The Hercules Emulator faithfully replicates the operation of a wide series of IBM mainframes from the System 360 up to the z/10. You then need to select a mainframe operating system and install it. Linux on IBM System z is now a popular operating system for the mainframe -- one that IBM fully encourages and supports. Since it is an open source OS, it can be run on the Hercules emulator without licensing restrictions. The Linux/390 site shows the history of z/Linux and lists various freely-available distributions. We have chosen for demonstration purposes Novell's SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for System z because it is available for download on a generous 180-day evaluation basis. Instructions for installing other z/Liniux distributions will be added in the future, e.g. Red Hat Enterprise Linux for System z and CentOS for System z.
Start with the the Hercules Base installation. The posts below provide the complete instructions for installing SLES 10 SP2 for System z on the most recent, stable release of Hercules.
May 04, 2009
The Hercules emulator can run SUSE Enterprise Linux 10 SP2 (s390x) one of the versions of z/Linux for the IBM mainframe. The emulator itself can be run on a variety of Windows based operating systems on a PC or server. Once installed and booted, the emulator can be controlled through its front panel in a similar manner as the real machine.
Filed under: Windows Host, z/Linux
May 04, 2009
The Hercules emulator can run SUSE Enterprise Linux 10 SP2 (s390x), one of the versions of z/Linux available for the IBM mainframe. The emulator itself can be run on several versions of Linux on a PC or server. Once installed and booted, the emulator can be controlled through its front panel in a similar manner as the real machine.
Filed under: Linux Host, z/Linux
Carina Oliveri
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