Generation of SOF file in Quartus Eval Edition

[kalyansrinivas]

Hi all
I am learning NIOS II so for that i downloaded Quartus II-9.0 from altera website and tried to create a model .But i couldnt generate the .SOF file at the end to port it onto H/W as it is an evaluation model.

So tell me a way to overcome the problem as i want to port the SOF file on board and test the response from NIOS processor

Regards

 

[vlsi_whiz]

I dont thnk EVAL versions of the tools allow you to generate SOF files and program FPGA's.. YOu need to get a fully functional license for the tool if you want to generate SOF files and program FPGAs.