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Guest Support Status
Windows Family
Guest
|
Guest bitness
|
Host version
|
Host cpu
|
Host bitness
|
Status
|
Comments
|
Windows 2008 R2 RTM
|
64
|
kvm-88
|
Intel
|
64
|
Works
|
Installs and works with 1GB 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
|
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 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
|
|
Linux Family: Ubuntu/Debian Derivatives
Guest
|
Guest bitness
|
Host version
|
Host cpu
|
Host bitness
|
Status
|
Comments
|
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
|
|
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
|
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
|
|
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 4.5
|
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
|
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.
|
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
|
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
|
Other UNIX systems
Guest
|
Guest bitness
|
Host version
|
Host cpu
|
Host bitness
|
Status
|
Comments
|
Darwin 8.0.1
|
32
|
kvm-29
|
Intel
|
64
|
Crashes
|
by Alexey.E.
|
MINIX 3.1.2a
|
32
|
kvm-71
|
Intel
|
64
|
Works
|
|
GNU hurd live CD (20051117)
|
32
|
kvm-28
|
Intel
|
32
|
Works
|
Seems to have networking problems.
|
GNU/Hurd (Debian K14)
|
32
|
kvm-33
|
Intel
|
32
|
Works
|
screenshot
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GNU/Hurd (Debian K16)
|
32
|
kvm-69
|
AMD
|
64
|
Works
|
avoid kvm-[64-67] which require -no-kvm-pit to work
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Others
Guest
|
Guest bitness
|
Host version
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Host cpu
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Host bitness
|
Status
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Comments
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Haiku OS
|
32
|
kvm-12
|
AMD
|
64
|
Works
|
screenshot
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Amiga Research OS (AROS)
|
32
|
kvm-12
|
AMD
|
64
|
Works
|
LiveCD tested. screenshot
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Amiga Research OS (AROS)
|
32
|
kvm-58
|
Intel
|
32
|
Works
|
LiveCD tested.
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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
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FreeDOS 7 + Novell Netware 4.1
|
32
|
kvm-83
|
AMD
|
64
|
Works
|
tested by Ruediger G. Biernat / screenshot
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