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Guest Support Status

2015-08-03T19:20:57Z

Dethegeek: /* Windows Family */

=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 ==
{|border=1
| '''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. [http://twitpic.com/dxs0z/full 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. [http://www.easyfoto.ru/20110722070342560.jpg 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. [http://imgur.com/XalLtSa 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 [http://img715.yfrog.com/img715/2143/win7profnl642proc2gb.png Screenshot]
|-

|-
| Windows 7 RTM
| 32, 64
| kvm-88
| Intel
| 64
| Works
| Installs and works with 1GB guest RAM. [http://twitpic.com/d3gqq/full 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 [https://packages.vmware.com/tools/esx/3.5latest/windows/x86/VMware-tools-windows-3.5.0-988599.iso 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 ===
{|border=1
| '''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 / [http://www.xompu.de/ Xompu]
|-

| CentOS 6.1
| 32, 64
| 0.14.1+noroms-0ubuntu6.2
| Intel, AMD
| 32, 64
| Works
| Requires sufficient memory (≧1G)
by Thomas Schweikle / [http://www.xompu.de/ Xompu]
|-

| CentOS 6.0
| 64
| kvm-83
| Intel
| 64
| Works
| by Arno-Can Uestuensoez / [http://www.UnifiedSessionsManager.org 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 / [http://www.UnifiedSessionsManager.org UnifiedSessionsManager]
|-

| CentOS 5.5
| 64
| kvm-83-164.el5.x86_64.rpm
| AMD (Sempron 140)
| 64
| Works
| by Arno-Can Uestuensoez / [http://www.UnifiedSessionsManager.org 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 ===
{|border=1
| '''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 / [http://www.UnifiedSessionsManager.org UnifiedSessionsManager]
|}

=== Fedora ===
{|border=1
| '''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 
by Thomas Schweikle / [http://www.xompu.de/ Xompu]
|-

| 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 
by Thomas Schweikle / [http://www.xompu.de/ Xompu]
|-

| 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 
by Thomas Schweikle / [http://www.xompu.de/ Xompu]
|-

| Fedora 15
| 64
| kvm-83
| Intel
| 64
| Works
| Requires sufficient memory(e.g. 1.5G), and vga=std - by Arno-Can Uestuensoez / [http://www.UnifiedSessionsManager.org UnifiedSessionsManager]
|-

| Fedora 13
| 64
| kvm-83
| Intel
| 64
| Works
| by Arno-Can Uestuensoez / [http://www.UnifiedSessionsManager.org 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 ===
{|border=1
| '''Guest'''
| '''Guest bitness'''
| '''Host version'''
| '''Host cpu'''
| '''Host bitness'''
| '''Status'''
| '''Comments'''
|-

| RHEL6 beta
| 64
| kvm-83
| Intel
| 64
| Works
| by Arno-Can Uestuensoez / [http://www.UnifiedSessionsManager.org 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 ===
{|border=1
| '''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 / [http://www.UnifiedSessionsManager.org UnifiedSessionsManager]
|}

=== Trixbox ===
{|border=1
| '''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 ===
{|border=1
| '''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 / [http://www.xompu.de Xompu]
|-

| Debian GNU/Linux 6.0
| 64
| kvm-83
| Intel
| 64
| Works
| by Arno-Can Uestuensoez / [http://www.UnifiedSessionsManager.org UnifiedSessionsManager]
|-

| Debian GNU/Linux 5.0
| 64
| kvm-88
| Intel, AMD
| 64
| Works
| 2009/10/22 by Christian Berendt / [http://www.b1-systems.de B1 Systems]
|-

| Debian GNU/Linux 5.0
| 64
| kvm-83
| Intel
| 64
| Works
| by Arno-Can Uestuensoez / [http://www.UnifiedSessionsManager.org 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 ===
{|border=1
| '''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 / [http://www.xompu.de/ 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 / [http://www.xompu.de/ 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 / [http://www.xompu.de/ 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 / [http://www.xompu.de/ Xompu]
|-

| Ubuntu 10.10
| 64
| kvm-83
| Intel, AMD
| 64
| Works
| by Arno-Can Uestuensoez / [http://www.UnifiedSessionsManager.org 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 ===
{|border=1
| '''Guest'''
| '''Guest bitness'''
| '''Host version'''
| '''Host cpu'''
| '''Host bitness'''
| '''Status'''
| '''Comments'''
|-

| Xandros 3 OCE
| 32
| kvm-29
| Intel
| 64
| Works
| by Alexey.E.
|}

=== Knoppix ===
{|border=1
| '''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 ===
{|border=1
| '''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 / [http://www.UnifiedSessionsManager.org UnifiedSessionsManager]
|}

=== SUSE Linux Enterprise Server ===
{|border=1
| '''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 / [http://www.b1-systems.de B1 Systems]
|-

| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10
| 32
| kvm-88
| Intel, AMD
| 64
| Works
| 2009/10/22 by Christian Berendt / [http://www.b1-systems.de B1 Systems]
|}

=== openSUSE ===
{|border=1
| '''Guest'''
| '''Guest bitness'''
| '''Host version'''
| '''Host cpu'''
| '''Host bitness'''
| '''Status'''
| '''Comments'''
|-

| openSUSE 11.3
| 64
| kvm-83
| Intel
| 64
| Works
| by Arno-Can Uestuensoez / [http://www.UnifiedSessionsManager.org UnifiedSessionsManager]
|-

| openSUSE 11.2
| 64
| kvm-83
| Intel
| 64
| Works
| by Arno-Can Uestuensoez / [http://www.UnifiedSessionsManager.org UnifiedSessionsManager]
|-

| openSUSE 11.1
| 32, 64
| kvm-88
| Intel, AMD
| 64
| Works
| 2009/10/22 by Christian Berendt / [http://www.b1-systems.de 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 ===
{|border=1
| '''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 ===
{|border=1
| '''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 ===
{|border=1
| '''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 ===
{|border=1
| '''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 ===
{|border=1
| '''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 ===
{|border=1
| '''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 ===
{|border=1
| '''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 ===
{|border=1
| '''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 ===
{|border=1
| '''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 ===
{|border=1
|'''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. [http://www.sfritsch.de/openbsd-virtualization.html more info]
|-

| OpenBSD 5.5/5.6
| 32
| qemu 1.7
| AMD/Intel without flexpriority
| 32/64
| Very slow
| Use 64bit guest instead. [http://www.sfritsch.de/openbsd-virtualization.html 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. [http://www.sfritsch.de/openbsd-virtualization.html 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 [http://tenforward.libpcap.net:8080/2011/10/OpenBSD-5.0-supports-SMP-under-KVM 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 
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
|-

| 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 ===
{|border=1
|'''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 [http://www.xompu.de/ 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 [http://www.xompu.de/ 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 / [http://www.xompu.de/ 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 [http://www.xompu.de/ 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 [http://www.xompu.de/ 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 [http://www.xompu.de/ 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 [http://www.xompu.de/ 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 ===
{|border=1
|'''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 / [http://www.xompu.de/ 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 / [http://www.xompu.de/ 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 / [http://www.xompu.de/ Xompu]
|-

| GNU/kFreeBSD
| 32
| kvm-16 + CVS
| AMD
| 64
| Works
|
|}

=== NetBSD ===
{|border=1
|'''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 ===
{|border=1
|'''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 ===
{|border=1
|'''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 ===
{|border=1
|'''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 ===
{|border=1
|'''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 ==
{|border=1
| '''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 [http://tapir.sajinet.com.pe/gentoo/portage/app-emulation/kvm/files/kvm-57-kernel-longmode.patch kvm kernel longmode]
|-

| Nexenta Core 1.0
| 64
| kvm-61
| Intel
| 64
| Works
| 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
|-

| Nexenta Core 2.0 b104 rc3
| 32 / 64
| qemu-kvm-0.11.0
| Intel
| 64
| Works
| 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.
|-

| 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 ===

{| border=1
|'''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 ===
{|border=1
|'''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
| [http://kvm.qumranet.com/kvmwiki/Guest_Support_Status?action=AttachFile&do=get&target=hurd-k14.png screenshot]
|}

=== QNX ===
{|border=1
|'''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 / [http://www.UnifiedSessionsManager.org 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 [http://community.qnx.com/sf/wiki/do/viewPage/projects.qemu/wiki/NeutrinoAsGuestInQEMU;jsessionid=82CAC3EC7E4C62A6DC51A1E021618862]
|-

| 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 ==
{|border=1
| '''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 [http://twitpic.com/dce6g 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 / [http://flickr.com/photos/rgbiernat/3261075882/ screenshot]
|-

| clonezilla-live-1.2.* - iso
| 32
| kvm-1.12.5
| AMD
| 32, 64
| Works
| tested by hiekjoha
|}

[[Category:Docs]][[Category:Results]]

Guest Support Status

2015-08-03T19:20:15Z

Dethegeek: /* Windows Family */ added Windows 10 Pro x64

=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 ==
{|border=1
| '''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. [http://twitpic.com/dxs0z/full 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. [http://www.easyfoto.ru/20110722070342560.jpg 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. [http://imgur.com/XalLtSa Screenshot]
|-

|-
| Windows 10 Professional build 10240 (release)
| 64
| qemu-kvm-2.3.0
| Intel
| 64
| Works
| 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 [http://img715.yfrog.com/img715/2143/win7profnl642proc2gb.png Screenshot]
|-

|-
| Windows 7 RTM
| 32, 64
| kvm-88
| Intel
| 64
| Works
| Installs and works with 1GB guest RAM. [http://twitpic.com/d3gqq/full 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 [https://packages.vmware.com/tools/esx/3.5latest/windows/x86/VMware-tools-windows-3.5.0-988599.iso 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 ===
{|border=1
| '''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 / [http://www.xompu.de/ Xompu]
|-

| CentOS 6.1
| 32, 64
| 0.14.1+noroms-0ubuntu6.2
| Intel, AMD
| 32, 64
| Works
| Requires sufficient memory (≧1G)
by Thomas Schweikle / [http://www.xompu.de/ Xompu]
|-

| CentOS 6.0
| 64
| kvm-83
| Intel
| 64
| Works
| by Arno-Can Uestuensoez / [http://www.UnifiedSessionsManager.org 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 / [http://www.UnifiedSessionsManager.org UnifiedSessionsManager]
|-

| CentOS 5.5
| 64
| kvm-83-164.el5.x86_64.rpm
| AMD (Sempron 140)
| 64
| Works
| by Arno-Can Uestuensoez / [http://www.UnifiedSessionsManager.org 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 ===
{|border=1
| '''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 / [http://www.UnifiedSessionsManager.org UnifiedSessionsManager]
|}

=== Fedora ===
{|border=1
| '''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 
by Thomas Schweikle / [http://www.xompu.de/ Xompu]
|-

| 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 
by Thomas Schweikle / [http://www.xompu.de/ Xompu]
|-

| 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 
by Thomas Schweikle / [http://www.xompu.de/ Xompu]
|-

| Fedora 15
| 64
| kvm-83
| Intel
| 64
| Works
| Requires sufficient memory(e.g. 1.5G), and vga=std - by Arno-Can Uestuensoez / [http://www.UnifiedSessionsManager.org UnifiedSessionsManager]
|-

| Fedora 13
| 64
| kvm-83
| Intel
| 64
| Works
| by Arno-Can Uestuensoez / [http://www.UnifiedSessionsManager.org 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 ===
{|border=1
| '''Guest'''
| '''Guest bitness'''
| '''Host version'''
| '''Host cpu'''
| '''Host bitness'''
| '''Status'''
| '''Comments'''
|-

| RHEL6 beta
| 64
| kvm-83
| Intel
| 64
| Works
| by Arno-Can Uestuensoez / [http://www.UnifiedSessionsManager.org 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 ===
{|border=1
| '''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 / [http://www.UnifiedSessionsManager.org UnifiedSessionsManager]
|}

=== Trixbox ===
{|border=1
| '''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 ===
{|border=1
| '''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 / [http://www.xompu.de Xompu]
|-

| Debian GNU/Linux 6.0
| 64
| kvm-83
| Intel
| 64
| Works
| by Arno-Can Uestuensoez / [http://www.UnifiedSessionsManager.org UnifiedSessionsManager]
|-

| Debian GNU/Linux 5.0
| 64
| kvm-88
| Intel, AMD
| 64
| Works
| 2009/10/22 by Christian Berendt / [http://www.b1-systems.de B1 Systems]
|-

| Debian GNU/Linux 5.0
| 64
| kvm-83
| Intel
| 64
| Works
| by Arno-Can Uestuensoez / [http://www.UnifiedSessionsManager.org 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 ===
{|border=1
| '''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 / [http://www.xompu.de/ 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 / [http://www.xompu.de/ 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 / [http://www.xompu.de/ 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 / [http://www.xompu.de/ Xompu]
|-

| Ubuntu 10.10
| 64
| kvm-83
| Intel, AMD
| 64
| Works
| by Arno-Can Uestuensoez / [http://www.UnifiedSessionsManager.org 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 ===
{|border=1
| '''Guest'''
| '''Guest bitness'''
| '''Host version'''
| '''Host cpu'''
| '''Host bitness'''
| '''Status'''
| '''Comments'''
|-

| Xandros 3 OCE
| 32
| kvm-29
| Intel
| 64
| Works
| by Alexey.E.
|}

=== Knoppix ===
{|border=1
| '''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 ===
{|border=1
| '''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 / [http://www.UnifiedSessionsManager.org UnifiedSessionsManager]
|}

=== SUSE Linux Enterprise Server ===
{|border=1
| '''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 / [http://www.b1-systems.de B1 Systems]
|-

| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10
| 32
| kvm-88
| Intel, AMD
| 64
| Works
| 2009/10/22 by Christian Berendt / [http://www.b1-systems.de B1 Systems]
|}

=== openSUSE ===
{|border=1
| '''Guest'''
| '''Guest bitness'''
| '''Host version'''
| '''Host cpu'''
| '''Host bitness'''
| '''Status'''
| '''Comments'''
|-

| openSUSE 11.3
| 64
| kvm-83
| Intel
| 64
| Works
| by Arno-Can Uestuensoez / [http://www.UnifiedSessionsManager.org UnifiedSessionsManager]
|-

| openSUSE 11.2
| 64
| kvm-83
| Intel
| 64
| Works
| by Arno-Can Uestuensoez / [http://www.UnifiedSessionsManager.org UnifiedSessionsManager]
|-

| openSUSE 11.1
| 32, 64
| kvm-88
| Intel, AMD
| 64
| Works
| 2009/10/22 by Christian Berendt / [http://www.b1-systems.de 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 ===
{|border=1
| '''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 ===
{|border=1
| '''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 ===
{|border=1
| '''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 ===
{|border=1
| '''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 ===
{|border=1
| '''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 ===
{|border=1
| '''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 ===
{|border=1
| '''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 ===
{|border=1
| '''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 ===
{|border=1
| '''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 ===
{|border=1
|'''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. [http://www.sfritsch.de/openbsd-virtualization.html more info]
|-

| OpenBSD 5.5/5.6
| 32
| qemu 1.7
| AMD/Intel without flexpriority
| 32/64
| Very slow
| Use 64bit guest instead. [http://www.sfritsch.de/openbsd-virtualization.html 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. [http://www.sfritsch.de/openbsd-virtualization.html 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 [http://tenforward.libpcap.net:8080/2011/10/OpenBSD-5.0-supports-SMP-under-KVM 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 
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
|-

| 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 ===
{|border=1
|'''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 [http://www.xompu.de/ 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 [http://www.xompu.de/ 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 / [http://www.xompu.de/ 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 [http://www.xompu.de/ 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 [http://www.xompu.de/ 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 [http://www.xompu.de/ 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 [http://www.xompu.de/ 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 ===
{|border=1
|'''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 / [http://www.xompu.de/ 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 / [http://www.xompu.de/ 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 / [http://www.xompu.de/ Xompu]
|-

| GNU/kFreeBSD
| 32
| kvm-16 + CVS
| AMD
| 64
| Works
|
|}

=== NetBSD ===
{|border=1
|'''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 ===
{|border=1
|'''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 ===
{|border=1
|'''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 ===
{|border=1
|'''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 ===
{|border=1
|'''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 ==
{|border=1
| '''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 [http://tapir.sajinet.com.pe/gentoo/portage/app-emulation/kvm/files/kvm-57-kernel-longmode.patch kvm kernel longmode]
|-

| Nexenta Core 1.0
| 64
| kvm-61
| Intel
| 64
| Works
| 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
|-

| Nexenta Core 2.0 b104 rc3
| 32 / 64
| qemu-kvm-0.11.0
| Intel
| 64
| Works
| 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.
|-

| 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 ===

{| border=1
|'''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 ===
{|border=1
|'''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
| [http://kvm.qumranet.com/kvmwiki/Guest_Support_Status?action=AttachFile&do=get&target=hurd-k14.png screenshot]
|}

=== QNX ===
{|border=1
|'''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 / [http://www.UnifiedSessionsManager.org 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 [http://community.qnx.com/sf/wiki/do/viewPage/projects.qemu/wiki/NeutrinoAsGuestInQEMU;jsessionid=82CAC3EC7E4C62A6DC51A1E021618862]
|-

| 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 ==
{|border=1
| '''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 [http://twitpic.com/dce6g 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 / [http://flickr.com/photos/rgbiernat/3261075882/ screenshot]
|-

| clonezilla-live-1.2.* - iso
| 32
| kvm-1.12.5
| AMD
| 32, 64
| Works
| tested by hiekjoha
|}

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