# Mender convert for Jetson Orin NX

**URL:** <https://hub.mender.io/t/mender-convert-for-jetson-orin-nx/8051>\
**Category:** General Discussions\
**Created:** [October 14, 2025, 4:18pm UTC](https://hub.mender.io/t/mender-convert-for-jetson-orin-nx/8051 "2025-10-14T16:18:14Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![vini](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/c77e96/32.png) [@vini](https://hub.mender.io/u/vini)\
**Post date:** [October 14, 2025, 4:18pm UTC](https://hub.mender.io/t/mender-convert-for-jetson-orin-nx/8051/1 "2025-10-14T16:18:14Z")

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I m trying to install mender client on my Jetson Orin NX(Its my first time trying to do the whole setup). I downloaded the OS image using the nvidia SDK manager with no additional tools and when I tried the mender-convert it failed.

```auto
root@vini-ThinkPad-T490s:/home/vini/Downloads/nvidia/sdkm_downloads/Linux_for_Tegra/mender-convert# MENDER_ARTIFACT_NAME="jetson-orin-minimal-mender-1.0" ./mender-convert --disk-image minimal_jetpack_os.tar.gz --config jetson 

```

```auto
2025-10-13 14:21:58 [INFO] [mender-convert] Decompressing ./work/minimal_jetpack_os.tar.gz...
Running mender-convert-extract: --config ./work/override_compression_config --disk-image minimal_jetpack_os.tar.gz --config jetson --disk-image ./work/minimal_jetpack_os.tar
2025-10-13 14:22:48 [INFO] [mender-convert-extract] Using configuration file: configs/mender_convert_config
2025-10-13 14:22:48 [INFO] [mender-convert-extract] Using configuration file: ./work/override_compression_config
2025-10-13 14:22:48 [INFO] [mender-convert-extract] Using configuration file: jetson
partx: ./work/minimal_jetpack_os.tar: failed to read partition table
2025-10-13 14:22:50 [INFO] [mender-convert-extract] Validating disk image
2025-10-13 14:22:50 [FATAL] [mender-convert-extract] Sorry, but could not find any valid partitions for: ./work/minimal_jetpack_os.tar
mender-convert-extract has finished. Cleaning up...

```

Is it possible to use mender convert for the board I have. if not what is an alternate approach to create the OS for Jetson with mender installed?

I will be using mender for OS updates on my Jetson devices.

Thank you.

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**Author:** ![TheYoctoJester](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/hub.mender.io/theyoctojester/32/1444_2.png) [@TheYoctoJester](https://hub.mender.io/u/TheYoctoJester)\
**Post date:** [October 15, 2025, 7:36am UTC](https://hub.mender.io/t/mender-convert-for-jetson-orin-nx/8051/2 "2025-10-15T07:36:26Z")

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Hi @vini,

Thanks for reaching out. The `mender-convert` approach does not apply to the Jetsons, please follow this tutorial: [Nvidia Jetson Orin L4T image Update](https://hub.mender.io/t/nvidia-jetson-orin-l4t-image-update/6985).

Greetz,  
Josef

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**Author:** ![vini](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/c77e96/32.png) [@vini](https://hub.mender.io/u/vini)\
**Post date:** [October 15, 2025, 12:57pm UTC](https://hub.mender.io/t/mender-convert-for-jetson-orin-nx/8051/3 "2025-10-15T12:57:43Z")

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thanks for the reply. I already tried the approach mentioned in the link, but i m unable to find the config file for my device. i have jetson orinnx 16gb. There is no corresponding conf file that i can use while flashing the device. and is there any plan for supporting mender convert for newer devices.