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Host System Requirements
What do you need to get the most out of VMware Workstation 4? Take the following
list of requirements as a starting point. Remember that the virtual machines running
under VMware Workstation are like physical computers in many ways - and, like
physical computers, they generally perform better if they have faster processors and
more memory.
PC Hardware
Memory
- Enough memory to run the host operating system, plus memory required for each guest operating system and for applications on the host and guest; see your guest operating system and application documentation for their memory requirements
- 256MB recommended, 128MB minimum
Display
- 16-bit display adapter recommended; greater than 8-bit display adapter required
- Linux hosts must have an X server that meets the X11R6 specification (such as XFree86) and a video adapter supported by that server to run guest operating systems in full screen mode
Disk Drives
- 100MB (for Windows hosts), 20MB (for Linux hosts) free space required for basic installation
- At least 1GB free disk space recommended for each guest operating system and the application software used with it; if you use a default setup, the actual disk space needs are approximately the same as those for installing and running the guest operating system and applications on a physical computer
- IDE or SCSI hard drives, CD-ROM and DVD-ROM drives supported
- Guest operating systems can reside on physical disk partitions or in virtual disk files
Local Area Networking (Optional)
- Any Ethernet controller supported by the host operating system
- Non-Ethernet networks supported using built-in network address translation (NAT) or using a combination of host-only networking plus routing software on the host operating system
Windows Host Operating Systems
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Linux Host Operating Systems
Supported distributions and kernels are listed below. VMware Workstation may not
run on systems that do not meet these requirements.
Note: As newer Linux kernels and distributions are released, VMware modifies and
tests its products for stability and reliability on those host platforms. We make every
effort to add support for new kernels and distributions in a timely manner, but until a
kernel or distribution is added to the list below, its use with our products is not
supported. Look for newer prebuilt modules in the download area of our Web site. Go
to www.vmware.com/download/.
- Mandrake Linux 9.0 - stock 2.4.19
- Mandrake Linux 8.2 - stock 2.4.18-6mdk
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3.0 - stock 2.4.21, update 2.4.21-15.EL
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1 - stock 2.4.9-e3
- Red Hat Linux Advanced Server 2.1 - stock 2.4.9-e3
- Red Hat Linux 9.0 - stock 2.4.20-8, upgrade 2.4.20-20.9
- Red Hat Linux 8.0 - stock 2.4.18
- Red Hat Linux 7.3 - stock 2.4.18
- Red Hat Linux 7.2 - stock 2.4.7-10, upgrade 2.4.9-7, upgrade 2.4.9-13, upgrade 2.4.9-21, upgrade 2.4.9-31
- Red Hat Linux 7.1 - stock 2.4.2-2, upgrade 2.4.3-12
- Red Hat Linux 7.0 - stock 2.2.16-22, upgrade 2.2.17-14
- SUSE LINUX 9.1 - stock 2.6.4-52
- SUSE LINUX 9.0 - stock 2.4.21-99
- SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 8 - stock 2.4.19
- SuSE Linux 8.2 - stock 2.4.20
- SuSE Linux 8.1 - stock 2.4.19
- SuSE Linux 8.0 - stock 2.4.18
- SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 7 - stock 2.4.7 and patch 2
- SuSE Linux 7.3 - stock 2.4.10
Platforms not listed above are not supported.
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