xPC Target

Creating a Target Boot Disk with Graphical Interface

You use the target boot disk to load and run the xPC Target kernel.

After you make changes to the xPC Target environment properties, you need to create or update a target boot disk. To create a target boot disk for the current xPC Target environment, use the following procedure:

1. In the MATLAB window, type

xpcsetup

The xPC Target Setup window opens.

2. Click the BootDisk button.

If you didn't update the current settings, the following message box appears.



Click No. Click the Update button, and then click the BootDisk button again.

After you update the current properties, and click the BootDisk button, the following message box appears.

3. Insert a formatted floppy disk into the host PC disk drive, and then click OK. All data on the disk will be erased.

The write procedure starts and while creating the boot disk, the MATLAB command window displays the following status information. On Windows NT systems, the status information is displayed only at the end of the write process.

xPC Target DiskWrite Utility Version 1.1,(c) 1998-2000 The 
MathWorks, Inc.Read File: 
C:\MATLAB\TOOLBOX\RTW\TARGETS\XPC\XPC\BIN\ 
..\..\target\kernel\xpcsgb1.rtd 

Write Track  0- 9: ........uuuuuuuuuuuu 
Write Track 10-19: uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu 
Write Track 20-29: uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu 
Write Track 30-39: uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu 
Write Track 40-49: uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu 
Write Track 50-59: uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu 
Write Track 60-69: uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu 
Write Track 70-79: uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu 

The process of creating a boot disk takes about 1 to 2 minutes.

4. Close the xPC Target Setup window.
5. Remove the target boot disk from the host PC disk drive. You may now use this disk to boot your target PC.

To create a boot disk using the command line interface, see Creating a Target Boot Disk with Command Line Interface.

Changing Environment Properties with Command Line Interface

Creating a Target Boot Disk with Command Line Interface