Loading the .bit file on Nexys 2 board under Linux operating system Connect the Nexys 2 board with the computer and switch the board on Open a termial and move to the same folder as is the ".bit" file Insert command djtgcfg enum, it shows which boards are connected Initialize programming by inserting djtgcfg init -d Nexys2 Program the FPGA using djtgcfg prog -d Nexys2 -f toplevel.bit -i 0, where the "-i 0" means the number of the device (it is determined by the first enum command) Test your program on FPGA