System-Console Disk Space (4GB necessary?)

I have been using Intel/Alterna FPGAs for awhile, and saw the size of the system-console standalone grow:

- System Console 12.1 --- 475MB

- System Console 18.1 --- 1.31GB

- System Console 21.2 --- 3.26GB

- System Console 22.2 --- 3.69GB

I use a mix of FPGAs: Arria V, Arria X, Stratix X.

All I do through the console is base commands: device_download_sof, master_read/write_16/32, master_read/write_to_file.

I am hoping to stay with the lowest disk space possible:

-12.1 would be ideal, but does not seem to support the latest Arria X/Stratix X

-18.1 would be second best, but it throws an error message (see below)

- 21.2 / 22.2 are very heavy. Any way to slim them down, and just keep a smaller size?

- Or maybe is there another interface program I should look into instead of the 4GB system-console for scripting?

Info: *******************************************************************
Info: Running Quartus Prime Programmer
Info: Command: quartus_pgm --no_banner --mode=jtag --cable="USB-BlasterII on localhost [USB-1]" --operation="p;C:\FPGA_Image.sof@2"
Info (213045): Using programming cable "USB-BlasterII [USB-1]"
Info (213011): Using programming file C:/FPGA_Image.sof with checksum 0x3F91FD51 for device 1SG280LU3F50@2
Info (209060): Started Programmer operation at Wed Oct 19 10:31:15 2022
Info (18942): Configuring device index 2
Info (18943): Configuration succeeded at device index 2
Info (209011): Successfully performed operation(s)
Info (209061): Ended Programmer operation at Wed Oct 19 10:31:17 2022
Info: Quartus Prime Programmer was successful. 0 errors, 0 warnings
    Info: Peak virtual memory: 5696 megabytes
    Info: Processing ended: Wed Oct 19 10:31:17 2022
    Info: Elapsed time: 00:00:16
    Info: Total CPU time (on all processors): 00:00:44
Oct 19, 2022 10:31:17 AM com.altera.systemconsole.internal.core.SystemConsole logInfo
INFO: Finished discovering JTAG connections
Oct 19, 2022 10:31:17 AM com.altera.systemconsole.internal.core.SystemConsole logFine
FINE: Connection type JTAG hash NULL index null device 1
Oct 19, 2022 10:31:17 AM com.altera.systemconsole.internal.plugin.jtag.JtagCable mergeDevices
WARNING: Exception thrown for Device 1SG280HH(1S2|2S2|3S2)|..@2, no SLD nodes will be added for this device: 1
java.lang.ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException: 1
        at com.altera.systemconsole.internal.plugin.jtag.aji.AJIDevice.getNodes(AJIDevice.java:281)
        at com.altera.systemconsole.internal.plugin.jtag.aji.AJIDevice.queryNodes(AJIDevice.java:188)
        at com.altera.systemconsole.internal.plugin.jtag.JtagCable.mergeDevices(JtagCable.java:105)
        at com.altera.systemconsole.internal.plugin.jtag.JtagConnectionProvider$4.call(JtagConnectionProvider.java:205)
        at com.altera.systemconsole.internal.plugin.jtag.JtagConnectionProvider$4.call(JtagConnectionProvider.java:202)
        at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(Unknown Source)
        at com.altera.systemconsole.internal.core.SystemExecutor$4.run(SystemExecutor.java:553)
        at com.altera.systemconsole.internal.core.SystemExecutor$ComparableTask.run(SystemExecutor.java:151)
        at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(Unknown Source)
        at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(Unknown Source)
        at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)