Before Y
00
Begin
The
VM/PC
installation process
is
designed to make it easy
for you to use. There are, however, several things you need
to check before you begin:
First of all, make sure that you are installing
VM/PC
on
a computer system satisfying the hardware and software
requirements described in the previous chapter. In
particular, before beginning the installation of
VM/PC,
you should have completed the installation of the
Personal Computer
XT/370
and DOS as described in
the
Personal Computer
XT
/370
Guide to Operations and
the
Personal Computer
Disk
Operating System manuals.
If
this has been done, your fixed disk (the C disk) will
have been formatted by
DOS and will contain the
Personal Computer XT
/370
Personality file
(IMLPU.1 VM).
• Next, make sure that
VM/PC
needs to be installed.
If
you are sharing your computer with others who may
already be using
VM/PC,
ask them
if
you need to install
VM/PC.
You may only need to add some information
to certain existing files to begin using the
VM/PC
system yourself.
If
you are the first person to use
VM/PC
on
your
computer, you will have to follow the installation
procedure in this chapter. Otherwise, you can skip this
chapter and go
to
Chapter 3, "Configuring Your
VM/PC
System" on page 3-1, for information
on
adding users to a
VM/PC
system.
• Next, make sure you have all the diskettes you
will
need.
You will need all six of the
VM/PC
Distribution
Diskettes found at the back
of
this manual.
• A fixed disk
on
your system will be used as
"the
C disk"
during the installation process. The disk should contain
DOS, as many
of
its commands and services will be used
to install
VM/PC.
You may need to refer to the manual
supplied with
DOS.
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