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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

SLES 10 for System z on Windows Host

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.

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May 04, 2009

SLES 10 for System z on Linux Host

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.

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