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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
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
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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