#Installing z/vm on hercules install#

Simply type in 'quit' to the emulator and hit enter, and you'll drop back to your command prompt. Дon't worry apparently the emulator isn't feeding the end of tape correctly to the emulator. When the command completes on the emulator you will see lines scrolling like crazy reading something like this: Type the following into the 3270 program:

VM/370 DASD DUMP/RESTORE PROGRAM RELEASE 6Д®NTER CARD READER ADDRESS OR CONTROL STATEMENTS With any luck you'll see the following in your 3270 emulator: Next run your 3270 terminal program, and attach to the localhost port 3270. You will get a screen with a '=>' prompt. Now with everything in place we can kick off the tape install. Run the following commands in the 'essentials' directory (we will run all commands from there for now on.). XPNDSIZE 0 # Expanded storage size in megabytesД¬NSLPORT 3270 # TCP port number to which consoles connect MAINSIZE 2 # Main storage size in megabytes I am going to use the configuration file here: With all of these in place we next create a configuration file as the supplied one will not work with 'new' versions of Hercules. Next extract the file, in your 'setup' directory and it'll create an 'essentials' sub directory.ДЇinally decompress both 2 & 2 into the 'essentials' directory.

#Installing z/vm on hercules install#

Run the emulator, and it'll let you select a place to install the files. x3270 is another great (free) emulator.ДЇirst pick a location for your emulator. You will need the following files for the OS install: I am going to use Hercules version 3.03 for Windows, namely the version found here.