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15 years ago

restore_my_flash problem with my Nios II Development Kit Cyclone II Edition

Hi,

I'm trying to restore my board following this instructions:

1) Open command shell

2) cd factory_recovery/niosII_cycloneII2c35

3) ./restore_my_flash

"restore_my_flash" command produce this error: 

Can't locate strict.pm in @INC (@INC contains: /usr/lib/perl5/5.8/cywin  /usr/lib/perl5/5.8    /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8/cywin   /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8 /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8 /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8/cywin  /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8  /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8 .) at resore_my_flash.pl line 18.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at restore_my_flash.pl line 18.
I work with Windows 7 pro 64 bit, Quartus II 10.0sp1 web edition and Nios II EDS 10.0sp1.

After this error I installed "Strawberry Perl for windows" but the situation doesn't change.

Thanks!

Andrea

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    Altera_Forum
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    15 years ago

    Try with this command in the command shell from the folder containing the restore FLASH file provided,

    nios2-flash-programmer --base=(whatever applies) --cable='USB-Blaster [USB-0]' ******.flash

    Good luck.
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    15 years ago

    I'm trying with 

    nios2-flash-programmer restore_cycloneII_2c35.flash

    I omit "--cable" becouse I've only one USB Blaster, but I don't know what "FLASH Base address" is.

    Anyway I suppose that it is a workaround, how can I solve my problem?

    Thanks a lot!
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    15 years ago

    I found in the documentation of my eval kit that I needed to use a particular base address in the flash for loading my .flash file. That's what I used.

    I suppose that the 'restore_my_flash' shell script was written by you. While entering it in the command shell, try entering it as './restore_my_flash.sh'. Might help. good luck.
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    15 years ago

    "restore_my_flash" is not my script.

    I follow the "Appendix A. Restoring the factory Configurations" from the "Nios Development Board - Cyclone II edition" reference manual.

    --- Quote Start ---

    To reprogram the flash memory on the development board, perform the

    following steps:

    1. Open a Nios II command shell.

    On a Windows PC, click Windows Start, point to Programs, Altera,

    Nios II EDS <installed version>, and then click Nios II Command

    Shell.

    2. From the examples directory, change to the factory_recovery

    directory for your development kit.

    cd factory_recovery/niosII_cycloneII_2c35

    3. Run the flash-restoration script:

    ./restore_my_flash

    4. Follow the script's instructions.

    --- Quote End ---

    The procedure is simple, I only have to launch the script, nothing else. I don't understand what is wrong.
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    15 years ago

    I decided to install the software version 8.0 instead of 10.0 and it works.

    Thanks for help.

    bye