Guest Support Status

Windows Family

Guest	Guest bitness	Host version	Host cpu	Host bitness	Status	Comments
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-72	Intel, AMD	64	Works	Not Aero Glass capable. by Alexey.E.
Windows Vista Ultimate	32	kvm-72	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 may be unstable, so retry several times. by Alexey.E.
Windows 2000 Pro (SP4)	32	kvm-64	Intel	32	Works	use Qcow2 format. Setup may be unstable, so retry several times. by Alexey.E.
Windows 2000 Advanced Server	32	kvm-44	Intel	64	Works	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-63	Intel	32	FAILS	by Alexey.E. (halts when booting HIMEM)
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

Linux Family: Fedora/RedHat Derivatives

Guest	Guest bitness	Host version	Host cpu	Host bitness	Status	Comments
Fedora 9	64	kvm-72	Intel, AMD	64	Works	by Alexey.E.
Fedora 9	32	kvm-72	Intel, AMD	64	Works	by Alexey.E.
Fedora 8	64	kvm-72	Intel, AMD	64	Works	by Alexey.E.
Fedora 8	32	kvm-72	Intel, AMD	64	Works	by Alexey.E.
Fedora 7	64	kvm-72	Intel, AMD	64	Works	by Alexey.E.
Fedora 7	32	kvm-72	Intel, AMD	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
Red Hat Linux 7	32	kvm-52	Intel, AMD	64	Crashes	Fails on init. by Alexey.E.
Red Hat Linux 8	32	kvm-64	Intel	64	Crashes	Fails on init. by Frank.Q.
Red Hat Linux 9	32	kvm-51	Intel	64	Works	by Alexey.E.
RHEL3	32	kvm-64	Intel	64	Works	by Frank.Q.
RHEL4	64	kvm-64	Intel	64	Works	by Frank.Q.
RHEL5/CentOS 5	64	kvm-72	Intel, AMD	64	Works	by Alexey.E.
RHEL5/CentOS 5	32	kvm-72	Intel, AMD	64	Works	by Alexey.E. (SMP is unstable) (on AMD, you may need latest BIOS, even for UP)
CentOS 4.6	32	kvm-62	Intel	32	Works	by EddyMulyono

Linux Family: Ubuntu/Debian Derivatives

Guest	Guest bitness	Host version	Host cpu	Host bitness	Status	Comments
Ubuntu 8.04 LTS (Beta)	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 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

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 11.0	64	kvm-72	Intel, AMD	64	Works	by Alexey.E.
openSUSE 11.0	32	kvm-72	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.
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 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.
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.

UNIX Family: BSD

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-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
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

UNIX Family: Solaris/OpenSolaris

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 kvm kernel longmode
Nexenta Core 1.0	64	kvm-61	Intel	64	Works	needs additional patch to kvm for 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

Other UNIX systems

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

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
Amiga Research OS (AROS)	32	kvm-58	Intel	32	Works	LiveCD tested.
ReactOS 0.3.0	32	kvm-14	AMD	64	Works	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