How can I install NI Linux RT to a PXIe 8840 with LV 2018?

[ayiep]

Hi guys, I want to migrate my PXI from Pharlap to Linux but I see that the USB recovery tool is only avaliable for LV2019+, is posible to do this with LV2018?

Greetings!

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[GatorChomp · Accepted solution]

Hi ayiep,

Official support for Linux Real-Time on our PXI systems was added in the LabVIEW 2019 software stack and in NI Drivers 19.0 and later. As such, you should work in LabVIEW 2019 or later if you plan to use Linux Real-Time with a PXI system. 

Here are some additional resources that may help:

• Linux Real-Time PXI Driver and Software Compatibility
• NI Linux Real-Time Operating System PXI Hardware Support
• Real-Time Controllers and Real-Time Operating System Compatibility
• Provisioning a PXI Controller to the NI Linux Real-Time Operating System

[ayiep]

Well, I'll migrate to 2019 then. Thanks very much!

[AmilyChen]

I want to change NI PXIe 8840 QC from windows to Linux RT.

follow this steps.

Now I have changed the boot and get into Linux safemode.

But when I formdisk from MAX, the MAX crashed.

I wander if I can use the "nisystemimage set" command to setup the Linux image.

And I don't known how to get the base image file for my PXI.

And If it still not success, How Could I change back to windows?☹️

Thanks very much!

[AmilyChen]

Hi, have install NI Linux RT to a PXIe 8840 with LV 2019 successful？？

[ypi]

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@AmilyChen wrote:

I want to change NI PXIe 8840 QC from windows to Linux RT.

follow this steps.

Now I have changed the boot and get into Linux safemode.

But when I formdisk from MAX, the MAX crashed.

I wander if I can use the "nisystemimage set" command to setup the Linux image.

And I don't known how to get the base image file for my PXI.

And If it still not success, How Could I change back to windows?☹️

Thanks very much!

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Try going to MAX and installing some software in your PXI, there it will propt a windows giving you steps to install the base file. Try to install it. Also, if MAX crashed there is a kinda high probability that the fromating was succesful. If it was not, MAX will ask you to format first.

-A