vmware Guest Operating System Installation Guide

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The guest operating system installation guide includes instructions for installing supported guest operating systems on the following VMware products:

• 　　VMware ESXi/ESX 3.5 and later
  
• 　　VMware Workstation 4.0 and later
  
• 　　VMware Fusion 1.0 and later
  
• 　　VMware ACE 1.0 and later
  

　　If you are using VMware Workstation 3.x, VMware ESX Server 1.x, or an earlier VMware product, see your product user猀 manual for the supported guest operating system installation instructions.

See General Guidelines for Supported Guests and General Installation Instructions for All VMware Products for information that might apply to the guest you are installing.



Supported Guest Operating Systems
VMware supports the following Windows, Linux, Unix, Macintosh, and other operating systems. Operating systems that are not listed are not supported.


Windows Operating Systems

• 　　Windows
  
  
  
  • 　　Windows Server 2012 R2
    
  • 　　Windows Server 2012
    
  • 　　Windows 8.1
    
  • 　　Windows 8
    
  • 　　Windows Server 2008 R2
    
  • 　　Windows 7
    
  • 　　Windows Server 2008
    
  • 　　Windows Vista
    
  • 　　Windows Server 2003
    
  • 　　Windows XP
    
  • 　　Windows 2000
    
  • 　　Windows NT 4.0
    
  • 　　Windows ME
    
  • 　　Windows 98
    
  • 　　Windows 95
    
  • 　　MS-DOS 6.22 and Windows 3.1x
    
  
  

UNIX and Other Operating Systems

• 　　eComStation
  
  
  
  • 　　eComStation 2.x
    
  • 　　eComStation 1.0
    
  
  

FreeBSD

• 　　FreeBSD 10.x
  
• 　　FreeBSD 9.x
  
• 　　FreeBSD 8.x
  
• 　　FreeBSD 7.x
  
• 　　FreeBSD 6.x
  
• 　　FreeBSD 5.x
  
• 　　FreeBSD 4.x
  

IBM OS/2 Warp

• 　　IBM OS/2 Warp 4.5.2
  
• 　　IBM OS/2 Warp 4.0
  

Mac OS X Server

• 　　OS X 10.9
  
• 　　OS X 10.8
  
• 　　OS X 10.7
  
• 　　Mac OS X Server 10.6
  
• 　　Mac OS X Server 10.5
  

Netware

• 　　Netware 6.5 Server
  
• 　　Netware 6.0 Server
  
• 　　Netware 5.1 Server
  
• 　　Netware 4.2 Server
  

Solaris

• 　　Solaris 11
  
• 　　Solaris 10
  
• 　　Solaris 9
  
• 　　Solaris 8
  

SCO

• 　　SCO OpenServer 5.0
  
• 　　SCO UnixWare 7.0
  

Toshiba

• 　　Toshiba 4690 V6
  

Linux Operating Systems

• 　　Asianux Server
  
  
  
  • 　　Asianux Server 4.0
    
  • 　　Asianux Server 3.0
    
  
  

CentOS

• 　　CentOS 7
  
• 　　CentOS 6
  
• 　　CentOS 5
  
• 　　CentOS 4
  

Debian

• 　　Debian 7
  
• 　　Debian 6
  
• 　　Debian 5
  
• 　　Debian 4
  

Fedora

• 　　Fedora 20 Desktop Edition
  
• 　　Fedora 19 Desktop Edition
  
• 　　Fedora 18 Desktop Edition
  
• 　　Fedora 17 Desktop Edition
  
• 　　Fedora 16 Desktop Edition
  

Mandrake

• 　　Mandrake Linux 10.x
  
• 　　Mandrake Linux 9.x
  
• 　　Mandrake Linux 8.x
  

Mandriva

• 　　Mandriva Corporate 4
  
• 　　Mandriva Linux 2010
  
• 　　Mandriva Linux 2009
  
• 　　Mandriva Linux 2008
  
• 　　Mandriva Linux 2007
  
• 　　Mandriva Linux 2006
  

Novell

• 　　Novell Linux Desktop 9
  

openSUSE Linux

• 　　openSUSE Linux 13.x
  
• 　　openSUSE Linux 12.x
  
• 　　openSUSE Linux 11.x
  
• 　　openSUSE Linux 10.x
  

Oracle Enterprise

• 　　Oracle Linux 7
  
• 　　Oracle Linux 6
  
• 　　Oracle Enterprise Linux 5
  
• 　　Oracle Enterprise Linux 4
  

Red Hat Enterprise Linux

• 　　Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
  
• 　　Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
  
• 　　Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
  
• 　　Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
  
• 　　Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3
  
• 　　Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1
  

Red Hat Linux

• 　　Red Hat Linux 9.0
  
• 　　Red Hat Linux 8.0
  
• 　　Red Hat Linux 7.0
  
• 　　Red Hat Linux 6.2
  

Sun Java Desktop System

• 　　Sun Java Desktop System 2
  

SUSE Linux Enterprise

• 　　SUSE Linux Enterprise 12
  
• 　　SUSE Linux Enterprise 11
  
• 　　SUSE Linux Enterprise 10
  
• 　　SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9
  
• 　　SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 8
  
• 　　SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 7
  

SUSE Linux

• 　　SUSE Linux 10.x
  
• 　　SUSE Linux 9.x
  
• 　　SUSE Linux 8.x
  
• 　　SUSE Linux 7.3
  

Turbolinux

• 　　Turbolinux 11
  
• 　　Turbolinux 10
  
• 　　Turbolinux 8
  
• 　　Turbolinux 7
  

Ubuntu

• 　　Ubuntu 14.04
  
• 　　Ubuntu 13.10
  
• 　　Ubuntu 13.04
  
• 　　Ubuntu 12.10
  
• 　　Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
  
• 　　Ubuntu 11.10
  
• 　　Ubuntu 11.04
  
• 　　Ubuntu 10.10
  
• 　　Ubuntu 10.04 LTS
  
• 　　Ubuntu 9.10
  
• 　　Ubuntu 9.04
  
• 　　Ubuntu 8.10
  
• 　　Ubuntu 8.04 LTS
  
• 　　Ubuntu Linux 7.10
  
• 　　Ubuntu Linux 7.04
  
• 　　Ubuntu Linux 6.10
  
• 　　Ubuntu Linux 6.06
  
• 　　Ubuntu Linux 5.10
  
• 　　Ubuntu Linux 5.04