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System Requirements
Hardware Requirements
- Processor. 266MHz or faster processor (400MHz or faster recommended), single or multiprocessor.
- Memory. 128MB minimum (256MB recommended).
- Disk drives. 20MB free space required for basic installation. At least 500MB free disk space recommended for guest operating system and applications.
Supported Host Operating Systems
- Windows XP Professional and Windows XP Home Edition
- Windows 2000 Professional, Server, and Advanced Server
- Windows NT Workstation and Windows NT Server, Service Pack 3 or higher
- Red Had Linux 6.2, 7.0. 7.1
- SuSE Linux 7.0, 7.1, 7.2
- Mandrake Linux 8.0
- Caldera OpenLinux 2.x, Workstation 3.1
Supported Guest Operating Systems
The operating systems listed here have been tested in
Workstation virtual machines and are officially supported.
Other operating systems designed for Intel-based PCs may
work, as well.
Microsoft Windows
- Windows XP Home Edition
- Windows XP Professional
- Windows 2000 Professional
- Windows 2000 Server
- Windows 2000 Advanced Server
- Windows NT (version 4.0 with Service Pack 3, 4, 5, and 6a for both
Workstation and Server)
- Windows Me
- Windows 98 and Windows 98 SE
- Windows 95
- Windows for Workgroups
- Windows 3.1
MS-DOS (MS-DOS version 6 is supported.)
Linux. The following types of Linux operating systems are supported:
- Linux-Mandrake 8.0
- Red Hat 6.2, 7.0 and 7.1
- SuSE Linux 7.0, 7.1 and 7.2
- Caldera OpenLinux 2.x, Workstation 3.1
FreeBSD. The following versions of FreeBSD are supported:
For the most current list of supported and unsupported operating systems,
see
http://www.vmware.com/support/ws3/doc/intro_sysreqs_ws.html
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