Current OS Compatibility
Xen 2.0
Operating System |
Runs as Dom0(host os) |
Runs as DomU(guest os) |
Linux 2.4 |
Yes |
Yes |
Linux 2.6 |
Yes |
Yes |
NetBSD 2.0 |
No |
Yes |
NetBSD 3.0 |
Yes |
Yes |
Plan 9 |
No |
Yes |
FreeBSD 5 |
No |
Yes |
Xen 3.0
Operating System |
Runs as Dom0 (host os) |
Runs as DomU(guest os) |
Linux 2.6 |
Yes |
Yes |
NetBSD 3.1 |
No |
Yes |
NetBSD 4.0_BETA2 and -CURRENT |
Yes |
Yes |
FreeBSD 5.3 |
No |
currently broken? Actively being worked on |
FreeBSD 7-CURRENT |
no |
can be patched; works. see http://www.fsmware.com/xenofreebsd/7.0/ |
Plan 9 |
No |
currently broken? |
ReactOS |
No |
planned, development stalled |
Solaris 10 |
Unknown |
Yes |
Un-Modified OS |
No |
Initial support for unmodified guests when using Intel VTX hardware, e.g. Windows |
