Target version: Quartus II v13.1

【 Advance preparation 】
(1) Creating an SD card
SD card image stored in Altera SoC EDS with Win32DiskImager
Write to SD card.

Destination folder : \embedded\embeddedsw\socfpga\prebuilt_images
Example) C:\altera\13.1\embedded\embeddedsw\socfpga\prebuilt_images
SD card image: sd_card_linux_boot_image.tar.gz

(2) Copy RBF file
Copy the example design RBF file that comes with the Altera SoC EDS to your SD card. Destination folder: C:\altera\13.1\embedded\examples\hardware\cv_soc_devkit_ghrd\output_files
RBF file: soc_system.rbf

Copy to a FAT partition.


[Actual machine operation]
(3) MSEL settings
Since the RBF files shipped with Altera SoC EDS are compressed, the mode of MSEL is
Set as follows.

0: ON
1 : OFF
2 : ON
3 : ON
4 : ON

(4) Start u-boot console
Connect the UART cable to the board. (Baud rate is 115200)
Insert the SD card into the board and turn on the power.
Enter the key when u-boot is started and stop the console once.

(5) Perform FPGA configuration
Execute the following command.

fatload mmc 0:1 $fpgadata soc_system.rbf
fpga load 0 $fpgadata $filesize

You can check the details of the variable definition with the printenv command. (excerpt of relevant variables below)
fpgadata=0x2000000
filesize=0x22ba82


[ Reference link ]
  http://www.rocketboards.org/foswiki/Documentation/GSRDProgrammingFPGA