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16 years ago

Any reported issues with NIOS IDE using vista?

Hi Everyone, I have just spent all afternoon trying to figure out why I have been getting a stack overflow error when trying to compile my project in NIOS IDE using Vista. When I tried the same...
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16 years ago

The Altera tools have limited Vista support as a result of these issues so it's not just you by any means.

I used to run Quartus II on a virtual OS of XP.... running inside of the same version of XP and saw only around a 5% speed drop for compiles. If you run Linux virtually on Windows I bet you'll see the IDE speed up a lot just like it runs on Linux natively. VMware server is another one that I have toyed with over the years but last time I checked it was not the greatest on Vista. Windows 7 comes with "XP mode" which is their own virtualization software with a copy of XP running inside..... I didn't trust it though so I'm not sure how well the Altera tools run virtually using it.