Hercules should run on about every Linux platform, after all, it was developed for Linux. But, of course, I do not have all Linux systems available to me, and therefore can only confirm that it will run on
>>--- setup ---+--------------+--------------+----------------+---------> | | | | +----- -d -----+ +------ -n ------+ use debug mode use No-ANSI mode >-------------+--------------+--------------+----------------+---------> | | | | +----- -a -----+ +------ -s ------+ automatic mode simple setup use defaults use alternate defaults >-------------+--------------+-----------------------------------------> | | +-- -t dir ----+ target directoryInstallation is quite straight forward. Insert the CD-Rom into a CD-Rom drive on your machine, change to that drive, and enter the command
setupThe installation scripts use ANSI control sequences for fancy colors etc. If you don't like this feature, you can turn it off by invoking setup like this:
./setup -nThe installation script will start now, and you will have to reply to a few questions now:
You can automate some of the processing by using additional options:
./setup -a
will use all the defaults and will only ask you one simple question before installing.
./setup -t dirname
will use dirname as the target directory instead of prompting you for it.
./setup -swill select a different set of defaults which may or may not be more to your taste. It provides a somewhat simpler layout (thus the flag -s). The same setup can also be selected from the installation menu option 2.
Default setup | Simple setup | |
---|---|---|
Printer 1 | Started | Drained |
Printer 2 | Started | Drained |
Punch 1 | Started | Drained |
Reader 1 | Started | Drained |
3277 Master Consoles | 2 | 1 |
3215 Master Consoles | 1 | 0 |
Socket reader | Yes | No |
Autostart MF1 | Yes | No |
If you prefer a different scheme, you may want to try the setterm script which allows to change some of the values above
Of course, all these options can be combined, like in
setup -ast C:\mvs38j
Which will use the simple setup and will automatically install it
into the target directory c:\mvs38j
If no options were presented, you will be asked a sequence of questions:
Which screen you will see depends if you are logged on as superuser, or not. You need to run setup as root when you want to install the hercules software and supporting programs. See Installing Hercules & support Programs for more info. For the moment we assume that Hercules etc is installed, and we are logged on as a standard user to Linux.
installation of the MVS system can be done under a normal user id. You only need to install Hercules etc once on your machine.
MVS 3.8J System Installation/Generation 1. Install MVS Turnkey system - standard setup Debug: off 2. Install MVS Starter system - simple setup ANSI: on 3. Install MVS Starter system and SYSGEN files x. Exit Your choice ===>
Choosing option 1 will install a ready-to-run MVS 3.8 system, option 2 will install the simpler ready-to-run MVS 3.8 system, and option 3 will install a starter system and will give you the chance to do a full MVS system generation.
Choose your installation path now: