Cant configure kernel

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I cant seem to configure the kernel. I get the following error (shown below) . i recently installed a linux distribution for freescale's 8347 processor that was using cygwin as well. I think that might have something to do with it. i deleted the install but still am having no luck. I also reinstalled microtronix's linux for NIOS. 

 Thanks, Sid  bash.exe: warning: could not find /tmp, please create! /cygdrive/c/Altera/quartus50/bin/cygwin/bin/bash: line 1: tr: command not found /cygdrive/c/Altera/quartus50/bin/cygwin/bin/bash: line 1: uname: command not fou nd /cygdrive/c/Altera/quartus50/bin/cygwin/bin/bash: line 1: grep: command not foun d /cygdrive/c/Altera/quartus50/bin/cygwin/bin/bash: line 1: cat: command not found  /cygdrive/c/Altera/quartus50/bin/cygwin/bin/bash: line 1: grep: command not foun d /cygdrive/c/Altera/quartus50/bin/cygwin/bin/bash: line 1: sed: command not found  /cygdrive/c/Altera/quartus50/bin/cygwin/bin/bash: line 1: uname: command not fou nd /cygdrive/c/Altera/quartus50/bin/cygwin/bin/bash: line 1: grep: command not foun d /cygdrive/c/Altera/quartus50/bin/cygwin/bin/bash: line 1: uname: command not fou nd /cygdrive/c/Altera/quartus50/bin/cygwin/bin/bash: line 1: grep: command not foun d /cygdrive/c/Altera/quartus50/bin/cygwin/bin/bash: line 1: grep: command not foun d /cygdrive/c/Altera/quartus50/bin/cygwin/bin/bash: line 1: grep: command not foun d /cygdrive/c/Altera/quartus50/bin/cygwin/bin/bash: line 1: uname: command not fou nd /cygdrive/c/Altera/quartus50/bin/cygwin/bin/bash: line 1: grep: command not foun d /cygdrive/c/Altera/quartus50/bin/cygwin/bin/bash: line 1: uname: command not fou nd /cygdrive/c/Altera/quartus50/bin/cygwin/bin/bash: line 1: grep: command not foun d /cygdrive/c/Altera/quartus50/bin/cygwin/bin/bash: line 1: uname: command not fou nd /cygdrive/c/Altera/quartus50/bin/cygwin/bin/bash: line 1: grep: command not foun d /cygdrive/c/Altera/quartus50/bin/cygwin/bin/bash: line 1: uname: command not fou nd/cygdrive/c/Altera/quartus50/bin/cygwin/bin/bash: line 1: grep: command not fo und   ------------------------------------------------ Microtronix Linux Extensions Version 1.4, Built June 20, 2005 ------------------------------------------------ /cygdrive/c/Altera/quartus50/bin/cygwin/bin/bash: line 1: cygpath: command not f ound /cygdrive/c/Altera/quartus50/bin/cygwin/bin/bash: line 1: cygpath: command not f ound

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looks like you need to check your environment variables. 

Also check the configure.bat file, if the paths are right.

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--- Quote Start ---  originally posted by nacide@Oct 23 2006, 10:44 AM looks like you need to check your environment variables. also check the configure.bat file, if the paths are right. <div align='right'><{post_snapback}> (index.php?act=findpost&pid=18855)  --- quote end ---    --- Quote End ---    do you know what kind of Env variable i should be looking for?  I went through the list and nothing really stood out as being Altera/nios/uclinux/mictronix/bash related. I&#39;m running this on an XP machine.   Thanks, Sid

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In the long run I recommend using a Linux machine to compile kernel and applications. 

The advantage is: 1) you can use initramfs and zImage 2) you dont have to deal with broken Cygwin installations 3) The Eclipse is difficult to update, once a new Quartus version comes out. Right now hippo is working on the new uClinux-dist with 2.6.17 kernel. I only tried out the buildroot approach with the Microtronix port, this works well but the kernel is 2.6.11 which is sometimes a problem when adding drivers.  Be careful with the installation of Cygwin. No Cygwin other than Altera&#39;s is allowed on the system. Make sure that the path variable points to the right locations. Check the path variable in Environment variables. Furthermore check the variables: QESS_ROOTDIR, QUARTUS_ROOTDIR, SOPC_BUILDER_PATH_50 and SOPC_KIT_NIOS2, they all have to point to the 5.0 version. Fix the path in configure.bat (for example: c:\altera\kits\nios2_50\bin\eclipse\workspace\<projectname>\configure.bat)  hope this might help

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Hi, 

 Be sure that the application you create has a clean path i.e :  you should not have white spaces in directory name, because you are running Nios II under windows, and windows OS alow white spaces in directory name but Cygwin not ! in particular if you create the project on Desktop you will have : "C:\Documents and Settings\...\..." in the path and Cygwin interprets the white space as end of command.  I hope this will help you