Status: Guest OSes
The following table gives an overview of how well VirtualBox operating systems work in its virtual machines. Rows marked with an asterisk (*) contain information reported by users and not verified by the VirtualBox team. (Page last updated 2020-02-24)
This table reflects operating systems which should work with the most recent version of VirtualBox but without any guarantee. To get a list of commercially supported guest operating systems of VirtualBox, please follow this link.
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Windows 10 build 10586 (32/64-bit) | Works, with Additions | Requires AMD-V or VT-x. | |
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Windows 10 build 10240 (32/64-bit) | Works, with Additions | Requires AMD-V or VT-x. | |
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Windows 8 (32/64-bit) | Works, with Additions | Requires AMD-V or VT-x. | |
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Windows 7 (32/64-bit) | Works, with Additions | ||
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Windows Vista (32/64-bit) | Works, with Additions | ||
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Windows 2000 | Works, with Additions | ||
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Windows XP (32/64-bit) | Works, with Additions | ||
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Windows Server 2012 (also R2) | Works, with Additions | ||
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Windows Server 2008 (32/64-bit, also R2) | Works, with Additions | ||
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Windows Server 2003 (32/64-bit) | Works, with Additions | ||
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Windows NT | Works, with Additions | Some issues with old service packs. Recommended to install service pack 6a. Shared folders not implemented. | |
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* Windows 98/98 SE/ME | Works, no Additions available | Slow because VirtualBox is not optimized for it. Install a 3rd party VESA graphics driver or disable hardware virtualization. | |
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| Generally, all 2.4 and 2.6+ kernels work; however, we recommend 2.6.13 or above for better performance. Kernels 2.6.18 to 2.6.18.2 contain a race condition (which was unfortunately backported to the Ubuntu 6.06 Server and 6.10 kernels) that can cause boot crashes in virtual machines. | ||||
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Ubuntu 5.10 / 6.06 Desktop / 7.04 - 12.10 |
Works, with Additions | ||
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Ubuntu 6.06 Server/6.10 | Works partially, with Additions | The Ubuntu 6.06 Server and 6.10 kernels suffer from the race condition mentioned above. | |
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Debian 6.0 - 8.0 | Works, with Additions | ||
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Debian 5.0 | Works, with Additions | ||
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Debian 4.0 (32-bit) | Works, with Additions | ||
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Debian 3.1 | Works, with Additions | Requires IDE Controller. | |
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SUSE 9/10.0 | Works, with Additions | Disable VT-x | |
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openSUSE 10.2 | Works partially, with Additions | The openSUSE 10.2 kernel suffers from the race condition mentioned above. | |
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openSUSE 10.3 | Works, with Additions | ||
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openSUSE 11.0-11.3 | Works, with Additions | ||
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Mandriva 2008 | Works, with Additions | Mandriva 2008 has the guest additions for VirtualBox 1.5 installed by default. These should be updated after installation. | |
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Mandriva 2009.0/2009.1 | Works, with Additions | ||
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Mandrake 10.1 | Works, with Additions | ||
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*Mandrake 9.2 | Works, without Additions | ||
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Fedora Core 1/4/5/6 | Works, with Additions | ||
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Fedora 7-23 | Works, with Additions | Fedora 7 and 9 have problems with Additions. We recommend you upgrade before installing Guest Additions. | |
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Oracle Linux 8 | Works, with Additions | ||
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Oracle Linux 7 | Works, with Additions | ||
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Oracle Linux 6 | Works, with Additions | ||
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Oracle Linux 5 | Works, with Additions | 5.3+ Recommended if using VirtIO. | |
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Oracle Linux 4 | Works, with Additions | Requires IDE Controller, 4.8+ Recommended if using VirtIO. | |
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RHEL7 | Works, with Additions | ||
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RHEL6 | Works, with Additions | ||
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RHEL5, CentOS 5 (32/64-bit) | Works, with Additions | 5.3+ Recommended if using VirtIO. | |
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RHEL4, CentOS 4 (32/64-bit) | Works, with Additions | Requires IDE Controller. 4.8+ Recommended if using VirtIO. | |
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RHEL3, OEL3, CentOS 3 (32/64-bit) | Works, with Additions | Requires IDE Controller. Sound broken. | |
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* Red Hat Linux 9 | Works, without Additions | ||
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* Red Hat Linux 7 | Works, partially without Additions | Requires VT-x, and text-mode only. | |
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* Xandros 4 | Works, with Additions | ||
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ArchLinux | Works, with Additions | Installation has to be booted with the ide-legacy option. |
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| Solaris | ||||
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Solaris 10 5.08 and later | Works, with Guest Additions | ||
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Solaris 11 | Works, with Guest Additions | ||
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OpenSolaris 2008.05 and later | Works, with Guest Additions | ||
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Older Solaris x86 releases | Works, no Guest Additions | ||
| Mac OS X | ||||
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Mac OS X Server (Leopard, Snow Leopard) | Works without Additions | See Manual for more information. | |
| Unices | ||||
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FreeBSD | Works, with Guest Additions | FreeBSD 6.2 is known to cause problems. Requires VT-x. Requires FreeBSD Guest Additions, available as a port emulators/virtualbox-ose-additions. | |
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* PC-BSD 1.3 | Doesn't work | ||
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* PC-BSD 7.1.1 | Works, no Additions available | Requires VT-x or AMD-V hardware virtualization support. | |
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* PC-BSD 8.1 | Works, no Additions available | Requires VT-x or AMD-V hardware virtualization support. | |
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* PC-BSD >= 9.0 | Works, with Guest Additiona | Requires VT-x or AMD-V hardware virtualization support. Requires FreeBSD Guest Additions, available as a port emulators/virtualbox-ose-additions. | |
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OpenBSD | Works, no Additions available | Requires VT-x or AMD-V hardware virtualization support. | |
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DOS | Works, no Additions available | Only limited testing as part of system installation processes has been performed. | |
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OS/2 2.0 and later (32-bit) | Works, with Additions | Requires VT-x or AMD-V hardware virtualization support. | |
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OS/2 1.x (16-bit) | Works, no Additions available | ||
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QNX 4.25 | Works, no Additions available | ||
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* QNX Neutrino 6.32 | Works, no Additions available | Requires VT-x or AMD-V hardware virtualization support. | |
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Novell Netware 6.5 | Works, no Additions available | Single VCPU only. | |
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BeOS R5 | Works, no Additions available | Minor issues. PIIX3 IDE needs to be used for good performance. | |
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Haiku | Works, no Additions available | ||
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Syllable | Works, no Additions available | ||
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* Visopsys | Works, no Additions available | Note there is a bug in the Visopsys installer, see forum post. | |
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ReactOS | Works, no Additions available | ||
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* SkyOS | Works, no Additions available | ||