-15
| AMD
| 64
| Works
|
|-

| GNU/kFreeBSD
| 32
| kvm-16 + CVS
| AMD
| 64
| Works
|
|-

| NetBSD 3.1
| 32
| kvm-17/18
| Intel
| 32
| Works
|
|-

| NetBSD 3.1
| 32
| kvm-21
| AMD
| 64
| Works
|
|-

| NetBSD 4.0
| 32
| kvm-60
| Intel
| 64
| Works
| avoid hangup on boot with --no-acpi and network card timeout by trying out a different card, e.g. -net nic,model=ne2k_pci
|-

| PC-BSD 1.4
| 32
| kvm-56
| Intel
| 64
| Works
| By Alexey.E.
|-

| DragonflyBSD 1.10.1
| 32
| kvm-58
| Intel
| 64
| Works
| avoid kvm-[64-67] which require -no-kvm-pit to work; use -net nic,model=e1000 to avoid network timeouts
|-

| DragonflyBSD 2.2.1
| 32
| kvm-85
| Intel
| 64
| Works
| not tried X
|}

== UNIX Family: Solaris/OpenSolaris ==
{|border=1
| '''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 Core 1.0
| 64
| kvm-61
| 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]. Use -m 512 -net nic,model=e1000
|-

| OpenSolaris 2008.05
| 64
| kvm-69
| Intel
| 64
| Works
| Use -m 512 -net nic,model=e1000
|-

| Milax 0.3.2
| 32
| kvm-62
| Intel
| 64
| Works
| Use the kvm option -net nic,model=rtl8139 and add atapi-cd-dma-enabled=0,atapi-other-dma-enabled=0 to the kernel line in the grub menu for older releases of Milax http://www.milax.org/ in version 0.3.2 choose the Qemu grub menu entry ; tested on Ubuntu 8.04.1 by BerndSchemmer
|-

| Belenix 0.7.1
| 64
| kvm-62
| Intel
| 64
| Works
| Note: older releases of Belenix only work in text mode; tested on Ubuntu 8.04.1 by BerndSchemmer
|-

| Solaris 10 U6
| 32
| kvm-62
| Intel
| 64
| Works
| Note: the grub menu entry for Solaris 10 created by the installer is wrong, to make it work add unix/kernel to the line beginning with kernel ; tested on Ubuntu 8.04.1 by BerndSchemmer
|-

| OpenSolaris 2008.11
| 64
| kvm-62
| Intel
| 64
|Works
| tested on Ubuntu 8.04.1 by BerndSchemmer
|}

== Other UNIX systems ==
{| border=1
|'''Guest'''
| '''Guest bitness'''
| '''Host version'''
| '''Host cpu'''
| '''Host bitness'''
| '''Status'''
| '''Comments'''
|-

| Darwin 8.0.1
| 32
| kvm-29
| Intel
| 64
| Crashes
| by Alexey.E.
|-

| MINIX 3.1.2a
| 32
| kvm-71
| 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]
|-

| GNU/Hurd (Debian K16)
| 32
| kvm-69
| AMD
| 64
| Works
| avoid kvm-[64-67] which require -no-kvm-pit to work
|}

== Others ==
{|border=1
| '''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-71
| Intel
| 64
| Works
|
|-

| MS DOS 6.22
| 32
| kvm-28
| Intel
| 32
| Stops
| It seems to stop booting after HIMEM.
|-

| Syllable 0.61
| 32
| kvm-29
| Intel
| 64
| Crashes
| by Alexey.E.
|-

| Visopsys 0.62
| 32
| kvm-29
| Intel
| 64
| Crashes
| by Alexey.E.
|-

| Plan 9
| 32
| kvm-68
| Intel
| 64
| Works
| needs -no-kvm-irqchip
|-

| FreeDOS 7 + Novell Netware 4.1
| 32
| kvm-83
| AMD
| 64
| Works
| tested by Ruediger G. Biernat / [http://flickr.com/photos/rgbiernat/3261075882/ screenshot]
|}

Guest Support Status

2009-05-07T11:48:34Z

RyotaOzaki: add Windows 7 RC

=Guest Support Status=

== Windows Family ==
{|border=1
| '''Guest'''
| '''Guest bitness'''
| '''Host version'''
| '''Host cpu'''
| '''Host bitness'''
| '''Status'''
| '''Comments'''
|-
| Windows 7 RC
| 64
| kvm-85
| Intel
| 64
| Works
| Installs and works without any problem with 1G mem.
|-

|-
| Windows 7 Beta
| 64
| kvm-84
| AMD
| 64
| Works
| Installs and works without any problem with 512M mem.
|-

| Windows 7 Beta
| 32
| kvm-83
| Intel
| 32
| Works
| Installed in about 25-30 minutes and worked flawlessly on my ThinkPad T60 (1953-7EU) with 1.5G of RAM
|-

| Windows 7 Beta
| 32
| kvm-62
| AMD
| 64
| Works
| "-m 2048 -vnc :0 -usbdevice tablet -smp 2 -std-vga" on qcow2
|-

| Windows Server 2008 (Datacenter)
| 64
| kvm-72
| Intel, AMD
| 64
| Works
| by Alexey.E.
|-

| Windows Server 2008 (Datacenter)
| 32
| kvm-72
| Intel, AMD
| 64, 32
| Works
| by Alexey.E.
|-

| Windows Vista Ultimate
| 64
| kvm-84
| Intel, AMD
| 64
| Works
| (not Aero Glass capable) by Alexey.E.
|-

| Windows Vista Ultimate
| 32
| kvm-84
| Intel, AMD
| 64, 32
| Works
| (not Aero Glass capable) by Alexey.E.
|-

| Windows Server 2003 x64
| 64
| kvm-72
| Intel, AMD
| 64
| Works
| by Alexey.E. (setup is unstable, rerun several times)
|-

| Windows Server 2003 (Enterprise)
| 32
| kvm-72
| Intel
| 32, 64
| Works
| by Alexey.E.
|-

| Windows Server 2003 (Enterprise)
| 32
| kvm-72
| AMD
| 64
| Works
| by Alexey.E.
|-

| Windows XP Pro x64
| 64
| kvm-72
| Intel, AMD
| 64
| Works
| by Alexey.E. (setup is unstable, rerun several times)
|-

| Windows XP Pro
| 32
| kvm-72
| Intel
| 32, 64
| Works
| by Alexey.E.
|-

| Windows XP Pro
| 32
| kvm-72
| AMD
| 64
| Works
| by Alexey.E.
|-

| Windows 2000 Pro (SP4)
| 32
| kvm-64
| Intel, AMD
| 64
| Works
| use Qcow2 format. (setup is unstable, rerun several times) by Alexey.E.
|-

| Windows 2000 Pro (SP4)
| 32
| kvm-64
| Intel
| 32
| Works
| use Qcow2 format. (setup is unstable, rerun several times) by Alexey.E.
|-

| Windows 2000 Advanced Server
| 32
| kvm-44
| Intel
| 64
| Works
| use Qcow2 format.
|-

| Windows 98SE
| 32
| kvm-63
| Intel
| 32
| Fails
| by Alexey.E. (halts when booting HIMEM)
|-

| Windows 98SE
| 32
| kvm-80, 2.6.27.7
| AMD
| 64
| no way
| install crashes
|-

| Windows 95
| 32
| kvm-44, 2.6.23-rc8
| AMD
| 64, 32
| no way
|
|}

== Linux Family: Fedora/RedHat Derivatives ==
{|border=1
| '''Guest'''
| '''Guest bitness'''
| '''Host version'''
| '''Host cpu'''
| '''Host bitness'''
| '''Status'''
| '''Comments'''
|-

| Fedora 11 BETA
| 32, 64
| kvm-84
| Intel
| 64
| Fails
| by Alexey.E. Slowness and softlockups.
|-

|-
| Fedora 10
| 32, 64
| kvm-85
| Intel, AMD
| 64
| Works
| by Alexey.E. Updated by Lennert.B.
|-

| Fedora 9
| 32, 64
| kvm-85
| Intel, AMD
| 64
| Works
| by Alexey.E.
|-

| Fedora 8
| 32, 64
| kvm-85
| Intel, AMD
| 64
| Works
| by Alexey.E.
|-

| Fedora 7
| 32, 64
| kvm-75
| Intel, AMD
| 64
| Works
| by Alexey.E.
|-

| Fedora 6
| 32
| kvm-26
| Intel, AMD
| 32, 64
| Works
|
|-

| Fedora 5
| 32, 64
| kvm-12
| Intel, AMD
| 32, 64
| Works
|
|-

| Fedora 4
| 64
|
| AMD
| 64
| Works, slightly high idle cpu
|by MichaelKarliner
|-

| Fedora 3
| 64
| kvm-78
| AMD
| 64
| Works
| by George Y. Requires noacpi in boot options
|-

| RHEL5
| 32, 64
| kvm-85
| Intel, AMD
| 64
| Works
| by Alexey.E.
|-

| RHEL4
| 32, 64
| kvm-85
| Intel, AMD
| 64
| Works
| by Frank.Q. updated by Alexey.E.
|-

| RHEL3
| 32, 64
| kvm-85
| Intel, AMD
| 64
| Works
| by Frank.Q. updated by Alexey.E.
|-

| Red Hat Linux 9
| 32
| kvm-51
| Intel
| 64
| Works
| by Alexey.E.
|-

| Red Hat Linux 8
| 32
| kvm-64
| Intel
| 64
| Crashes
| Fails on init. by Frank.Q.
|-

| Red Hat Linux 7.3
| 32
| kvm-78
| AMD
| 64
| Works
| -no-kvm is required for installation
|-

| Red Hat Linux 7
| 32
| kvm-52
| Intel, AMD
| 64
| Crashes
| Fails on init. by Alexey.E.
|-

| Trixbox (CentOS)
| 32
| kvm-12
| Intel
| 64
| Works
|
|}

== Linux Family: Ubuntu/Debian Derivatives ==
{|border=1
| '''Guest'''
| '''Guest bitness'''
| '''Host version'''
| '''Host cpu'''
| '''Host bitness'''
| '''Status'''
| '''Comments'''
|-

| Ubuntu 9.04
| 64
| kvm-84
| Intel
| 64
| Works
| It's actually Xubuntu but should be the same both block and net virtio devices working too
|-

| Ubuntu 8.04 LTS
| 32, 64
| kvm-64
| Intel, AMD
| 32, 64
| Works
| by Alexey.E. (some issues with virtio)
|-

| Ubuntu 7.10
| 32, 64
| kvm-62
| Intel,AMD
| 32, 64
| Crashes, Workaround exists
| Install using Qemu, remove GFX boot. by Alexey.E.
|-

| 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)
|-

| Ubuntu 7.04
| 32, 64
| kvm-62
| Intel,AMD
| 32, 64
| Crashes, Workaround exists
| Install using Qemu, remove GFX boot. by Alexey.E.
|-

| Ubuntu 6.06 LTS Server
| 32
| kvm-20
| Intel
| 32
| Works
| use -no-acpi
|-

| Debian Lenny 5.0
| 32, 64
| kvm-72/77
| Intel
| 64
| Works
|
|-

| Debian Etch 4.0
| 64
| kvm-72
| Intel, AMD
| 64
| Works
| by Alexey.E.
|-

| Debian Etch 4.0
| 32
| kvm-64
| Intel
| 64, 32
| Works
| by Alexey.E.
|-

| Debian Etch 4.0
| 32
| kvm-64
| AMD
| 64
| FAILS, workaround exists
| by Alexey.E. (manually choose i586 kernel, do not use default "k7" kernel)
|-

| Debian Sarge 3.1
| 32
| kvm-12
| Intel
| 32
| Works
|
|-

| Debian Sarge 3.1
| 32
| kvm-12
| Intel
| 64
| Mostly works
| Install hangs, will install via -no-kvm. Runs fine after
|-

| Xandros 3 OCE
| 32
| kvm-29
| Intel
| 64
| Works
| by Alexey.E.
|-

| 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
|
|}

== Other Linux Distros ==
{|border=1
| '''Guest'''
| '''Guest bitness'''
| '''Host version'''
| '''Host cpu'''
| '''Host bitness'''
| '''Status'''
| '''Comments'''
|-

| openSUSE 11.1
| 32, 64
| kvm-85
| Intel, AMD
| 64
| Works
| by Alexey.E.
|-

| openSUSE 11.0
| 32, 64
| kvm-85
| Intel, AMD
| 64
| Works
| by Alexey.E.
|-

| openSUSE 10.3
| 32
| kvm-57
| AMD
| 64
| Works
| by Alexey.E.
|-

| openSUSE 10.3
| 32/64
| kvm-64
| Intel
| 64, 32
| 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 10.0
| 32
| kvm-64
| Intel
| 64, 32
| Crashes, Workaround exists
| Start kvm with -no-kvm for installation. Remove graphical GRUB. by Alexey.E.
|-

| SUSE Linux 9.1
| 32
| kvm-72
| Intel/AMD
| 64, 32
| Works
| by Alexey.E.
|-

| Slackware 12
| 32
| kvm-36
| Intel
| 32
| Works
|
|-

| Slackware 11
| 32
| kvm-15
| Intel
| 64
| Works
| using test26.s kernel
|-

| Qemu-Puppy 2.01-3
| 32
| kvm-17/18
| Intel
| 32
| Works
|
|-

| Qemu-Puppy 2.13-1
| 32
| kvm-17/18
| 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-51
|Intel
|64
| Works
| by Alexey.E.
|-

| Mandriva 2009
| 32/64
| kvm-75
| Intel
| 64
| Crashes, Workaround exists
| start kvm with -no-kvm for installation. Remove graphical GRUB. by Alexey.E.
|-

| Mandriva 2008.1
| 32
| kvm-64
| Intel
| 64, 32
| 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.
|-

| Mandriva 2007
| 32
| kvm-51
| Intel
| 64
| Crashes, Workaround exists
| start kvm with -no-kvm for installation. Remove graphical GRUB. by Alexey.E.
|-

| Crux Linux 2.5
| 32
| kvm-82
| Intel
| 32
| Works
| Boots Automatically at 'Guest Install' stage. Installs without issue. by Chris P
|}

== UNIX Family: BSD ==
{|border=1
|'''Guest'''
| '''Guest bitness'''
| '''Host version'''
| '''Host cpu'''
| '''Host bitness'''
| '''Status'''
| '''Comments'''
|-

| OpenBSD 4.4
| 64
| kvm-78
| AMD
| 64
| Works
|
|-

| OpenBSD 4.2
| 32
| kvm-58
| Intel
| 32
| Works
|
|-

| OpenBSD 4.1
| 32
| kvm-72
| 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 6.1
| 32
| kvm-17/18
| Intel
| 32
| 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
|
|-

|FreeBSD 6.3
|32
|Debian Lenny, kvm-60
|AMD
|64
|Works
|No issues in several weeks of testing. Freddie
|-

|FreeBSD 6.3
|64
|Debian Lenny, kvm-60
|AMD
|64
|Works
|No issues in several weeks of testing. Freddie
|-

|FreeBSD 7.0
|32
|Debian Lenny, kvm-60
|AMD
|64
|Works
|No issues in several weeks of testing. Tested with 1 and 2 virtual CPUs. Freddie
|-

|FreeBSD 7.0
|64
|Debian Lenny, kvm-60
|AMD
|64
|Works
|No issues in several weeks of testing. Tested with 1 and 2 virtual CPUs. Freddie
|-

|FreeBSD 7.0
|32
|OpenSUSE 10.3 kvm-63
|AMD
|64
|works
| disk i/o issues? "ad0: TIMEOUT - WRITE_DMA retrying (1 retry left) LBA=XXXXXXX"
|-

| FreeBSD 7.0
| 64
| OpenSUSE 10.3 kvm-63
| AMD
| 64
| crashes after boot loader
|-

| FreeBSD 7.1
| 64
| kvm-84
| Intel
| 64
| Works
| sdl graphics mess up if using kvm, setup with -nokvm then use ssh or -nographics and serial console
|-

| GNU/kFreeBSD
| 32
| kvm-84
| Intel
| 32
| Works
| kvm module must be loaded with oos_shadow=0
|-

|GNU/kFreeBSD
| 64
| kvm-15
| AMD
| 64
| Works
|
|-

| GNU/kFreeBSD
| 32
| kvm-16 + CVS
| AMD
| 64
| Works
|
|-

| NetBSD 3.1
| 32
| kvm-17/18
| Intel
| 32
| Works
|
|-

| NetBSD 3.1
| 32
| kvm-21
| AMD
| 64
| Works
|
|-

| NetBSD 4.0
| 32
| kvm-60
| Intel
| 64
| Works
| avoid hangup on boot with --no-acpi and network card timeout by trying out a different card, e.g. -net nic,model=ne2k_pci
|-

| PC-BSD 1.4
| 32
| kvm-56
| Intel
| 64
| Works
| By Alexey.E.
|-

| DragonflyBSD 1.10.1
| 32
| kvm-58
| Intel
| 64
| Works
| avoid kvm-[64-67] which require -no-kvm-pit to work; use -net nic,model=e1000 to avoid network timeouts
|-

| DragonflyBSD 2.2.1
| 32
| kvm-85
| Intel
| 64
| Works
| not tried X
|}

== UNIX Family: Solaris/OpenSolaris ==
{|border=1
| '''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 Core 1.0
| 64
| kvm-61
| 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]. Use -m 512 -net nic,model=e1000
|-

| OpenSolaris 2008.05
| 64
| kvm-69
| Intel
| 64
| Works
| Use -m 512 -net nic,model=e1000
|-

| Milax 0.3.2
| 32
| kvm-62
| Intel
| 64
| Works
| Use the kvm option -net nic,model=rtl8139 and add atapi-cd-dma-enabled=0,atapi-other-dma-enabled=0 to the kernel line in the grub menu for older releases of Milax http://www.milax.org/ in version 0.3.2 choose the Qemu grub menu entry ; tested on Ubuntu 8.04.1 by BerndSchemmer
|-

| Belenix 0.7.1
| 64
| kvm-62
| Intel
| 64
| Works
| Note: older releases of Belenix only work in text mode; tested on Ubuntu 8.04.1 by BerndSchemmer
|-

| Solaris 10 U6
| 32
| kvm-62
| Intel
| 64
| Works
| Note: the grub menu entry for Solaris 10 created by the installer is wrong, to make it work add unix/kernel to the line beginning with kernel ; tested on Ubuntu 8.04.1 by BerndSchemmer
|-

| OpenSolaris 2008.11
| 64
| kvm-62
| Intel
| 64
|Works
| tested on Ubuntu 8.04.1 by BerndSchemmer
|}

== Other UNIX systems ==
{| border=1
|'''Guest'''
| '''Guest bitness'''
| '''Host version'''
| '''Host cpu'''
| '''Host bitness'''
| '''Status'''
| '''Comments'''
|-

| Darwin 8.0.1
| 32
| kvm-29
| Intel
| 64
| Crashes
| by Alexey.E.
|-

| MINIX 3.1.2a
| 32
| kvm-71
| 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]
|-

| GNU/Hurd (Debian K16)
| 32
| kvm-69
| AMD
| 64
| Works
| avoid kvm-[64-67] which require -no-kvm-pit to work
|}

== Others ==
{|border=1
| '''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-71
| Intel
| 64
| Works
|
|-

| MS DOS 6.22
| 32
| kvm-28
| Intel
| 32
| Stops
| It seems to stop booting after HIMEM.
|-

| Syllable 0.61
| 32
| kvm-29
| Intel
| 64
| Crashes
| by Alexey.E.
|-

| Visopsys 0.62
| 32
| kvm-29
| Intel
| 64
| Crashes
| by Alexey.E.
|-

| Plan 9
| 32
| kvm-68
| Intel
| 64
| Works
| needs -no-kvm-irqchip
|-

| FreeDOS 7 + Novell Netware 4.1
| 32
| kvm-83
| AMD
| 64
| Works
| tested by Ruediger G. Biernat / [http://flickr.com/photos/rgbiernat/3261075882/ screenshot]
|}

Guest Support Status

2009-05-01T14:37:45Z

RyotaOzaki: add DragonflyBSD 2.2.1 on kvm-85

=Guest Support Status=

== Windows Family ==
{|border=1
| '''Guest'''
| '''Guest bitness'''
| '''Host version'''
| '''Host cpu'''
| '''Host bitness'''
| '''Status'''
| '''Comments'''
|-
| Windows 7 Beta
| 64
| kvm-84
| AMD
| 64
| Works
| Installs and works without any problem with 512M mem.
|-

| Windows 7 Beta
| 32
| kvm-83
| Intel
| 32
| Works
| Installed in about 25-30 minutes and worked flawlessly on my ThinkPad T60 (1953-7EU) with 1.5G of RAM
|-

| Windows 7 Beta
| 32
| kvm-62
| AMD
| 64
| Works
| "-m 2048 -vnc :0 -usbdevice tablet -smp 2 -std-vga" on qcow2
|-

| Windows Server 2008 (Datacenter)
| 64
| kvm-72
| Intel, AMD
| 64
| Works
| by Alexey.E.
|-

| Windows Server 2008 (Datacenter)
| 32
| kvm-72
| Intel, AMD
| 64, 32
| Works
| by Alexey.E.
|-

| Windows Vista Ultimate
| 64
| kvm-84
| Intel, AMD
| 64
| Works
| (not Aero Glass capable) by Alexey.E.
|-

| Windows Vista Ultimate
| 32
| kvm-84
| Intel, AMD
| 64, 32
| Works
| (not Aero Glass capable) by Alexey.E.
|-

| Windows Server 2003 x64
| 64
| kvm-72
| Intel, AMD
| 64
| Works
| by Alexey.E. (setup is unstable, rerun several times)
|-

| Windows Server 2003 (Enterprise)
| 32
| kvm-72
| Intel
| 32, 64
| Works
| by Alexey.E.
|-

| Windows Server 2003 (Enterprise)
| 32
| kvm-72
| AMD
| 64
| Works
| by Alexey.E.
|-

| Windows XP Pro x64
| 64
| kvm-72
| Intel, AMD
| 64
| Works
| by Alexey.E. (setup is unstable, rerun several times)
|-

| Windows XP Pro
| 32
| kvm-72
| Intel
| 32, 64
| Works
| by Alexey.E.
|-

| Windows XP Pro
| 32
| kvm-72
| AMD
| 64
| Works
| by Alexey.E.
|-

| Windows 2000 Pro (SP4)
| 32
| kvm-64
| Intel, AMD
| 64
| Works
| use Qcow2 format. (setup is unstable, rerun several times) by Alexey.E.
|-

| Windows 2000 Pro (SP4)
| 32
| kvm-64
| Intel
| 32
| Works
| use Qcow2 format. (setup is unstable, rerun several times) by Alexey.E.
|-

| Windows 2000 Advanced Server
| 32
| kvm-44
| Intel
| 64
| Works
| use Qcow2 format.
|-

| Windows 98SE
| 32
| kvm-63
| Intel
| 32
| Fails
| by Alexey.E. (halts when booting HIMEM)
|-

| Windows 98SE
| 32
| kvm-80, 2.6.27.7
| AMD
| 64
| no way
| install crashes
|-

| Windows 95
| 32
| kvm-44, 2.6.23-rc8
| AMD
| 64, 32
| no way
|
|}

== Linux Family: Fedora/RedHat Derivatives ==
{|border=1
| '''Guest'''
| '''Guest bitness'''
| '''Host version'''
| '''Host cpu'''
| '''Host bitness'''
| '''Status'''
| '''Comments'''
|-

| Fedora 11 BETA
| 32, 64
| kvm-84
| Intel
| 64
| Fails
| by Alexey.E. Slowness and softlockups.
|-

|-
| Fedora 10
| 32, 64
| kvm-85
| Intel, AMD
| 64
| Works
| by Alexey.E. Updated by Lennert.B.
|-

| Fedora 9
| 32, 64
| kvm-85
| Intel, AMD
| 64
| Works
| by Alexey.E.
|-

| Fedora 8
| 32, 64
| kvm-85
| Intel, AMD
| 64
| Works
| by Alexey.E.
|-

| Fedora 7
| 32, 64
| kvm-75
| Intel, AMD
| 64
| Works
| by Alexey.E.
|-

| Fedora 6
| 32
| kvm-26
| Intel, AMD
| 32, 64
| Works
|
|-

| Fedora 5
| 32, 64
| kvm-12
| Intel, AMD
| 32, 64
| Works
|
|-

| Fedora 4
| 64
|
| AMD
| 64
| Works, slightly high idle cpu
|by MichaelKarliner
|-

| Fedora 3
| 64
| kvm-78
| AMD
| 64
| Works
| by George Y. Requires noacpi in boot options
|-

| RHEL5
| 32, 64
| kvm-85
| Intel, AMD
| 64
| Works
| by Alexey.E.
|-

| RHEL4
| 32, 64
| kvm-85
| Intel, AMD
| 64
| Works
| by Frank.Q. updated by Alexey.E.
|-

| RHEL3
| 32, 64
| kvm-85
| Intel, AMD
| 64
| Works
| by Frank.Q. updated by Alexey.E.
|-

| Red Hat Linux 9
| 32
| kvm-51
| Intel
| 64
| Works
| by Alexey.E.
|-

| Red Hat Linux 8
| 32
| kvm-64
| Intel
| 64
| Crashes
| Fails on init. by Frank.Q.
|-

| Red Hat Linux 7.3
| 32
| kvm-78
| AMD
| 64
| Works
| -no-kvm is required for installation
|-

| Red Hat Linux 7
| 32
| kvm-52
| Intel, AMD
| 64
| Crashes
| Fails on init. by Alexey.E.
|-

| Trixbox (CentOS)
| 32
| kvm-12
| Intel
| 64
| Works
|
|}

== Linux Family: Ubuntu/Debian Derivatives ==
{|border=1
| '''Guest'''
| '''Guest bitness'''
| '''Host version'''
| '''Host cpu'''
| '''Host bitness'''
| '''Status'''
| '''Comments'''
|-

| Ubuntu 8.04 LTS
| 32, 64
| kvm-64
| Intel, AMD
| 32, 64
| Works
| by Alexey.E. (some issues with virtio)
|-

| Ubuntu 7.10
| 32, 64
| kvm-62
| Intel,AMD
| 32, 64
| Crashes, Workaround exists
| Install using Qemu, remove GFX boot. by Alexey.E.
|-

| 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)
|-

| Ubuntu 7.04
| 32, 64
| kvm-62
| Intel,AMD
| 32, 64
| Crashes, Workaround exists
| Install using Qemu, remove GFX boot. by Alexey.E.
|-

| Ubuntu 6.06 LTS Server
| 32
| kvm-20
| Intel
| 32
| Works
| use -no-acpi
|-

| Debian Lenny 5.0
| 32, 64
| kvm-72/77
| Intel
| 64
| Works
|
|-

| Debian Etch 4.0
| 64
| kvm-72
| Intel, AMD
| 64
| Works
| by Alexey.E.
|-

| Debian Etch 4.0
| 32
| kvm-64
| Intel
| 64, 32
| Works
| by Alexey.E.
|-

| Debian Etch 4.0
| 32
| kvm-64
| AMD
| 64
| FAILS, workaround exists
| by Alexey.E. (manually choose i586 kernel, do not use default "k7" kernel)
|-

| Debian Sarge 3.1
| 32
| kvm-12
| Intel
| 32
| Works
|
|-

| Debian Sarge 3.1
| 32
| kvm-12
| Intel
| 64
| Mostly works
| Install hangs, will install via -no-kvm. Runs fine after
|-

| Xandros 3 OCE
| 32
| kvm-29
| Intel
| 64
| Works
| by Alexey.E.
|-

| 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
|
|}

== Other Linux Distros ==
{|border=1
| '''Guest'''
| '''Guest bitness'''
| '''Host version'''
| '''Host cpu'''
| '''Host bitness'''
| '''Status'''
| '''Comments'''
|-

| openSUSE 11.1
| 32, 64
| kvm-85
| Intel, AMD
| 64
| Works
| by Alexey.E.
|-

| openSUSE 11.0
| 32, 64
| kvm-85
| Intel, AMD
| 64
| Works
| by Alexey.E.
|-

| openSUSE 10.3
| 32
| kvm-57
| AMD
| 64
| Works
| by Alexey.E.
|-

| openSUSE 10.3
| 32/64
| kvm-64
| Intel
| 64, 32
| 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 10.0
| 32
| kvm-64
| Intel
| 64, 32
| Crashes, Workaround exists
| Start kvm with -no-kvm for installation. Remove graphical GRUB. by Alexey.E.
|-

| SUSE Linux 9.1
| 32
| kvm-72
| Intel/AMD
| 64, 32
| Works
| by Alexey.E.
|-

| Slackware 12
| 32
| kvm-36
| Intel
| 32
| Works
|
|-

| Slackware 11
| 32
| kvm-15
| Intel
| 64
| Works
| using test26.s kernel
|-

| Qemu-Puppy 2.01-3
| 32
| kvm-17/18
| Intel
| 32
| Works
|
|-

| Qemu-Puppy 2.13-1
| 32
| kvm-17/18
| 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-51
|Intel
|64
| Works
| by Alexey.E.
|-

| Mandriva 2009
| 32/64
| kvm-75
| Intel
| 64
| Crashes, Workaround exists
| start kvm with -no-kvm for installation. Remove graphical GRUB. by Alexey.E.
|-

| Mandriva 2008.1
| 32
| kvm-64
| Intel
| 64, 32
| 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.
|-

| Mandriva 2007
| 32
| kvm-51
| Intel
| 64
| Crashes, Workaround exists
| start kvm with -no-kvm for installation. Remove graphical GRUB. by Alexey.E.
|-

| Crux Linux 2.5
| 32
| kvm-82
| Intel
| 32
| Works
| Boots Automatically at 'Guest Install' stage. Installs without issue. by Chris P
|}

== UNIX Family: BSD ==
{|border=1
|'''Guest'''
| '''Guest bitness'''
| '''Host version'''
| '''Host cpu'''
| '''Host bitness'''
| '''Status'''
| '''Comments'''
|-

| OpenBSD 4.4
| 64
| kvm-78
| AMD
| 64
| Works
|
|-

| OpenBSD 4.2
| 32
| kvm-58
| Intel
| 32
| Works
|
|-

| OpenBSD 4.1
| 32
| kvm-72
| 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 6.1
| 32
| kvm-17/18
| Intel
| 32
| 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
|
|-

|FreeBSD 6.3
|32
|Debian Lenny, kvm-60
|AMD
|64
|Works
|No issues in several weeks of testing. Freddie
|-

|FreeBSD 6.3
|64
|Debian Lenny, kvm-60
|AMD
|64
|Works
|No issues in several weeks of testing. Freddie
|-

|FreeBSD 7.0
|32
|Debian Lenny, kvm-60
|AMD
|64
|Works
|No issues in several weeks of testing. Tested with 1 and 2 virtual CPUs. Freddie
|-

|FreeBSD 7.0
|64
|Debian Lenny, kvm-60
|AMD
|64
|Works
|No issues in several weeks of testing. Tested with 1 and 2 virtual CPUs. Freddie
|-

|FreeBSD 7.0
|32
|OpenSUSE 10.3 kvm-63
|AMD
|64
|works
| disk i/o issues? "ad0: TIMEOUT - WRITE_DMA retrying (1 retry left) LBA=XXXXXXX"
|-

| FreeBSD 7.0
| 64
| OpenSUSE 10.3 kvm-63
| AMD
| 64
| crashes after boot loader
|-

| FreeBSD 7.1
| 64
| kvm-84
| Intel
| 64
| Works
| sdl graphics mess up if using kvm, setup with -nokvm then use ssh or -nographics and serial console
|-

| GNU/kFreeBSD
| 32
| kvm-84
| Intel
| 32
| Works
| kvm module must be loaded with oos_shadow=0
|-

|GNU/kFreeBSD
| 64
| kvm-15
| AMD
| 64
| Works
|
|-

| GNU/kFreeBSD
| 32
| kvm-16 + CVS
| AMD
| 64
| Works
|
|-

| NetBSD 3.1
| 32
| kvm-17/18
| Intel
| 32
| Works
|
|-

| NetBSD 3.1
| 32
| kvm-21
| AMD
| 64
| Works
|
|-

| NetBSD 4.0
| 32
| kvm-60
| Intel
| 64
| Works
| avoid hangup on boot with --no-acpi and network card timeout by trying out a different card, e.g. -net nic,model=ne2k_pci
|-

| PC-BSD 1.4
| 32
| kvm-56
| Intel
| 64
| Works
| By Alexey.E.
|-

| DragonflyBSD 1.10.1
| 32
| kvm-58
| Intel
| 64
| Works
| avoid kvm-[64-67] which require -no-kvm-pit to work; use -net nic,model=e1000 to avoid network timeouts
|-

| DragonflyBSD 2.2.1
| 32
| kvm-85
| Intel
| 64
| Works
| not tried X
|}

== UNIX Family: Solaris/OpenSolaris ==
{|border=1
| '''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 Core 1.0
| 64
| kvm-61
| 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]. Use -m 512 -net nic,model=e1000
|-

| OpenSolaris 2008.05
| 64
| kvm-69
| Intel
| 64
| Works
| Use -m 512 -net nic,model=e1000
|-

| Milax 0.3.2
| 32
| kvm-62
| Intel
| 64
| Works
| Use the kvm option -net nic,model=rtl8139 and add atapi-cd-dma-enabled=0,atapi-other-dma-enabled=0 to the kernel line in the grub menu for older releases of Milax http://www.milax.org/ in version 0.3.2 choose the Qemu grub menu entry ; tested on Ubuntu 8.04.1 by BerndSchemmer
|-

| Belenix 0.7.1
| 64
| kvm-62
| Intel
| 64
| Works
| Note: older releases of Belenix only work in text mode; tested on Ubuntu 8.04.1 by BerndSchemmer
|-

| Solaris 10 U6
| 32
| kvm-62
| Intel
| 64
| Works
| Note: the grub menu entry for Solaris 10 created by the installer is wrong, to make it work add unix/kernel to the line beginning with kernel ; tested on Ubuntu 8.04.1 by BerndSchemmer
|-

| OpenSolaris 2008.11
| 64
| kvm-62
| Intel
| 64
|Works
| tested on Ubuntu 8.04.1 by BerndSchemmer
|}

== Other UNIX systems ==
{| border=1
|'''Guest'''
| '''Guest bitness'''
| '''Host version'''
| '''Host cpu'''
| '''Host bitness'''
| '''Status'''
| '''Comments'''
|-

| Darwin 8.0.1
| 32
| kvm-29
| Intel
| 64
| Crashes
| by Alexey.E.
|-

| MINIX 3.1.2a
| 32
| kvm-71
| 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]
|-

| GNU/Hurd (Debian K16)
| 32
| kvm-69
| AMD
| 64
| Works
| avoid kvm-[64-67] which require -no-kvm-pit to work
|}

== Others ==
{|border=1
| '''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-71
| Intel
| 64
| Works
|
|-

| MS DOS 6.22
| 32
| kvm-28
| Intel
| 32
| Stops
| It seems to stop booting after HIMEM.
|-

| Syllable 0.61
| 32
| kvm-29
| Intel
| 64
| Crashes
| by Alexey.E.
|-

| Visopsys 0.62
| 32
| kvm-29
| Intel
| 64
| Crashes
| by Alexey.E.
|-

| Plan 9
| 32
| kvm-68
| Intel
| 64
| Works
| needs -no-kvm-irqchip
|-

| FreeDOS 7 + Novell Netware 4.1
| 32
| kvm-83
| AMD
| 64
| Works
| tested by Ruediger G. Biernat / [http://flickr.com/photos/rgbiernat/3261075882/ screenshot]
|}

Guest Support Status

2008-02-20T13:43:11Z

RyotaOzaki:

== 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
|
|
|-
| 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
|
|
|-
| 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.
|

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