Guest Support Status

Guest Support Status

Windows Family

Guest	Guest bitness	Host version	Host cpu	Host bitness	Status	Comments
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	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	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 R2 RTM	64	kvm-88	Intel	64	Works	Installs and works with 1GB guest RAM. screenshot
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 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	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 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 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 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
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.

Linux Family: Ubuntu/Debian Derivatives

Guest	Guest bitness	Host version	Host cpu	Host bitness	Status	Comments
Debian GNU/Linux 5.0	64	kvm-88	Intel, AMD	64	Works	2009/10/22 by Christian Berendt / B1 Systems
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	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
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
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 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 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
Gentoo 20100311	64	qemu-kvm-0.11.1	Intel	64	Works	using hardened kernel 2.6.32-r3
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

Guest	Guest bitness	Host version	Host cpu	Host bitness	Status	Comments
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 4.5 can be made to boot by disabling mpbios as described here; this is a workaround though, not a fix - Maxim
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 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
FreeBSD 7.2	64	kvm-86-3	Intel	64	Works, need to install from the DVD or CD image	Damon Chesser, Jadase Staff
FreeBSD 8.0	32, 64	qemu-kvm-0.11.0-0ubuntu6.3	Intel	64	Works	installed from full DVD, used NIC model=ne2k_pci
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
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 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 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

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
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.

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
MINIX 3.1.6	32	qemu-0.12.3	Intel	64	Crashes	Only boots without -enable-kvm
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
QNX 6.3.2	32	qemu-kvm 88, host kernel: 2.6.30	Intel	64	Works	Use "-net nic,model=ne2k_pci" for network. See also [1]
QNX 6.4.1	32	qemu-kvm-0.11.0, 2.6.31.5	Intel	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
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-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