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Supported Guest Operating Systems Supported Guest Operating Systems
The operating systems listed here have been tested in VMware GSX Server virtual machines and are officially supported. For notes on installing guest operating systems, see the VMware Guest Operating System Installation Guide, available from the Help menu or from the VMware Web site at www.vmware.com/support/guestnotes/doc/index.html.
Operating systems that are not listed are not supported for use in a VMware GSX Server virtual machine. For the most recent list of supported guest operating systems, visit the VMware Web site at www.vmware.com/support/gsx3/doc/intro_sysreqs_guest_gsx.html.
Note: Operating systems that are not listed are not supported for use in a VMware GSX Server virtual machine. Guest operating systems using 64-bit extensions to the IA-32 instruction set are not supported.
Microsoft Windows
  • Microsoft Windows code-named Longhorn (experimental support)
  • Windows Server 2003 Web Edition, Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition, Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition and Windows Small Business Server 2003, including Service Pack 1
  • Windows XP Professional and Windows XP Home Edition, including Service Pack 1 and Service Pack 2
  • Windows 2000 Professional, Windows 2000 Server and Windows 2000 Advanced Server, including Service Pack 1, Service Pack 2, Service Pack 3 and Service Pack 4, and Windows 2000 Professional Service Pack 4 checked build
  • Windows NTŪ 4.0 Server Service Pack 6a, Windows NT Workstation 4.0, including Service Pack 6a and Windows NT 4.0 Terminal Server Edition Service Pack 6a
  • Windows Me
  • Windows 98, including latest Customer Service Packs, and Windows 98 SE
  • Windows 95, including Service Pack 1 and all OSR releases
  • Windows for Workgroups 3.11
  • Windows 3.1
    • Microsoft MS-DOS
  • MS-DOS 6.22
    • Linux
  • Mandrake Linux 8.0, 8.1, 8.2, 9.0, 9.1, 9.2, 10.0 and 10.1
  • Red Hat Linux 6.2, 7.0, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 8.0 and 9.0
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (AS, ES and WS) 2.1, including Update 6; Red Hat Enterprise Linux (AS, ES and WS) 3.0, including Update 4; Red Hat Enterprise Linux (AS, ES and WS) 4.0
  • SuSE Linux 7.3, 8.0, 8.1, 8.2, 9.0, 9.1 and 9.2; experimental support for SUSE LINUX 9.3
  • SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 7, including Service Pack 2; 8, including Service Pack 3; and 9, including Service Pack 1
  • Turbolinux Server 7.0, 8.0, and Workstation 8.0
    • Novell NetWare
  • NetWare 4.2 Support Pack 9, 5.1 Support Pack 6, 6.0 Support Pack 3 and 6.5 Support Pack 1
    • FreeBSD
  • FreeBSD 4.0-4.6.2, 4.8, 4.9, 5.0 and 5.2
    • Solaris
  • Solaris 9 and 10 Operating System x86 Platform Edition (experimental support)


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