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Latest revision as of 12:47, 28 August 2015
Guest Support Status
Note:
Qemu/kvm will likely run most production operating systems, but this page is maintained nonetheless for general information purposes. Updates are welcomed.
Windows Family
Guest | Guest bitness | Host version | Host cpu | Host bitness | Status | Comments |
Windows Small Business Server 2011 | 64 | qemu-kvm-0.12.1.2-2.355.0.1.el6.centos.2 | Intel | 64 | Works | Installed on CentOS 6.4 x64. Virtio drivers are installed in the guest os. Host machine has a Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-2400 CPU @ 3.10GHz and 8GB RAM. The guest uses 4GB RAM and 1 CPU core. Works flawless. By Jens Voskuhl |
Windows 2012 R2 Standard | 64 | qemu-kvm.x86_64 10:1.5.3-60.el7_0.5 | Intel | 64 | Works | Installed on CentOS 7 64bit. Used Windows 2008 settings. Tested 1GB, 8GB and 16GB RAM on guest using virtio drivers. |
Windows 2012 Standard 180-days Evaluation | 64 | qemu-kvm-0.12.1.2-2.295.el6 | Intel | 64 | Works | Installed on CentOS 6.3 64bit. Used Windows2008 settings for guest installation. By Alexander O. |
Windows 2008 Essential Business Server | 64 | qemu-kvm-0.11.0 | AMD | 64 | Works | 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. |
Windows 2008 Small Business Server | 64 | qemu-kvm-0.11.0 | AMD | 64 | Works (reboot from guest doesn't correctly work) | Installed on 2 GB RAM, 1 CPU core. Host is: Ubuntu Server 9.10 64-bit, 2 x Six-Core AMD Opteron(tm) Processor 2425 HE, 8 x 4 GB DDR2, ISCSI for Guest discspace. Don't use virtio drivers (harddisc/network), use IDE (harddisc) and e1000 (network) emulation instead. By Mark. |
Windows 2008 Standard | 64 | qemu-kvm-0.11.0 | AMD | 64 | Works (reboot from guest doesn't correctly work) | Installed on 2 GB RAM, 1 CPU core. Host is: Ubuntu Server 9.10 64-bit, 2 x Six-Core AMD Opteron(tm) Processor 2425 HE, 8 x 4 GB DDR2, ISCSI for Guest discspace. Don't use virtio drivers (harddisc/network), use IDE (harddisc) and e1000 (network) emulation instead. By Mark. |
Windows 2008 Standard | 32 | qemu-kvm-0.11.0 | Intel | 32 | Works | Installed on 1.5 GB RAM, 2 CPU core. Host is: Fedora 14 32-bit, Intel(R) Core(TM)2 CPU 6300 @ 1.86GHz, 3 x 1 GB DDR2 + 1 x 2 GB DDR2, single SATA for host, separate SATA for guest. Working just fine with virtio or Realtek for network. CPU usage near 100% when viewing with KVM console, 14% when viewing through Remmina RDP. |
Windows 2008 R2 RTM | 64 | kvm-88 | Intel | 64 | Works | Installs and works with 1GB guest RAM. screenshot |
Windows 2008 R2 Standard | 64 | qemu-kvm-0.12.5 | Intel | 64 | Works | Installed on HP Proliant ML330 G6 with Ubuntu 10.04.1 server host (2.6.32-24-server) with kvm-kmod-2.6.32.16 using 2 CPU and 2GB guest RAM with IDE harddisc and e1000 network emulation. Works great. By Krunoslav Husak (h00s) |
Windows 2008 R2 Datacenter | 64 | qemu-kvm-0.12.5 | Intel | 64 | Works | Installed on HP Proliant DL530 G4 with Debian 6.0.2 (2.6.32-5-amd64). Using 4 CPU and 4GB RAM for guest. Run stable. By Alexander Pushkarev. Screenshot |
Windows 10 Technical Preview for Enterprise | 64 | qemu-kvm-1.1.2 | AMD | 64 | Works | using 2CPUs and 2GB guest RAM, latest virtio drivers 0.1-81 work fine. Screenshot |
Windows 10 Professional build 10240 (release) | 64 | qemu-kvm-2.3.0 | Intel | 64 | Works | Host running Debian Jessie, qemu-kvm packages from stretch. I followed the advice found here : https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/695c8997-52cf-4c30-a3f7-f26a40dc703a/failed-install-of-build-10041-in-the-kvm-virtual-machine-system-thread-exception-not-handled?forum=WinPreview2014Setup . Running a host with a I7 820 QM, Core2Duo vurtual CPU works, with 1 socket, 2 core and 1 thread assigned to 0-1. Core assignment may be unnecessary. Nehalem, kvm64 and qemu64 failed. |
Windows 8 Enterprise | 64 | qemu-kvm-devel-1.1.92 3.7.0-rc2 | AMD | 64 | Works | using 2CPUs and 1GB guest RAM, latest virtio drivers work fine. |
Windows 7 Professional (Final) | 64 | qemu-kvm-0.12.1.2-1 ARCH-2.6.32 | AMD | 64 | Works | using 2CPUs and 2GB guest RAM Screenshot |
Windows 7 RTM | 32, 64 | kvm-88 | Intel | 64 | Works | Installs and works with 1GB guest RAM. screenshot |
Windows 7 RC | 64 | kvm-72+dfsg-5 | Intel | 64 | Works | Installs and works without any problem with 1GB guest RAM. |
Windows 7 Beta | 64 | kvm-84 | AMD | 64 | Works | Installs and works without any problem with 512MB guest RAM. |
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 R2 (Std) | 32 | qemu-kvm-0.11.1 | Intel | 64 | Works | Well with virtio drivers by Patrick.M. |
Windows Server 2003 R2 (Std) | 32 | qemu-kvm-0.13 | Intel | 64 | Works | Well with virtio drivers (1.1.13) by Alexandre D. |
Windows Server 2003 x64 | 64 | qemu-kvm-0.13 | Intel, AMD | 64 | Works | Well with virtio drivers (1.1.13) by Alexandre D. |
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 | qemu-kvm-0.11.0 | AMD | 64 | Works | 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. |
Windows XP Pro | 32 | qemu-kvm-0.12.1.2-2.415; kernel 2.6.32-358.23.2, CentOS 6.5 | Intel | 64 | failing | crashed when qed disk format and quick format during installation chosen, normal works, XP didn't manage himself to reboot, forced but unable to finish the setup. |
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 98SE | 32 | kvm-1.12.5 | AMD | 32, 64 | works with a trick | copy an existing installation with qemu-img
opts: -no-kvm, smp 1, nic,model=ne2k_pci, soundhw none, vga=cirrus+cirrus-Win95-Driver tested by hiekjoha |
Windows NT Server 4.0 sp 1 | 32 | kvm-72, 2.6.30 | Intel | 64 | Works | for networking use -net nic,model=ne2k_pci and install rtl8029 guest driver (included in guest OS cd) |
Windows NT Workstation 4.0 (no SP) | 32 | qemu-kvm 0.12.3, 2.6.33 | AMD | 64 | Works | without any SP requires -cpu qemu64,level=1, also use -vga std |
Windows NT 4.0 SP6 | 32 | kvm 1.0, 2.6.32 | Intel | 64 | Works | requires -cpu qemu32, use Universal VBE30 for VGA (http://bearwindows.zcm.com.au/vbempg.zip) |
Windows NT 4.0 SP6 | 32 | qemu-kvm 1.4.1, 2.6.32 | Intel | 64 | Works | requires -cpu qemu32, install vmmouse driver instead of default ps/2 mouse, use Universal VBE30 for VGA (http://bearwindows.zcm.com.au/vbempg.zip) |
Windows 95 | 32 | kvm-44, 2.6.23-rc8 | AMD | 64, 32 | no way |
Linux Family: Fedora/RedHat Derivatives
CentOS
Guest | Guest bitness | Host version | Host cpu | Host bitness | Status | Comments |
CentOS 6.5 | 64 | CentOS 6.5,qemu-kvm-0.12.1.2-2.415, kernel 2.6.32-358.23.2 | Intel | 64 | Works | Like a charm |
CentOS 6.2 | 32, 64 | 0.14.1+noroms-0ubuntu6.2 | Intel, AMD | 32, 64 | Works | Requires sufficient memory (≧1G)
by Thomas Schweikle / Xompu |
CentOS 6.1 | 32, 64 | 0.14.1+noroms-0ubuntu6.2 | Intel, AMD | 32, 64 | Works | Requires sufficient memory (≧1G)
by Thomas Schweikle / Xompu |
CentOS 6.0 | 64 | kvm-83 | Intel | 64 | Works | by Arno-Can Uestuensoez / UnifiedSessionsManager |
CentOS 5.8 | 32 | qemu-kvm-0.12.1.2-2.295.el6 | Intel | 64 | Works | by Alexander O. |
CentOS 5.6 | 64 | kvm-83 | Intel | 64 | Works | by Arno-Can Uestuensoez / UnifiedSessionsManager |
CentOS 5.5 | 64 | kvm-83-164.el5.x86_64.rpm | AMD (Sempron 140) | 64 | Works | by Arno-Can Uestuensoez / UnifiedSessionsManager |
CentOS 5.5 | 32 | qemu-kvm-0.12.1.2-2.295.el6 | Intel | 64 | Works | by Alexander O. |
CentOS 5.4 | 32 | qemu-kvm-0.12.3 | AMD | 64 | Crashes | When installing from the netinstall image, hangs during installation of the first packet. |
Enterprise Linux
Guest | Guest bitness | Host version | Host cpu | Host bitness | Status | Comments |
Enterprise Linux 5.4 / Unbreakable Linux | 64 | kvm-83 | Intel | 64 | Works | by Arno-Can Uestuensoez / UnifiedSessionsManager |
Fedora
Guest | Guest bitness | Host version | Host cpu | Host bitness | Status | Comments |
Fedora 18 | 32, 64 | qemu-kvm 0.14.1+noroms-0ubuntu6.2 | Intel, AMD | 32, 64 | Works | Requires sufficient memory (≧1G),
install from DVD or network |
Fedora 17 | 32, 64 | qemu-kvm 0.14.1+noroms-0ubuntu6.2 | Intel, AMD | 32, 64 | Works | Requires sufficient memory (≧1G),
install from DVD or network |
Fedora 16 | 32, 64 | qemu-kvm 0.14.1+noroms-0ubuntu6.2 | Intel, AMD | 32, 64 | Works | Requires sufficient memory (≧1G),
install from DVD or network |
Fedora 15 | 64 | kvm-83 | Intel | 64 | Works | Requires sufficient memory(e.g. 1.5G), and vga=std - by Arno-Can Uestuensoez / UnifiedSessionsManager |
Fedora 13 | 64 | kvm-83 | Intel | 64 | Works | by Arno-Can Uestuensoez / UnifiedSessionsManager |
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 |
Fedora 1 | 32 | qemu-kvm-0.12.3 | Intel | 64 | Crashes | by Patrick.M. KVM freeze unable to kill PID. |
Fedora 1 | 32 | qemu-kvm-0.11.1 | Intel | 64 | Works | by Patrick.M. |
RedHat Enterprise Linux
Guest | Guest bitness | Host version | Host cpu | Host bitness | Status | Comments |
RHEL6 beta | 64 | kvm-83 | Intel | 64 | Works | by Arno-Can Uestuensoez / UnifiedSessionsManager |
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. |
Scientific Linux
Guest | Guest bitness | Host version | Host cpu | Host bitness | Status | Comments |
Scientific Linux 5.4.1 | 64 | kvm-83 | Intel | 64 | Works | by Arno-Can Uestuensoez / UnifiedSessionsManager |
Trixbox
Guest | Guest bitness | Host version | Host cpu | Host bitness | Status | Comments |
Trixbox (CentOS) | 32 | kvm-12 | Intel | 64 | Works |
Linux Family: Ubuntu/Debian Derivatives
Debian GNU/Linux
Guest | Guest bitness | Host version | Host cpu | Host bitness | Status | Comments |
Debian GNU/Linux 7.0 beta (Kernel 3.4.4) | 32, 64 | qemu-kvm 0.14.1+noroms-0ubuntu6.2 | Intel, AMD | 32, 64 | Works | by Thomas Schweikle / Xompu |
Debian GNU/Linux 6.0 | 64 | kvm-83 | Intel | 64 | Works | by Arno-Can Uestuensoez / UnifiedSessionsManager |
Debian GNU/Linux 5.0 | 64 | kvm-88 | Intel, AMD | 64 | Works | 2009/10/22 by Christian Berendt / B1 Systems |
Debian GNU/Linux 5.0 | 64 | kvm-83 | Intel | 64 | Works | by Arno-Can Uestuensoez / UnifiedSessionsManager |
Debian Lenny 5.0 | 64 | qemu-kvm-0.12.3 | Intel | 64 | Works | by Patrick. M. |
Debian Lenny 5.0 | 64 | qemu-kvm-0.11.1 | Intel | 64 | Works | by Patrick. M. |
Debian Lenny 5.0 | 32, 64 | kvm-72/77 | Intel | 64 | Works | Buggy virtio implementation (netinst), crc errors / segfaults after instalation. |
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 |
Ubuntu
Guest | Guest bitness | Host version | Host cpu | Host bitness | Status | Comments |
Ubuntu 12.10 | 32, 64 | qemu-kvm 0.14.1+noroms-0ubuntu6.2 | Intel, AMD | 32, 64 | Works, upgrade from Ubuntu 12.04 | by Thomas Schweikle / Xompu |
Ubuntu 12.04 | 32, 64 | qemu-kvm 0.14.1+noroms-0ubuntu6.2 | Intel, AMD | 32, 64 | Works, installs from network | by Thomas Schweikle / Xompu |
Ubuntu 11.10 | 32, 64 | qemu-kvm 0.14.1+noroms-0ubuntu6.2 | Intel, AMD | 32, 64 | Works, installs from network | by Thomas Schweikle / Xompu |
Ubuntu 11.04 | 32, 64 | qemu-kvm 0.14.1+noroms-0ubuntu6.2 | Intel, AMD | 32, 64 | Works, installs from network | by Thomas Schweikle / Xompu |
Ubuntu 10.10 | 64 | kvm-83 | Intel, AMD | 64 | Works | by Arno-Can Uestuensoez / UnifiedSessionsManager |
Ubuntu 10.04 LTS | 32, 64 | kvm-84 | Intel, AMD | 64 | Works | 2010/05/15 by KeithW |
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 |
Xandros
Guest | Guest bitness | Host version | Host cpu | Host bitness | Status | Comments |
Xandros 3 OCE | 32 | kvm-29 | Intel | 64 | Works | by Alexey.E. |
Knoppix
Guest | Guest bitness | Host version | Host cpu | Host bitness | Status | Comments |
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 | |
Knoppix 6.2 | 32 | kvm-1.12.5 | AMD | 32, 64 | Works | tested by hiekjoha |
Knoppix 6.7.1 | 32 | kvm-1.12.5 | AMD | 32, 64 | Works | tested by hiekjoha |
Other Linux Distros
Android
Guest | Guest bitness | Host version | Host cpu | Host bitness | Status | Comments |
Android 2.2 | 32 | kvm-83 | Intel | 64 | Works | deactivate suspend-mode(Screen timeout), by Arno-Can Uestuensoez / UnifiedSessionsManager |
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
Guest | Guest bitness | Host version | Host cpu | Host bitness | Status | Comments |
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 | 32, 64 | kvm-88 | Intel, AMD | 64 | Works | 2009/10/22 by Christian Berendt / B1 Systems |
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 | 32 | kvm-88 | Intel, AMD | 64 | Works | 2009/10/22 by Christian Berendt / B1 Systems |
openSUSE
Guest | Guest bitness | Host version | Host cpu | Host bitness | Status | Comments |
openSUSE 11.3 | 64 | kvm-83 | Intel | 64 | Works | by Arno-Can Uestuensoez / UnifiedSessionsManager |
openSUSE 11.2 | 64 | kvm-83 | Intel | 64 | Works | by Arno-Can Uestuensoez / UnifiedSessionsManager |
openSUSE 11.1 | 32, 64 | kvm-88 | Intel, AMD | 64 | Works | 2009/10/22 by Christian Berendt / B1 Systems |
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
Guest | Guest bitness | Host version | Host cpu | Host bitness | Status | Comments |
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
Guest | Guest bitness | Host version | Host cpu | Host bitness | Status | Comments |
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
Guest | Guest bitness | Host version | Host cpu | Host bitness | Status | Comments |
SystemRescueCD 0.3.4 | 32 | kvm-18 | Intel | 64 | Works | Works fine, except for initial X-setting "cirrus" - changed to "vesa", then works. |
Gentoo
Guest | Guest bitness | Host version | Host cpu | Host bitness | Status | Comments |
Gentoo 2006.1 | 32 | kvm-24 | Intel | 64 | Works | |
Gentoo 2007.0 | 32 | kvm-24 | Intel | 64 | Works | |
Gentoo 20100311 | 64 | qemu-kvm-0.11.1 | Intel | 64 | Works | using hardened kernel 2.6.32-r3 |
Arch Linux
Guest | Guest bitness | Host version | Host cpu | Host bitness | Status | Comments |
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
Guest | Guest bitness | Host version | Host cpu | Host bitness | Status | Comments |
Mandrake Linux 9.2 | 32 | kvm-51 | Intel | 64 | Works | by Alexey.E. |
Mandriva
Guest | Guest bitness | Host version | Host cpu | Host bitness | Status | Comments |
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
Guest | Guest bitness | Host version | Host cpu | Host bitness | Status | Comments |
Crux Linux 2.5 | 32 | kvm-82 | Intel | 32 | Works | Boots Automatically at 'Guest Install' stage. Installs without issue. by Chris P |
Mikrotik
Guest | Guest bitness | Host version | Host cpu | Host bitness | Status | Comments |
Mikrotik 5.0rc3 | 32 | qemu-kvm-0.13.0 | Intel | 64 | Works | using virtio nic + vhost_net, watchdog does not work, does not support virtio block device |
UNIX Family: BSD
OpenBSD
Guest | Guest bitness | Host version | Host cpu | Host bitness | Status | Comments |
OpenBSD 5.5/5.6 | 32 | qemu 1.7 | Intel with flexpriority | 32/64 | Works | Use virtio-block for disk and virtio-net for network. more info |
OpenBSD 5.5/5.6 | 32 | qemu 1.7 | AMD/Intel without flexpriority | 32/64 | Very slow | Use 64bit guest instead. more info |
OpenBSD 5.5/5.6 | 64 | qemu 1.7 | Intel+AMD | 64 | Works | Use virtio-block for disk and virtio-net for network. more info |
OpenBSD 5.2 (prerelease) | 32 | qemu-kvm-1.0+noroms-0ubuntu14.1 | Intel Core2 6400 | 64 | Works | Only tested single processor, disabling mpbios wasn't required but did reduce host CPU usage, as did disabling USB (either via guest kernel config at boot time or via omitting -usb flag) |
OpenBSD 5.2 (prerelease) | 64 | qemu-kvm-1.0+noroms-0ubuntu14.1 | Intel Core2 6400 | 64 | Works | Only tested single processor, disabling mpbios wasn't required but did reduce host CPU usage, as did disabling USB (either via guest kernel config at boot time or via omitting -usb flag) |
OpenBSD 5.0 | 64 | qemu-kvm-0.15.0, Linux 2.6.37.6 (Slackware 13.37) | Intel Core2Duo E8400 | 64 | Works | SMP works, no need to disable mpbios anymore. Must use if=ide as the scsi interface will result in sd0(siop0) errors during install; recommend using the e1000 network driver as well. More information can be found here. |
OpenBSD 4.9 | 64 | qemu-kvm-0.14, linux 2.6.38.4 (Fedora 15 Beta) | AMD Phenom(tm) 9650 Quad-Core | 64 | Works | Disable mpbios as with 4.5 |
OpenBSD 4.8 | 32 | kvm-83, linux 2.6.18 (CentOS 5.5) | Intel E5700 | 64 | Works | Disable mpbios as with 4.5 |
OpenBSD 4.7 | 64 | qemu-kvm-0.12.5 | Intel | 64 | Works | Need e1000 driver. (scsi driver does not work). Ide works out of the box. disabling the mpbios is not needed. Done with Linux 2.6.34.2 host kernel. |
OpenBSD 4.6 | 32, 64 | qemu-kvm-0.11.0-0ubuntu6.3 | Intel | 64 | Works | Need e1000 driver and disable mpbios (same as other OpenBSD ≧ 4.5 entries) |
OpenBSD 4.6 | 32 | kvm-84-7.6 | AMD | 32 | Works | 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. |
OpenBSD 4.5 | 32 | kvm-85 | Intel | 32 | Crashes | Use the e1000 driver [-net nic,model=e1000] to avoid lockups and slow network speeds. Crashes after "setting tty flags" - Jaco van der Schyff
4.0 would hang on me at the same place if i booted /bsd.mp but not if i boot /bsd (uniprocessor kernel) - Buck |
OpenBSD 4.5 | 64 | kvm-84 | Intel | 64 | Works | 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"
Make this permanent by using "config -ef /bsd" as root, once everything has booted. -- Garry Dolley |
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
Guest | Guest bitness | Host version | Host cpu | Host bitness | Status | Comments |
FreeBSD CURRENT | 32, 64 | qemu-kvm-1.0+dfsg-9, qemu-kvm-0.14.1+noroms-0ubuntu6.2 | Intel, AMD | 32, 64 | Works, use NIC model=e1000 | Upgrade from FreeBSD 9.0-STABLE
by Thomas Schweikle Xompu |
FreeBSD 9.0 | 32, 64 | qemu-kvm-1.0+dfsg-9, qemu-kvm-0.14.1+noroms-0ubuntu6.2 | Intel | 32, 64 | Works, use NIC model=e1000 | installed from full DVD or Network Install
by Thomas Schweikle Xompu |
FreeBSD 8.3 | 32, 64 | qemu-kvm 0.14.1+noroms-0ubuntu6.2 | Intel | 32, 64 | Works, use NIC model=ne2k_pci or model=e1000 (prefered) | installed from full DVD or Network Install
by Thomas Schweikle / Xompu |
FreeBSD 7.4 | 32, 64 | Debian Lenny, kvm-60 | Intel, AMD | 32, 64 | Works, use NIC model=e2k_pci or model=e1000 (prefered) | No issues in several weeks of testing. Tested with 1 and 2 virtual CPUs. Freddie;
installed from full DVD or Network Install by Thomas Schweikle Xompu |
FreeBSD 7.2 | 64 | kvm-86-3 | Intel | 64 | Works, need to install from the DVD or CD image | Damon Chesser, Jadase Staff |
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 |
FreeBSD 7.0 | 64 | OpenSUSE 10.3 kvm-63 | AMD | 64 | crashes after boot loader | |
FreeBSD 6.3 (EOL) | 32, 64 | Fedora 8 - kvm-37-7.fc8, qemu-kvm 0.14.1+noroms-0ubuntu6.2 | Intel | 32, 64 | works | No issues in several weeks of testing. Freddie
by Thomas Schweikle Xompu |
FreeBSD 6.2 (EOL) | 32, 64 | kvm-12, qemu-kvm 0.14.1+noroms-0ubuntu6.2 | Intel, AMD | 32, 64 | Works | by Thomas Schweikle Xompu |
FreeBSD 6.1 (EOL) | 32, 64 | kvm-17/18, qemu-kvm 0.14.1+noroms-0ubuntu6.2 | Intel, AMD | 32, 64 | Works | by Thomas Schweikle Xompu |
FreeBSD 6.0 (EOL), FreeBSD 6.2, FreeBSD 7.2 | 32, 64 | debian squeeze, kvm-0.12.5, libvirt | Intel Xeon | 64 | works | freeze with "ad0: TIMEOUT - WRITE_DMA retrying (1 retry left) LBA=XXXXXXX". fix with 'hw.ata.ata_dma=0' in /boot/loader.conf |
Debian GNU/kFreeBSD
Guest | Guest bitness | Host version | Host cpu | Host bitness | Status | Comments |
GNU/kFreeBSD CURRENT | 32, 64 | qemu-kvm-0.14.1+noroms-0ubuntu6.2 | Intel, AMD | 32, 64 | Works, but significant more CPU needed compared to regular Debian GNU/Linux and FreeBSD CURRENT | by Thomas Schweikle / Xompu |
GNU/kFreeBSD 9.0 | 32, 64 | qemu-kvm-0.14.1+noroms-0ubuntu6.2 | Intel, AMD | 32, 64 | Works, but significant more CPU needed compared to regular Debian GNU/Linux and FreeBSD 9.0 | by Thomas Schweikle / Xompu |
GNU/kFreeBSD 8.3 | 32, 64 | qemu-kvm-0.14.1+noroms-0ubuntu6.2 | Intel, AMD | 32, 64 | Works, but significant more CPU needed compared to regular Debian GNU/Linux and FreeBSD 8.3 | by Thomas Schweikle / Xompu |
GNU/kFreeBSD | 32 | kvm-16 + CVS | AMD | 64 | Works |
NetBSD
Guest | Guest bitness | Host version | Host cpu | Host bitness | Status | Comments |
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 |
NetBSD 5.0 | 64 | kvm-88 | Intel | 64 | Crashes/hangs | Install CD image will crash or hang, depending on if ACPI is enabled or not. NetBSD 4.0 workarounds ineffective. |
NetBSD 5.0.2 | 32 | kvm from 2.6.32-2-amd64 debian kernel on debian sid | both Intel and Amd | 64 | Works | 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 |
MirBSD
Guest | Guest bitness | Host version | Host cpu | Host bitness | Status | Comments |
MirBSD 2009/10 | 32 | kvm_1:84+dfsg-0ubuntu12.4~hardy1 | Intel | Works | Use of nic,model=e1000 is strongly recommended, ne2k variants work too, emulated Realtek are crappier than metal ones and do not work. |
PC-BSD
Guest | Guest bitness | Host version | Host cpu | Host bitness | Status | Comments |
PC-BSD 1.4 | 32 | kvm-56 | Intel | 64 | Works | By Alexey.E. |
Darwin
Guest | Guest bitness | Host version | Host cpu | Host bitness | Status | Comments |
Darwin 8.0.1 | 32 | kvm-29 | Intel | 64 | Crashes | by Alexey.E. |
DragonflyBSD
Guest | Guest bitness | Host version | Host cpu | Host bitness | Status | Comments |
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
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 |
Oracle Solaris 10 1/13 | 64 | qemu-kvm 2.3.1 | Intel | 64 | Works | Use Cirrus for display. |
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 |
Nexenta Core 2.0 b104 rc3 | 32 / 64 | qemu-kvm-0.11.0 | Intel | 64 | Works | Might need additional patch to kvm for 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. |
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 & 64 | kvm-62 | Intel | 64 | Mostly Works (see note) | 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 |
OpenSolaris 2008.11 | 64 | kvm-62 | Intel | 64 | Works | tested on Ubuntu 8.04.1 by BerndSchemmer |
OpenSolaris 2009.06 | 32, 64 | qemu-kvm-0.11.0-0ubuntu6.3 | Intel | 64 | Works | Used "-vga std" but don't recall why. |
Solaris 11 Express 2010.11 | 32, 64 | qemu-kvm-0.12.1.2-2.113.el6_0.8 | Intel | 64 | Works but without USB support | During boot the system prints the following warning: "No SOF interrupts have been received. This USB EHCI controller is unusable." As a result, no keyboard and mouse functionality from the console. Must install with automatic networking enabled, and login via the network to use it. Also warns at boot "rtls0: Failure resetting PHY" but networking seems to still work. |
OpenIndiana Build 151a (Desktop) | 64 | qemu-kvm-0.12.5+dfsg-5+squeeze | Intel Core i7 | 64 | Works | During boot the system prints the following warning: "No SOF interrupts have been received. This USB EHCI controller is unusable." However, the mouse and keyboard work fine via the VNC console. Also warns at boot "rtls0: Failure resetting PHY" but networking works fine. Installed using "Solaris -> OpenSolaris" settings in virt-manager. |
Other UNIX systems
Minix
Guest | Guest bitness | Host version | Host cpu | Host bitness | Status | Comments |
MINIX 3.1.6 | 32 | qemu-0.12.3, qemu-kvm-0.14.1+noroms-0ubuntu6.2 | Intel | 32, 64 | Crashes | Only boots without -enable-kvm |
MINIX 3.1.2a | 32 | kvm-71, qemu-kvm-0.14.1+noroms-0ubuntu6.2 | Intel | 32, 64 | Works |
Debian GNU/Hurd
Guest | Guest bitness | Host version | Host cpu | Host bitness | Status | Comments |
GNU hurd live CD (20051117) | 32 | kvm-28, qemu-kvm-0.14.1+noroms-0ubuntu6.2 | Intel, AMD | 32, 64 | Works | Seems to have networking problems. |
GNU/Hurd (Debian K16) | 32 | kvm-69, qemu-kvm-0.14.1+noroms-0ubuntu6.2 | Intel, AMD | 32, 64 | Works | avoid kvm-[64-67] which require -no-kvm-pit to work |
GNU/Hurd (Debian K14) | 32 | kvm-33 | Intel, AMD | 32, 64 | Works | screenshot |
QNX
Guest | Guest bitness | Host version | Host cpu | Host bitness | Status | Comments |
QNX 6.4.1 | 32 | qemu-kvm-0.11.0, 2.6.31.5; qemu-kvm-0.14.1+noroms-0ubuntu6.2 | Intel | 32, 64 | Works | |
QNX 6.4.0 | 32 | kvm-83, qemu-kvm-0.14.1+noroms-0ubuntu6.2 | Intel | 32, 64 | Works | by Arno-Can Uestuensoez / UnifiedSessionsManager |
QNX 6.3.2 | 32 | qemu-kvm 88, host kernel: 2.6.30; qemu-kvm-0.14.1+noroms-0ubuntu6.2 | Intel | 32, 64 | Works | Use "-net nic,model=ne2k_pci" for network. See also [1] |
QNX 4.25 | 32 | qemu-kvm-0.12.3, kernel 2.6.32-24 | Intel | 64 | Works | Use "-net nic,model=ne2k_pci" for network. |
Others
Guest | Guest bitness | Host version | Host cpu | Host bitness | Status | Comments |
Haiku OS | 32 | kvm-12 | AMD | 64 | Works | |
Amiga Research OS (AROS) | 32 | kvm-12 | AMD | 64 | Works | LiveCD tested. |
Amiga Research OS (AROS) | 32 | kvm-58 | Intel | 32 | Works | LiveCD tested. |
ReactOS 0.3.0 | 32 | kvm-14 | AMD | 64 | Works | |
FreeDOS 1.0 | 32 | kvm-71 | Intel | 64 | Works | |
MS DOS 6.22 | 32 | kvm-88 | Intel | 64 | Works | Works with "-cpu qemu32". Do not load emm386.exe inside config.sys screenshot |
MS DOS 5.0 | 32 | kvm-62 | Intel | 64 | Works | Installs and boots. Tested by Alan J. |
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 / screenshot |
clonezilla-live-1.2.* - iso | 32 | kvm-1.12.5 | AMD | 32, 64 | Works | tested by hiekjoha |