The Hercules-390 mailing list on Yahoo has a discussion. Copy the zVM DVD image to a directory, then IPL with "IPL /path/to/install/image/ZVM.ins". Note that you boot the *.ins file rather than a device address. Make sure that you have sufficient storage defined (zVM 5.3 requires at least 3GB), a SYG console defined at 0000 (place "0000 SYSG" in hercules.cnf) and have a 3270 emulator connected to the console port.
On Tue, Aug 4, 2009 at 9:38 AM, Scott Rohling <scott.rohl...@gmail.com>wrote: > Has anyone tried the new HMC DVD-RAM support supposedly available in > Hercules 3.06? There's no info at all on how to implement it.... After > getting a zVM ramdisk loaded and logged into MAINT -- INSTDVD fails as it > doesnt seem to find the CKDxxxxx files it's looking for which are on the > DVD. > > I googled this to death and find a couple people complaining of the same > thing, but no answers.. > > Since the release notes for 3.06 clearly indicate HMC DVD-RAM support -- > I'm just curious if anyone has actually tried it -- I would expect a > hercules.cnf option of some kind pointing to the dvd or mounted filesystem, > but none is documented. Frustrating! It's there but no one seems to > know how to make it work ;-) > > Scott > > p.s. Was going to post this on Hercules mailing list - but it requires a > Yahoo id (no thanks). Thought this would be the next best place... > > >
