guestOS
What happens: Most obvious effect of the choice of a 'guestOs' is the 'VMware-tools-iso'
that will be connected if you click the
The 'guestOS' choice also decides which virtual hardware is used: GuestOS = "winnt" sets scsi0.virtualDev = "BUS" GuestOS = "winNetEnterprise" sets scsi0.virtualDev = "LSI" Things like this can have unexpected effects when you try to upgrade a WinNT to Windows 2003!
Generally speaking try to use the option that is the best match for
the Os you want to install:
The guestOS = "other" - option disables all optimizations
and should be used when every other option has failed only.
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guest operating system | P L A Y E R |
S E R V E R |
W S 5 5 |
l e g a c y |
W S 3 2 |
E S X 3 |
E S X 2 5 |
install uses |
ether- net virtual device type |
scsi virtual device type |
default install uses amount of RAM |
disk- size |
gui-option comments |
darwin | x | (not available via GUI) | |||||||||||
dos | x | x | IDE | vlance | BUS | 16 | MS-DOS | ||||||
freebsd | x | x | IDE | vlance | LSI | 256 | Freebsd | ||||||
freebsd-64 | x | LSI | e1000 | LSI | 256 | FreeBSD 64-bit | |||||||
other | x | x | IDE | vlance | BUS | 256 | Other | ||||||
other-64 | x | IDE | e1000 | LSI | 256 | Other 64-bit | |||||||
Netware guests | |||||||||||||
netware4 | x | IDE | vlance | BUS | 256 | NetWare 4 | |||||||
netware5 | x | x | IDE | vlance | LSI | 256 | NetWare 5 | ||||||
netware6 | x | x | LSI | vlance | LSI | 512 | NetWare 6 | ||||||
Solaris guests | |||||||||||||
solaris6 | x | (not available via GUI) | Solaris 6 | ||||||||||
solaris7 | x | (not available via GUI) | Solaris 7 | ||||||||||
solaris8 | x | (not available via GUI) | Solaris 8 | ||||||||||
solaris9 | x | x | IDE | vlance | LSI | 128 | Solaris 9 (experimental) | ||||||
solaris10 | x | x | IDE | vlance | LSI | 512 | Solaris 10 (experimental) | ||||||
solaris10-64 | x | LSI | e1000 | LSI | 512 | Solaris 10 64-bit (experimental) | |||||||
Linux guests | |||||||||||||
linux | x | (not available via GUI) | Linux | ||||||||||
mandrake | x | x | BUS | vlance | BUS | 256 | Mandrake Linux | ||||||
mandriva-64 | x | LSI | e1000 | LSI | 256 | Mandriva Linux 64-bit | |||||||
mandriva | x | LSI | vlance | LSI | 256 | Mandriva Linux | |||||||
nld9 | x | IDE | vlance | BUS | 256 | Novell Linux Desktop 9 | |||||||
other24xlinux | x | x | BUS | vlance | BUS | 256 | Other Linux 2.4.x kernel | ||||||
other24xlinux-64 | x | LSI | e1000 | LSI | 256 | Other Linux 2.4.x kernel 64-bit | |||||||
other26xlinux | x | x | LSI | vlance | LSI | 256 | Other Linux 2.6.x kernel | ||||||
other26xlinux-64 | x | LSI | e1000 | LSI | 256 | Other Linux 2.6.x kernel 64-bit | |||||||
otherlinux-64 | x | LSI | e1000 | LSI | 256 | Other Linux 64-bit | |||||||
otherlinux | x | BUS | vlance | BUS | 256 | Other Linux | |||||||
redhat | x | x | BUS | vlance | BUS | 256 | Red Hat Linux | ||||||
rhel2 | x | x | BUS | vlance | BUS | 256 | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2 | ||||||
rhel3 | x | x | LSI | vlance | LSI | 256 | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 | ||||||
rhel3-64 | x | LSI | e1000 | LSI | 256 | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 64-bit | |||||||
rhel4 | x | LSI | vlance | LSI | 256 | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 | |||||||
rhel4-64 | x | LSI | e1000 | LSI | 256 | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 64-bit | |||||||
sjds | x | LSI | vlance | LSI | 256 | Sun Java Desktop System | |||||||
suse | x | x | LSI | vlance | LSI | 256 | SUSE Linux | ||||||
suse-64 | x | LSI | e1000 | LSI | 256 | SUSE Linux 64-bit | |||||||
sles | x | x | LSI | vlance | LSI | 256 | SUSE Linux Enterprise Server | ||||||
sles-64 | x | LSI | e1000 | LSI | 256 | SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 64-bit | |||||||
turbolinux | x | x | BUS | vlance | BUS | 256 | Turbolinux | ||||||
ubuntu | x | LSI | vlance | LSI | 256 | Ubuntu | |||||||
ubuntu-64 | x | LSI | e1000 | LSI | 256 | Ubuntu 64-bit | |||||||
Windows guests | |||||||||||||
win2000advserv | x | x | BUS | vlance | BUS | 384 | Windows 2000 Advanced Server | ||||||
win2000pro | x | x | BUS | vlance | BUS | 256 | Windows 2000 Professional | ||||||
win2000serv | x | x | BUS | vlance | BUS | 384 | Windows 2000 Server | ||||||
win31 | x | x | IDE | vlance | BUS | 16 | Windows 3.1 | ||||||
win95 | x | x | IDE | vlance | BUS | 64 | Windows 95 | ||||||
win98 | x | x | IDE | vlance | BUS | 256 | Windows 98 | ||||||
winme | x | x | IDE | vlance | BUS | 256 | Windows Me | ||||||
winnt | x | x | BUS | vlance | BUS | 256 | Windows NT | ||||||
winnetenterprise | x | x | LSI | vlance | LSI | 384 | Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition | ||||||
winnetenterprise-64 | x | LSI | e1000 | LSI | 384 | Windows Server 2003 Enterprise x64 Edition | |||||||
winnetbusiness | x | x | LSI | vlance | LSI | 384 | Windows Server 2003 Small Business | ||||||
winnetstandard | x | x | LSI | vlance | LSI | 384 | Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition | ||||||
winnetstandard-64 | x | LSI | e1000 | LSI | 384 | Windows Server 2003 Standard x64 Edition | |||||||
winnetweb | x | x | LSI | vlance | LSI | 384 | Windows Server 2003 Web Edition | ||||||
longhorn | x | x | LSI | vlance | LSI | 512 | 16 | Windows Vista (experimental) | |||||
longhorn-64 | x | LSI | e1000 | LSI | 512 | 24 | Windows Vista x64 Edition (experimental) | ||||||
winxphome | x | x | IDE | vlance | BUS | 256 | Windows XP Home Edition | ||||||
winxppro | x | x | IDE | vlance | BUS | 256 | Windows XP Professional | ||||||
winxppro-64 | x | LSI | e1000 | LSI | 256 | Windows XP Professional x64 Edition | |||||||
winvista | x | no defaults (not available via GUI) |
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winvista-64 | x | no defaults (not available via GUI) |
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OS2 | |||||||||||||
os2experimental | x | x | no defaults (not available via GUI) |
against all rumours: it's possible - see forum for information on drivers and some more tricks that may be useful | |||||||||
VMware | |||||||||||||
vmkernel | x | x | no defaults (not available via GUI) |
Rumours report that this is used by VMware engineers
to run ESX in a VM. Well makes sense - why not? Recently I had the chance to test it - but failed. I guess it needs some more special parameters. Fact is VMserver and WS 5 accept this as guestOS |
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