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NI Real-Time Hypervisor 2.10 Quick Start Guide
4.
When you reach the
Partitioning Type
menu, create two Linux partitions. Leave enough
free space for two more partitions, a partition at least 1 GB in size for the LabVIEW
Real-Time OS (NI ETS) and a 1 GB partition for boot information, that you will create later.
Note
The free space must not be in a Logical Volume Manager (LVM).
a.
Select
Create Custom Layout
from the hard drive menu.
b.
Select
New
from the partition menu to create two new partitions. For example, you
could create an
ext3
partition mounted at
/
and a swap partition.
5.
After you complete the installation and the system restarts, log in with root privileges.
6.
Connect the USB drive that contains the
pxisys.ini
and
pxiesys.ini
files to the
system to identify your controller and chassis.
7.
Copy the
pxisys.ini
and
pxiesys.ini
files to the
etc
directory.
8.
Use the
fdisk
utility that comes with Red Hat Enterprise Linux to partition the hard drive.
a.
In the command prompt, type
fdisk
followed by the name of your hard drive and
press the <Enter> key. For example, if your hard drive is named /dev/sda, type
fdisk
/dev/sda
.
b.
Press the <N> key and then the <Enter> key to create a new partition.
c.
Press the <P> key and then the <Enter> key to designate the partition as a primary
partition.
d.
Specify the number of an unused partition and press the <Enter> key to begin creating
the NI ETS partition. For example, if you only created two partitions during the Linux
installation process, press the <3> key.
e.
Start the partition at the default cylinder.
f.
Enter a size for the partition. For example, to designate 30 GB for NI ETS, type
+30G
.
g.
Repeat steps b–g to create a 1 GB partition for boot information.
9.
Change the file systems of the partitions.
a.
Press the <T> key and then the <Enter> key.
b.
Enter the partition number of the NI ETS partition and press the <Enter> key. For
example, if you designated partition 3 as the NI ETS partition, press the <3> key.
c.
Press the <C> key and then the <Enter> key to format the NI ETS partition with the
W95 FAT32 (LBA) file system.
d.
Press the <T> key and then the <Enter> key.
e.
Enter the partition number of the boot partition and then press the <Enter> key.
f.
Type
21
and then press the <Enter> key to identify the partition as the boot partition.
Note
fdisk
returns an error that says 21 is an unknown partition type. This error is
expected and does not indicate a problem.
