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Guest Support Status
2010-02-28T09:20:14Z
<p>Nextime: </p>
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<div>=Guest Support Status=<br />
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== Windows Family ==<br />
{|border=1<br />
| '''Guest''' <br />
| '''Guest bitness''' <br />
| '''Host version''' <br />
| '''Host cpu''' <br />
| '''Host bitness''' <br />
| '''Status''' <br />
| '''Comments''' <br />
<br />
|-<br />
| Windows 2008 Essential Business Server<br />
| 64<br />
| qemu-kvm-0.11.0 <br />
| AMD <br />
| 64<br />
| Works<br />
| Installed on 800 MB RAM only. Host is: Ubuntu Server 9.10 64-bit, 3 x 2.7 GHz AMD Athlon X3 425, 2 x 1 GB DDR2 667 MHz, single channel, 4 x 250 GB SATA Samsung 7200 drives: approx. 498 GB RAID 10 volume for host OS and machine images, 4 x 1 GB RAID 0 volume for swap due to low host main memory. USB hardware key works (Hasp), Virtio drivers for LAN and HDD still testing. By Tomaszg.<br />
|-<br />
<br />
<br />
|-<br />
| Windows 2008 R2 RTM <br />
| 64<br />
| kvm-88 <br />
| Intel <br />
| 64<br />
| Works<br />
| Installs and works with 1GB guest RAM. [http://twitpic.com/dxs0z/full screenshot]<br />
|-<br />
<br />
|-<br />
| Windows 7 Professional (Final)<br />
| 64 <br />
| qemu-kvm-0.12.1.2-1 ARCH-2.6.32<br />
| AMD<br />
| 64 <br />
| Works<br />
| using 2CPUs and 2GB guest RAM [http://img715.yfrog.com/img715/2143/win7profnl642proc2gb.png Screenshot]<br />
|-<br />
<br />
|-<br />
| Windows 7 RTM <br />
| 32, 64<br />
| kvm-88 <br />
| Intel <br />
| 64<br />
| Works<br />
| Installs and works with 1GB guest RAM. [http://twitpic.com/d3gqq/full screenshot]<br />
|-<br />
<br />
|-<br />
| Windows 7 RC <br />
| 64 <br />
| kvm-72+dfsg-5 <br />
| Intel <br />
| 64 <br />
| Works<br />
| Installs and works without any problem with 1GB guest RAM.<br />
|-<br />
<br />
|-<br />
| Windows 7 Beta <br />
| 64 <br />
| kvm-84 <br />
| AMD <br />
| 64 <br />
| Works<br />
| Installs and works without any problem with 512MB guest RAM.<br />
|-<br />
<br />
| Windows 7 Beta <br />
| 32 <br />
| kvm-83 <br />
| Intel <br />
| 32 <br />
| Works <br />
| Installed in about 25-30 minutes and worked flawlessly on my ThinkPad T60 (1953-7EU) with 1.5G of RAM <br />
|-<br />
<br />
| Windows 7 Beta <br />
| 32 <br />
| kvm-62 <br />
| AMD <br />
| 64 <br />
| Works <br />
| "-m 2048 -vnc :0 -usbdevice tablet -smp 2 -std-vga" on qcow2 <br />
|-<br />
<br />
| Windows Server 2008 (Datacenter) <br />
| 64 <br />
| kvm-72 <br />
| Intel, AMD <br />
| 64 <br />
| Works <br />
| by Alexey.E. <br />
|-<br />
<br />
| Windows Server 2008 (Datacenter) <br />
| 32 <br />
| kvm-72 <br />
| Intel, AMD <br />
| 64, 32 <br />
| Works <br />
| by Alexey.E. <br />
|-<br />
<br />
| Windows Vista Ultimate <br />
| 64 <br />
| kvm-84 <br />
| Intel, AMD <br />
| 64 <br />
| Works <br />
| (not Aero Glass capable) by Alexey.E. <br />
|-<br />
<br />
| Windows Vista Ultimate <br />
| 32 <br />
| kvm-84 <br />
| Intel, AMD <br />
| 64, 32 <br />
| Works <br />
| (not Aero Glass capable) by Alexey.E. <br />
|-<br />
<br />
| Windows Server 2003 x64 <br />
| 64 <br />
| kvm-72 <br />
| Intel, AMD <br />
| 64 <br />
| Works <br />
| by Alexey.E. (setup is unstable, rerun several times) <br />
|-<br />
<br />
| Windows Server 2003 (Enterprise) <br />
| 32 <br />
| kvm-72 <br />
| Intel <br />
| 32, 64 <br />
| Works <br />
| by Alexey.E. <br />
|-<br />
<br />
| Windows Server 2003 (Enterprise) <br />
| 32 <br />
| kvm-72 <br />
| AMD <br />
| 64 <br />
| Works <br />
| by Alexey.E. <br />
|-<br />
<br />
| Windows XP Pro x64 <br />
| 64 <br />
| kvm-72 <br />
| Intel, AMD <br />
| 64 <br />
| Works <br />
| by Alexey.E. (setup is unstable, rerun several times) <br />
|-<br />
<br />
| Windows XP Pro <br />
| 32 <br />
| kvm-72 <br />
| Intel <br />
| 32, 64 <br />
| Works <br />
| by Alexey.E. <br />
|-<br />
<br />
| Windows XP Pro <br />
| 32 <br />
| qemu-kvm-0.11.0 <br />
| AMD <br />
| 64 <br />
| Works<br />
| Installed on standard IDE driver. Swapped to Virtio XP drivers both for LAN and HDD after installation from "NetKVM-and-viostor.iso". Works well so far. by Tomaszg.<br />
|-<br />
<br />
| Windows XP Pro <br />
| 32 <br />
| kvm-72 <br />
| AMD <br />
| 64 <br />
| Works <br />
| by Alexey.E. <br />
|-<br />
<br />
| Windows 2000 Pro (SP4) <br />
| 32 <br />
| kvm-64 <br />
| Intel, AMD <br />
| 64 <br />
| Works <br />
| use Qcow2 format. (setup is unstable, rerun several times) by Alexey.E. <br />
|-<br />
<br />
| Windows 2000 Pro (SP4) <br />
| 32 <br />
| kvm-64 <br />
| Intel <br />
| 32 <br />
| Works <br />
| use Qcow2 format. (setup is unstable, rerun several times) by Alexey.E. <br />
|-<br />
<br />
| Windows 2000 Advanced Server <br />
| 32 <br />
| kvm-44 <br />
| Intel <br />
| 64 <br />
| Works <br />
| use Qcow2 format. <br />
|-<br />
<br />
| Windows 98SE <br />
| 32 <br />
| kvm-63 <br />
| Intel <br />
| 32 <br />
| Fails <br />
| by Alexey.E. (halts when booting HIMEM) <br />
|-<br />
<br />
| Windows 98SE <br />
| 32 <br />
| kvm-80, 2.6.27.7 <br />
| AMD <br />
| 64 <br />
| no way <br />
| install crashes <br />
|-<br />
<br />
| Windows NT Server 4.0 sp 1<br />
| 32 <br />
| kvm-72, 2.6.30 <br />
| Intel <br />
| 64 <br />
| Works<br />
| for networking use -net nic,model=ne2k_pci and install rtl8029 guest driver (included in guest OS cd)<br />
|-<br />
<br />
| Windows 95 <br />
| 32 <br />
| kvm-44, 2.6.23-rc8 <br />
| AMD <br />
| 64, 32 <br />
| no way <br />
| <br />
|}<br />
<br />
== Linux Family: Fedora/RedHat Derivatives ==<br />
{|border=1<br />
| '''Guest''' <br />
| '''Guest bitness''' <br />
| '''Host version''' <br />
| '''Host cpu''' <br />
| '''Host bitness''' <br />
| '''Status''' <br />
| '''Comments''' <br />
|-<br />
<br />
| Fedora 11<br />
| 64 <br />
| kvm-87 <br />
| Intel<br />
| 64 <br />
| Fails <br />
| Anaconda freezes<br />
|-<br />
<br />
| Fedora 11<br />
| 32 <br />
| kvm-87 <br />
| Intel<br />
| 64 <br />
| Works <br />
| <br />
|-<br />
<br />
| Fedora 11 BETA<br />
| 32, 64 <br />
| kvm-84 <br />
| Intel<br />
| 64 <br />
| Fails <br />
| by Alexey.E. Slowness and softlockups.<br />
|-<br />
<br />
|-<br />
| Fedora 10 <br />
| 32, 64 <br />
| kvm-85 <br />
| Intel, AMD <br />
| 64 <br />
| Works <br />
| by Alexey.E. Updated by Lennert.B.<br />
|-<br />
<br />
| Fedora 9 <br />
| 32, 64 <br />
| kvm-85 <br />
| Intel, AMD <br />
| 64 <br />
| Works <br />
| by Alexey.E. <br />
|-<br />
<br />
| Fedora 8 <br />
| 32, 64 <br />
| kvm-85 <br />
| Intel, AMD <br />
| 64 <br />
| Works <br />
| by Alexey.E. <br />
|-<br />
<br />
| Fedora 7 <br />
| 32, 64 <br />
| kvm-75 <br />
| Intel, AMD <br />
| 64 <br />
| Works <br />
| by Alexey.E. <br />
|-<br />
<br />
| Fedora 6 <br />
| 32 <br />
| kvm-26 <br />
| Intel, AMD <br />
| 32, 64 <br />
| Works <br />
| <br />
|-<br />
<br />
| Fedora 5 <br />
| 32, 64 <br />
| kvm-12 <br />
| Intel, AMD <br />
| 32, 64 <br />
| Works <br />
| <br />
|-<br />
<br />
| Fedora 4 <br />
| 64 <br />
| <br />
| AMD <br />
| 64 <br />
| Works, slightly high idle cpu <br />
|by MichaelKarliner <br />
|-<br />
<br />
| Fedora 3 <br />
| 64 <br />
| kvm-78 <br />
| AMD <br />
| 64 <br />
| Works <br />
| by George Y. Requires noacpi in boot options <br />
|-<br />
<br />
| RHEL5<br />
| 32, 64 <br />
| kvm-85<br />
| Intel, AMD <br />
| 64 <br />
| Works <br />
| by Alexey.E.<br />
|-<br />
<br />
| RHEL4 <br />
| 32, 64 <br />
| kvm-85<br />
| Intel, AMD <br />
| 64 <br />
| Works <br />
| by Frank.Q. updated by Alexey.E.<br />
|-<br />
<br />
| RHEL3 <br />
| 32, 64 <br />
| kvm-85<br />
| Intel, AMD <br />
| 64 <br />
| Works <br />
| by Frank.Q. updated by Alexey.E.<br />
|-<br />
<br />
| Red Hat Linux 9 <br />
| 32 <br />
| kvm-51 <br />
| Intel <br />
| 64 <br />
| Works <br />
| by Alexey.E. <br />
|-<br />
<br />
| Red Hat Linux 8 <br />
| 32 <br />
| kvm-64 <br />
| Intel <br />
| 64 <br />
| Crashes <br />
| Fails on init. by Frank.Q. <br />
|-<br />
<br />
| Red Hat Linux 7.3 <br />
| 32 <br />
| kvm-78 <br />
| AMD <br />
| 64 <br />
| Works <br />
| -no-kvm is required for installation<br />
|-<br />
<br />
| Red Hat Linux 7 <br />
| 32 <br />
| kvm-52 <br />
| Intel, AMD <br />
| 64 <br />
| Crashes <br />
| Fails on init. by Alexey.E. <br />
|-<br />
<br />
<br />
| Trixbox (CentOS) <br />
| 32 <br />
| kvm-12 <br />
| Intel <br />
| 64 <br />
| Works <br />
| <br />
|}<br />
<br />
== Linux Family: Ubuntu/Debian Derivatives ==<br />
{|border=1<br />
| '''Guest''' <br />
| '''Guest bitness''' <br />
| '''Host version''' <br />
| '''Host cpu''' <br />
| '''Host bitness''' <br />
| '''Status''' <br />
| '''Comments''' <br />
|-<br />
<br />
| Debian GNU/Linux 5.0<br />
| 64 <br />
| kvm-88<br />
| Intel, AMD<br />
| 64<br />
| Works<br />
| 2009/10/22 by Christian Berendt / [http://www.b1-systems.de B1 Systems]<br />
|-<br />
<br />
| Ubuntu 9.04 <br />
| 64 <br />
| kvm-84 <br />
| Intel <br />
| 64 <br />
| Works <br />
| It's actually Xubuntu but should be the same both block and net virtio devices working too <br />
|-<br />
<br />
| Ubuntu 8.10 <br />
| 32<br />
| kvm-85 <br />
| Intel, AMD<br />
| 32, 64 <br />
| Works <br />
| by Peter.v.V.<br />
|-<br />
<br />
| Ubuntu 8.04 LTS <br />
| 32, 64 <br />
| kvm-64 <br />
| Intel, AMD <br />
| 32, 64 <br />
| Works <br />
| by Alexey.E. (some issues with virtio) <br />
|-<br />
<br />
| Ubuntu 7.10 <br />
| 32, 64 <br />
| kvm-62 <br />
| Intel,AMD <br />
| 32, 64 <br />
| Crashes, Workaround exists <br />
| Install using Qemu, remove GFX boot. by Alexey.E. <br />
|-<br />
<br />
| Ubuntu 7.10 Server <br />
| 64 <br />
| kvm-60 <br />
| AMD <br />
| 64 <br />
| Works <br />
| No framebuffer (black screen at first). Hit enter to start installer. <br />
|-<br />
<br />
| Ubuntu 7.10 Server <br />
| 32 <br />
| kvm-60/61 <br />
| Intel <br />
| 64 <br />
| Doesn't work <br />
| Installer crashes (by Ryota Ozaki) <br />
|-<br />
<br />
| Ubuntu 7.04 <br />
| 32, 64 <br />
| kvm-62 <br />
| Intel,AMD <br />
| 32, 64 <br />
| Crashes, Workaround exists <br />
| Install using Qemu, remove GFX boot. by Alexey.E. <br />
|-<br />
<br />
| Ubuntu 6.06 LTS Server <br />
| 32 <br />
| kvm-20 <br />
| Intel <br />
| 32 <br />
| Works <br />
| use -no-acpi <br />
|-<br />
<br />
| Debian Lenny 5.0<br />
| 32, 64 <br />
| kvm-72/77 <br />
| Intel <br />
| 64 <br />
| Works <br />
| Buggy virtio implementation (netinst), crc errors / segfaults after instalation.<br />
|-<br />
<br />
| Debian Etch 4.0 <br />
| 64 <br />
| kvm-72 <br />
| Intel, AMD <br />
| 64 <br />
| Works <br />
| by Alexey.E. <br />
|-<br />
<br />
| Debian Etch 4.0 <br />
| 32 <br />
| kvm-64 <br />
| Intel <br />
| 64, 32 <br />
| Works <br />
| by Alexey.E. <br />
|-<br />
<br />
| Debian Etch 4.0 <br />
| 32 <br />
| kvm-64 <br />
| AMD <br />
| 64 <br />
| FAILS, workaround exists <br />
| by Alexey.E. (manually choose i586 kernel, do not use default "k7" kernel) <br />
|-<br />
<br />
| Debian Sarge 3.1 <br />
| 32 <br />
| kvm-12 <br />
| Intel <br />
| 32 <br />
| Works <br />
| <br />
|-<br />
<br />
| Debian Sarge 3.1 <br />
| 32 <br />
| kvm-12 <br />
| Intel <br />
| 64 <br />
| Mostly works <br />
| Install hangs, will install via -no-kvm. Runs fine after <br />
|-<br />
<br />
| Xandros 3 OCE <br />
| 32 <br />
| kvm-29 <br />
| Intel <br />
| 64 <br />
| Works <br />
| by Alexey.E. <br />
|-<br />
<br />
| KNOPPIX 5.1.1 <br />
| 32 <br />
| kvm-18 <br />
| Intel <br />
| 64 <br />
| Works <br />
| use nmi_watchdog=0 or nolapic kernel parameter to boot <br />
|-<br />
<br />
| Knoppix 5.2 <br />
| 32 <br />
| kvm-18 <br />
| Intel <br />
| 32 <br />
| Works <br />
| <br />
|}<br />
<br />
== Other Linux Distros ==<br />
{|border=1<br />
| '''Guest''' <br />
| '''Guest bitness''' <br />
| '''Host version''' <br />
| '''Host cpu''' <br />
| '''Host bitness''' <br />
| '''Status''' <br />
| '''Comments''' <br />
|-<br />
<br />
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11<br />
| 32, 64 <br />
| kvm-88<br />
| Intel, AMD<br />
| 64<br />
| Works<br />
| 2009/10/22 by Christian Berendt / [http://www.b1-systems.de B1 Systems]<br />
|-<br />
<br />
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10<br />
| 32<br />
| kvm-88<br />
| Intel, AMD<br />
| 64<br />
| Works<br />
| 2009/10/22 by Christian Berendt / [http://www.b1-systems.de B1 Systems]<br />
|-<br />
<br />
| openSUSE 11.1<br />
| 32, 64 <br />
| kvm-88<br />
| Intel, AMD<br />
| 64<br />
| Works<br />
| 2009/10/22 by Christian Berendt / [http://www.b1-systems.de B1 Systems]<br />
|-<br />
<br />
| openSUSE 11.1<br />
| 32, 64 <br />
| kvm-85 <br />
| Intel, AMD <br />
| 64 <br />
| Works <br />
| by Alexey.E. <br />
|-<br />
<br />
| openSUSE 11.0 <br />
| 32, 64 <br />
| kvm-85 <br />
| Intel, AMD <br />
| 64 <br />
| Works <br />
| by Alexey.E. <br />
|-<br />
<br />
| openSUSE 10.3 <br />
| 32 <br />
| kvm-57 <br />
| AMD <br />
| 64 <br />
| Works <br />
| by Alexey.E. <br />
|-<br />
<br />
| openSUSE 10.3 <br />
| 32/64 <br />
| kvm-64 <br />
| Intel <br />
| 64, 32 <br />
| Crashes, Workaround exists <br />
| Start kvm with -no-kvm for installation. Remove graphical GRUB. by Alexey.E. <br />
|-<br />
<br />
| openSUSE 10.2 <br />
| 32/64 <br />
| kvm-28/kvm-51 <br />
| Intel <br />
| 64 <br />
| Crashes, Workaround exists <br />
| Start kvm with -no-kvm for installation. Remove graphical GRUB. by Alexey.E. <br />
|-<br />
<br />
| SUSE Linux 10.0 <br />
| 32 <br />
| kvm-64 <br />
| Intel <br />
| 64, 32 <br />
| Crashes, Workaround exists <br />
| Start kvm with -no-kvm for installation. Remove graphical GRUB. by Alexey.E. <br />
|-<br />
<br />
| SUSE Linux 9.1 <br />
| 32 <br />
| kvm-72 <br />
| Intel/AMD <br />
| 64, 32 <br />
| Works <br />
| by Alexey.E. <br />
|-<br />
<br />
| Slackware 12 .2<br />
| 32 <br />
| kvm-36 <br />
| Intel <br />
| 32 <br />
| Works <br />
| <br />
|-<br />
<br />
| Slackware 12 <br />
| 32 <br />
| kvm-36 <br />
| Intel <br />
| 32 <br />
| Works <br />
| <br />
|-<br />
<br />
| Slackware 11 <br />
| 32 <br />
| kvm-15 <br />
| Intel <br />
| 64 <br />
| Works <br />
| using test26.s kernel <br />
|-<br />
<br />
| Qemu-Puppy 2.01-3 <br />
| 32 <br />
| kvm-17/18 <br />
| Intel <br />
| 32 <br />
| Works <br />
| <br />
|-<br />
<br />
| Qemu-Puppy 2.13-1 <br />
| 32 <br />
| kvm-17/18 <br />
| Intel <br />
| 32 <br />
| Works <br />
| <br />
|-<br />
<br />
| SystemRescueCD 0.3.4 <br />
| 32 <br />
| kvm-18 <br />
| Intel <br />
| 64 <br />
| Works <br />
| Works fine, except for initial X-setting "cirrus" - changed to "vesa", then works. <br />
|-<br />
<br />
| Gentoo 2006.1 <br />
| 32 <br />
| kvm-24 <br />
| Intel <br />
| 64 <br />
| Works <br />
| <br />
|-<br />
<br />
| Gentoo 2007.0 <br />
| 32 <br />
| kvm-24 <br />
| Intel <br />
| 64 <br />
| Works <br />
| <br />
|-<br />
<br />
| Arch Linux (Duke) <br />
|32 <br />
| kvm-17 <br />
|AMD <br />
|64 <br />
|Works <br />
|Host: 2.6.21-ARCH, guest: 2.6.22-rc5-ARCH says "booting paravirtualized kernel on bare hardware" <br />
|-<br />
<br />
| Mandrake Linux 9.2 <br />
|32 <br />
| kvm-51 <br />
|Intel <br />
|64 <br />
| Works <br />
| by Alexey.E. <br />
|-<br />
<br />
| Mandriva 2009 <br />
| 32/64 <br />
| kvm-75 <br />
| Intel <br />
| 64 <br />
| Crashes, Workaround exists <br />
| start kvm with -no-kvm for installation. Remove graphical GRUB. by Alexey.E. <br />
|-<br />
<br />
| Mandriva 2008.1 <br />
| 32 <br />
| kvm-64 <br />
| Intel <br />
| 64, 32 <br />
| Crashes, Workaround exists <br />
| start kvm with -no-kvm for installation. Remove graphical GRUB. by Alexey.E. <br />
|-<br />
<br />
| Mandriva 2008 <br />
| 32 <br />
| kvm-51 <br />
| Intel <br />
| 64 <br />
| Crashes, Workaround exists <br />
| start kvm with -no-kvm for installation. Remove graphical GRUB. by Alexey.E. <br />
|-<br />
<br />
| Mandriva 2007 <br />
| 32 <br />
| kvm-51 <br />
| Intel <br />
| 64 <br />
| Crashes, Workaround exists <br />
| start kvm with -no-kvm for installation. Remove graphical GRUB. by Alexey.E. <br />
|-<br />
<br />
| Crux Linux 2.5 <br />
| 32 <br />
| kvm-82 <br />
| Intel <br />
| 32 <br />
| Works <br />
| Boots Automatically at 'Guest Install' stage. Installs without issue. by Chris P <br />
|}<br />
<br />
== UNIX Family: BSD ==<br />
{|border=1<br />
|'''Guest''' <br />
| '''Guest bitness''' <br />
| '''Host version''' <br />
| '''Host cpu''' <br />
| '''Host bitness''' <br />
| '''Status''' <br />
| '''Comments''' <br />
|-<br />
<br />
| OpenBSD 4.6<br />
| 32, 64 <br />
| qemu-kvm-0.11.0-0ubuntu6.3<br />
| Intel<br />
| 64<br />
| Works<br />
| Need e1000 driver and disable mpbios (same as other OpenBSD >= 4.5 entries)<br />
|-<br />
<br />
| OpenBSD 4.6<br />
| 32 <br />
| kvm-84-7.6 <br />
| AMD<br />
| 32 <br />
| Works<br />
| Use the e1000 driver [-net nic,model=e1000]. Does not find the network after the installation (during install is fine) but disabling mpbios as suggested in 4.5 workaround fixes it.<br />
|-<br />
<br />
| OpenBSD 4.5 <br />
| 32 <br />
| kvm-85 <br />
| Intel <br />
| 32 <br />
| Crashes <br />
| Use the e1000 driver [-net nic,model=e1000] to avoid lockups and slow network speeds. Crashes after "setting tty flags" - Jaco van der Schyff<br />
4.0 would hang on me at the same place if i booted /bsd.mp but not if i boot /bsd (uniprocessor kernel) - Buck <br/><br />
4.5 can be made to boot by disabling mpbios as described [http://scie.nti.st/2009/10/4/running-openbsd-4-5-in-kvm-on-ubuntu-linux-9-04 here]; this is a workaround though, not a fix - Maxim<br />
|-<br />
<br />
| OpenBSD 4.5 <br />
| 64 <br />
| kvm-84 <br />
| Intel <br />
| 64 <br />
| Works <br />
| Use e1000 drivers. Install from CD works, but then you must do the following at the next boot prompt: "bsd -c", "disable mpbios", then "quit"<br />
Make this permanent by using "config -ef /bsd" as root, once everything has booted. -- Garry Dolley<br />
|-<br />
<br />
| OpenBSD 4.4 <br />
| 64 <br />
| kvm-78 <br />
| AMD <br />
| 64 <br />
| Works <br />
| <br />
|-<br />
<br />
| OpenBSD 4.2 <br />
| 32 <br />
| kvm-58 <br />
| Intel <br />
| 32 <br />
| Works <br />
| <br />
|-<br />
<br />
| OpenBSD 4.1 <br />
| 32 <br />
| kvm-72 <br />
| Intel, AMD <br />
| 64 <br />
| Works <br />
| by Alexey.E. <br />
|-<br />
<br />
| OpenBSD 4.0 <br />
| 64 <br />
| kvm-12 <br />
| Intel <br />
| 64 <br />
| Works <br />
| <br />
|-<br />
<br />
| OpenBSD 4.0 <br />
| 32 <br />
| kvm-16 + CVS <br />
| Intel <br />
| 64 <br />
| Works <br />
| <br />
|-<br />
<br />
| FreeBSD 6.1 <br />
| 32 <br />
| kvm-17/18 <br />
| Intel <br />
| 32 <br />
| Works <br />
| <br />
|-<br />
<br />
| FreeBSD 6.2 <br />
| 64 <br />
| kvm-12 <br />
| AMD <br />
| 64 <br />
| Works <br />
| <br />
|-<br />
<br />
| FreeBSD 6.2 <br />
| 32 <br />
| kvm-16 + CVS <br />
| AMD <br />
| 64 <br />
| Works <br />
| <br />
|-<br />
<br />
| FreeBSD 6.3 <br />
| 32 <br />
| Fedora 8 - kvm-37-7.fc8 <br />
| Intel <br />
| 64 <br />
| works <br />
| <br />
|-<br />
<br />
|FreeBSD 6.3 <br />
|32 <br />
|Debian Lenny, kvm-60 <br />
|AMD <br />
|64 <br />
|Works <br />
|No issues in several weeks of testing. Freddie <br />
|-<br />
<br />
|FreeBSD 6.3 <br />
|64 <br />
|Debian Lenny, kvm-60 <br />
|AMD <br />
|64 <br />
|Works <br />
|No issues in several weeks of testing. Freddie <br />
|-<br />
<br />
|FreeBSD 7.0 <br />
|32 <br />
|Debian Lenny, kvm-60 <br />
|AMD <br />
|64 <br />
|Works <br />
|No issues in several weeks of testing. Tested with 1 and 2 virtual CPUs. Freddie <br />
|-<br />
<br />
|FreeBSD 7.0 <br />
|64 <br />
|Debian Lenny, kvm-60 <br />
|AMD <br />
|64 <br />
|Works <br />
|No issues in several weeks of testing. Tested with 1 and 2 virtual CPUs. Freddie <br />
|-<br />
<br />
|FreeBSD 7.0 <br />
|32 <br />
|OpenSUSE 10.3 kvm-63 <br />
|AMD <br />
|64 <br />
|works <br />
| disk i/o issues? "ad0: TIMEOUT - WRITE_DMA retrying (1 retry left) LBA=XXXXXXX" <br />
|-<br />
<br />
| FreeBSD 7.0 <br />
| 64 <br />
| OpenSUSE 10.3 kvm-63 <br />
| AMD <br />
| 64 <br />
| crashes after boot loader <br />
|-<br />
<br />
| FreeBSD 7.1 <br />
| 64 <br />
| kvm-84 <br />
| Intel <br />
| 64 <br />
| Works<br />
| sdl graphics mess up if using kvm, setup with -nokvm then use ssh or -nographics and serial console <br />
|-<br />
<br />
|FreeBSD 7.2<br />
|64<br />
|kvm-86-3<br />
|Intel<br />
|64<br />
|Works, need to install from the DVD or CD image<br />
|Damon Chesser, Jadase Staff<br />
|-<br />
<br />
|FreeBSD 8.0<br />
|32, 64<br />
|qemu-kvm-0.11.0-0ubuntu6.3<br />
|Intel<br />
|64<br />
|Works<br />
|installed from full DVD, used NIC model=ne2k_pci <br />
|-<br />
<br />
| GNU/kFreeBSD <br />
| 32 <br />
| kvm-84 <br />
| Intel <br />
| 32 <br />
| Works <br />
| kvm module must be loaded with oos_shadow=0 <br />
|-<br />
<br />
|GNU/kFreeBSD <br />
| 64 <br />
| kvm-15 <br />
| AMD <br />
| 64 <br />
| Works <br />
| <br />
|-<br />
<br />
| GNU/kFreeBSD <br />
| 32 <br />
| kvm-16 + CVS <br />
| AMD <br />
| 64 <br />
| Works <br />
| <br />
|-<br />
<br />
| NetBSD 3.1 <br />
| 32 <br />
| kvm-17/18 <br />
| Intel <br />
| 32 <br />
| Works <br />
| <br />
|-<br />
<br />
| NetBSD 3.1 <br />
| 32 <br />
| kvm-21 <br />
| AMD <br />
| 64 <br />
| Works <br />
| <br />
|-<br />
<br />
| NetBSD 4.0 <br />
| 32 <br />
| kvm-60 <br />
| Intel <br />
| 64 <br />
| Works <br />
| avoid hangup on boot with --no-acpi and network card timeout by trying out a different card, e.g. -net nic,model=ne2k_pci <br />
|-<br />
<br />
| NetBSD 5.0 <br />
| 64 <br />
| kvm-88 <br />
| Intel <br />
| 64 <br />
| Crashes/hangs<br />
| Install CD image will crash or hang, depending on if ACPI is enabled or not. NetBSD 4.0 workarounds ineffective.<br />
|-<br />
<br />
| NetBSD 5.0.2 <br />
| 32 <br />
| kvm from 2.6.32-2-amd64 debian kernel on debian sid <br />
| both Intel and Amd<br />
| 64 <br />
| Works<br />
| avoid slow down/ hangs with --no-acpi and network timeout by using -net nic,model=ne2k_pci, disable both SMP and ACPI in /boot.cfg inside guest<br />
|-<br />
<br />
| MirBSD 2009/10<br />
| 32<br />
| kvm_1:84+dfsg-0ubuntu12.4~hardy1<br />
| Intel<br />
| Works<br />
| Use of nic,model=e1000 is strongly recommended, ne2k variants work too, emulated Realtek are crappier than metal ones and do not work.<br />
|-<br />
<br />
| PC-BSD 1.4 <br />
| 32 <br />
| kvm-56 <br />
| Intel <br />
| 64 <br />
| Works <br />
| By Alexey.E. <br />
|-<br />
<br />
| DragonflyBSD 1.10.1 <br />
| 32 <br />
| kvm-58 <br />
| Intel <br />
| 64 <br />
| Works <br />
| avoid kvm-[64-67] which require -no-kvm-pit to work; use -net nic,model=e1000 to avoid network timeouts <br />
|-<br />
<br />
| DragonflyBSD 2.2.1 <br />
| 32 <br />
| kvm-85 <br />
| Intel <br />
| 64 <br />
| Works <br />
| not tried X<br />
|}<br />
<br />
== UNIX Family: Solaris/OpenSolaris ==<br />
{|border=1<br />
| '''Guest''' <br />
| '''Guest bitness''' <br />
| '''Host version''' <br />
| '''Host cpu''' <br />
| '''Host bitness''' <br />
| '''Status''' <br />
| '''Comments''' <br />
|-<br />
<br />
| Solaris 10 U1 <br />
| 32 <br />
| kvm-12 <br />
| Intel <br />
| 64 <br />
| Works <br />
| 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 <br />
|-<br />
<br />
| Solaris 10 U3 <br />
| 64 <br />
| kvm-58 + patch <br />
| Intel <br />
| 64 <br />
| Works <br />
| 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] <br />
|-<br />
<br />
| Nexenta Core 1.0 <br />
| 64 <br />
| kvm-61 <br />
| Intel <br />
| 64 <br />
| Works <br />
| 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 <br />
|-<br />
<br />
| Nexenta Core 2.0 b104 rc3<br />
| 32 / 64<br />
| qemu-kvm-0.11.0<br />
| Intel <br />
| 64 <br />
| Works <br />
| Might need additional patch to kvm for [http://tapir.sajinet.com.pe/gentoo/portage/app-emulation/kvm/files/kvm-57-kernel-longmode.patch kvm kernel longmode]. My qemu-kvm was already patched. Had to switch of 'acpi', 'apic' and 'pae' features in guest configuration. Guest machine-type set to pc-0.10. Use -m 512 -net nic,model=e1000.<br />
|-<br />
<br />
| OpenSolaris 2008.05 <br />
| 64 <br />
| kvm-69 <br />
| Intel <br />
| 64 <br />
| Works <br />
| Use -m 512 -net nic,model=e1000 <br />
|-<br />
<br />
| Milax 0.3.2 <br />
| 32 <br />
| kvm-62 <br />
| Intel <br />
| 64 <br />
| Works <br />
| 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 <br />
|-<br />
<br />
| Belenix 0.7.1 <br />
| 64 <br />
| kvm-62 <br />
| Intel <br />
| 64 <br />
| Works <br />
| Note: older releases of Belenix only work in text mode; tested on Ubuntu 8.04.1 by BerndSchemmer <br />
|-<br />
<br />
| Solaris 10 U6 <br />
| 32 & 64<br />
| kvm-62 <br />
| Intel <br />
| 64 <br />
| Mostly Works (see note)<br />
| Note: the grub menu entry for Solaris 10 created by the installer is wrong, to make it work add kernel/unix to the line beginning with kernel ; tested on Ubuntu 8.04.1 by BerndSchemmer <br />
|-<br />
<br />
| OpenSolaris 2008.11 <br />
| 64 <br />
| kvm-62 <br />
| Intel <br />
| 64 <br />
|Works<br />
| tested on Ubuntu 8.04.1 by BerndSchemmer <br />
|-<br />
<br />
| OpenSolaris 2009.06 <br />
| 32, 64 <br />
| qemu-kvm-0.11.0-0ubuntu6.3<br />
| Intel <br />
| 64 <br />
|Works<br />
| Used "-vga std" but don't recall why.<br />
|}<br />
<br />
== Other UNIX systems ==<br />
{| border=1<br />
|'''Guest''' <br />
| '''Guest bitness''' <br />
| '''Host version''' <br />
| '''Host cpu''' <br />
| '''Host bitness''' <br />
| '''Status''' <br />
| '''Comments''' <br />
|-<br />
<br />
| Darwin 8.0.1 <br />
| 32 <br />
| kvm-29 <br />
| Intel <br />
| 64 <br />
| Crashes <br />
| by Alexey.E. <br />
|-<br />
<br />
| MINIX 3.1.2a <br />
| 32 <br />
| kvm-71 <br />
| Intel <br />
| 64 <br />
| Works <br />
| <br />
|-<br />
<br />
| GNU hurd live CD (20051117) <br />
| 32 <br />
| kvm-28 <br />
| Intel <br />
| 32 <br />
| Works <br />
| Seems to have networking problems. <br />
|-<br />
<br />
| GNU/Hurd (Debian K14) <br />
| 32 <br />
| kvm-33 <br />
| Intel <br />
| 32 <br />
| Works <br />
| [http://kvm.qumranet.com/kvmwiki/Guest_Support_Status?action=AttachFile&do=get&target=hurd-k14.png screenshot] <br />
|-<br />
<br />
| GNU/Hurd (Debian K16) <br />
| 32 <br />
| kvm-69 <br />
| AMD <br />
| 64 <br />
| Works <br />
| avoid kvm-[64-67] which require -no-kvm-pit to work <br />
|-<br />
<br />
| QNX 6.3.2<br />
| 32<br />
| qemu-kvm 88, host kernel: 2.6.30<br />
| Intel<br />
| 64<br />
| Works<br />
| Use "-net nic,model=ne2k_pci" for network. See also [http://community.qnx.com/sf/wiki/do/viewPage/projects.qemu/wiki/NeutrinoAsGuestInQEMU;jsessionid=82CAC3EC7E4C62A6DC51A1E021618862]<br />
|-<br />
<br />
| QNX 6.4.1 <br />
| 32 <br />
| qemu-kvm-0.11.0, 2.6.31.5<br />
| Intel<br />
| 64 <br />
| Works <br />
| -<br />
<br />
<br />
|}<br />
<br />
== Others ==<br />
{|border=1<br />
| '''Guest''' <br />
| '''Guest bitness''' <br />
| '''Host version''' <br />
| '''Host cpu''' <br />
| '''Host bitness''' <br />
| '''Status''' <br />
| '''Comments''' <br />
|-<br />
<br />
| Haiku OS <br />
| 32 <br />
| kvm-12 <br />
| AMD <br />
| 64 <br />
| Works <br />
| [http://kvm.qumranet.com/kvmwiki/Screenshots?action=AttachFile&do=view&target=kvm_aros_haiku.png screenshot] <br />
|-<br />
<br />
| Amiga Research OS (AROS) <br />
| 32 <br />
| kvm-12 <br />
| AMD <br />
| 64 <br />
| Works <br />
| LiveCD tested. [http://kvm.qumranet.com/kvmwiki/Screenshots?action=AttachFile&do=view&target=kvm_aros_haiku.png screenshot] <br />
|-<br />
<br />
| Amiga Research OS (AROS) <br />
| 32 <br />
| kvm-58 <br />
| Intel <br />
| 32 <br />
| Works <br />
| LiveCD tested. <br />
|-<br />
<br />
| ReactOS 0.3.0 <br />
| 32 <br />
| kvm-14 <br />
| AMD <br />
| 64 <br />
| Works <br />
| [http://kvm.qumranet.com/kvmwiki/Screenshots?action=AttachFile&do=view&target=kvm_reactos.png screenshot] <br />
|-<br />
<br />
| FreeDOS 1.0 <br />
| 32 <br />
| kvm-71 <br />
| Intel <br />
| 64 <br />
| Works <br />
| <br />
|-<br />
<br />
| MS DOS 6.22 <br />
| 32 <br />
| kvm-88 <br />
| Intel <br />
| 64 <br />
| Works <br />
| Works with "-cpu qemu32". Do not load emm386.exe inside config.sys [http://twitpic.com/dce6g screenshot]<br />
|-<br />
<br />
| MS DOS 5.0<br />
| 32 <br />
| kvm-62<br />
| Intel <br />
| 64<br />
| Works<br />
| Installs and boots. Tested by Alan J.<br />
|-<br />
<br />
<br />
| Syllable 0.61 <br />
| 32 <br />
| kvm-29 <br />
| Intel <br />
| 64 <br />
| Crashes <br />
| by Alexey.E. <br />
|-<br />
<br />
| Visopsys 0.62 <br />
| 32 <br />
| kvm-29 <br />
| Intel <br />
| 64 <br />
| Crashes <br />
| by Alexey.E. <br />
|-<br />
<br />
| Plan 9 <br />
| 32 <br />
| kvm-68 <br />
| Intel <br />
| 64 <br />
| Works <br />
| needs -no-kvm-irqchip <br />
|-<br />
<br />
| FreeDOS 7 + Novell Netware 4.1 <br />
| 32 <br />
| kvm-83 <br />
| AMD <br />
| 64 <br />
| Works <br />
| tested by Ruediger G. Biernat / [http://flickr.com/photos/rgbiernat/3261075882/ screenshot] <br />
|}</div>
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