Altera SoC Embedded Design Suite User Manual
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Table 12-1: Command Line Options
Command line Argument
Required?
Description
-p filename
Required
Specifies Preloader file to write
-b filename
Required
Specifies Bootloader file to write
-a write
Required
Specifies action to take. Only "write" action
is supported. Example: "-a write"
disk_file
Required(unless -d option is
used)
Specifies disk image file or physical disk to
write to. A disk image file is a file that
contains all the data for a storage volume
including the partition table. This can be
written to a physical disk later with another
tool. For physical disks in Linux, just
specify the device file. For example: /dev/
mmcblk0 For physical disks in Windows,
specify the physical drive path such as \\.\
physicaldrive2 or use the drive letter
option(-d) to specify a drive letter. The
drive letter option is the easiest method in
Windows
-d
Optional
specify disk drive letter to write to.
Example: "-d E". When using this option,
the disk_file option cannot be specified.
-h
Optional
Displays help message and exits
--version
Optional
Displays script version number and exits
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Tool Options
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