You may see this error for designs targeting HardCopy® III devices in the Quartus® II software version 9.0 SP2 and earlier, when "Manual Logic Duplication" assignments are specified in the project.
To work around this problem, remove or disable all "Manual Logic Duplication" assignments.
Patch 2.42 is available for the Quartus II software version 9.0 SP2 to fix this problem. If you are using the Quartus II software version 9.0 or 9.0 SP1, first download and install the Quartus II Software version 9.0 Service Pack 2. Download and install patch 2.42 from the appropriate link below:
- Quartus II software version 9.0 SP2 patch 2.42 for Windows (.exe file)
- Quartus II software version 9.0 SP2 patch 2.42 for Windows readme.txt file
- Quartus II software version 9.0 SP2 patch 2.42 for Linux (.tar file)
- Quartus II software version 9.0 SP2 patch 2.42 for Linux readme.txt file
This problem is scheduled to be fixed in a future release of the Quartus II software