Guest Support Status

Fedora/RedHat Derivatives

Guest	Guest bitness	Host version	Host cpu	Host bitness	Status	Comments
FC7	32	kvm-29	Intel	64	Works
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

Ubuntu/Debian

Guest	Guest bitness	Host version	Host cpu	Host bitness	Status	Comments
Debian Etch	32	kvm-27	Intel	64	Works	Needs 2.6.21 kernel from backports.org to boot, otherwise use -no-kvm
Ubuntu 7.04	32, 64	kvm-26	Intel, AMD	32, 64	Works	Installation requires -no-kvm on Intel
Ubuntu LTS Server	32	kvm-20	Intel	32	Works	use -no-acpi
Debian Etch	32, 64	kvm-18	Intel	64	Works
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

Guest	Guest bitness	Host version	Host cpu	Host bitness	Status	Comments
Slackware 11	32	kvm-15	Intel	64	Works	using test26.s kernel
OpenSuse 10.2	32	kvm-17/18	Intel	32	Works	sans gfxmenu
OpenSuse 10.2	32/64	kvm-28/29	Intel	64	Works	sans gfxmenu, choose noapic installation
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	wants nmi_watchdog=0 kernel parameter
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"

Windows Family

Guest	Guest bitness	Host version	Host cpu	Host bitness	Status	Comments
Windows Vista Ultimate	32	kvm-29	Intel	64, 32	Works	See Vista Networking Workaround for getting networking to actually work. Not Aero capable. Works with kvm-26 on 32-bit hosts.
Windows XP Pro	32	kvm-24	Intel, AMD	64, 32	Works	See Windows ACPI Workaround for better performance
Windows 2000 Pro (SP4)	32	kvm-20	Intel	64, 32	Works	Install with -no-acpi
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 Server 2003 (Enterprise, SP2)	32	kvm-14	Intel	64	Works	Needs -no-kvm and -no-acpi for install and possibly for update to SP2. Use -net nic,model=rtl8139
Windows 98SE	32	kvm-24	AMD	64, 32	Crashes	Stops during boot. 100% CPU. Safe mode boots, but crashes starting a DOS box. Works with -no-kvm
Windows 95	32	kvm-24, 2.6.20.7	AMD	64, 32	Crashes	Stops during boot. 100% CPU. Works with -no-kvm, but doesn't recognize the NIC. Did no further testing.

BSD

Guest	Guest bitness	Host version	Host cpu	Host bitness	Status	Comments
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

Others

Guest	Guest bitness	Host version	Host cpu	Host bitness	Status	Comments
Haiku OS	32	kvm-12	AMD	64	Works	screenshot
Amiga Research OS (AROS)	32	kvm-12	AMD	64	Works	LiveCD tested. screenshot
ReactOS 0.3.0	32	kvm-14	AMD	64	Works	screenshot
Solaris 10 GA U3	64	kvm-12	Intel	64	Works	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.
Solaris 10.1	32	kvm-17/18	Intel	32	Works	Complains about clock speed
Xen 3.0.4	64, 32	kvm-18	Intel	64	Works
Solaris 11	32	kvm-18	Intel	32	Works
GNU hurd live CD (20051117)	32	kvm-28	Intel	32	Works	Seems to have networking problems.