New Project with Mesa 7I96 and THCAD-05

Installed linuxcnc 2.7.14 and then upgraded to 2.8 since I have been seeing that mesa 7I96 works with this version. I filled out the pnconfig wizard and I saw that the 7I96 card is in the drop down menu and idnt think I need to use the configuration tool for it? Anyways I filled out the rest of the tabs and tried opening it and get the error that is attached. I am testing this on my kitchen table with the card hooked up and pinging I will hook up driver and motors once I can get the gui working. Any ideas what it can be or can I just upgrade to 2.9 is that supported with new setup of the mesa 7i96 card?

Best thing is to start LinuxCNC from the command line
( by typing linuxcnc in a terminal window )
and copy-paste the messages and post them here

I am not an expert in linuxcnc pretty much this forum has been a big help and wanted to add more stuff to my plasma table and I was pointed towards the mesa cards and wanted to try them out currently have 2.9 on my other machine and working fine but with chinese breakout board.

Ahh I see let me see if i can figure this out

Whats the easiest way to do this since I have liniux running right now and hooked up to internet? Do i need to have a usb boot program?

I would start again. Save your config somewhere safe. I'd just copy it to Google Drive but I guess a USB stick would do.
Then I would install the Stretch PREMPT_RT ISO and install V 2.8

But one of the unofficial ISOs might come with V 2.8 installed already.

Just be aware that the PREMPT_RT might increase latency to such an extent that new PC hardware is required... Thats what I found anyway.... but I was on 32bit hardware..

What program in linuxcnc can I use to make a file bootable or just to upgrade from m y current version?