On Thu, Mar 6, 2014 at 9:45 AM, Brad Hopper <[email protected]> wrote: > Folks, > > It seems to take a while for the BBB to boot. I'm going to check out the > newly posted Debian image soon, but also wanted to know if there's any way > to watch the boot in a terminal i.e. without using HDMI. I don't have a > micro HDMI cable and was hoping not to get one. > > Is there a type of terminal connection which will persist through a reboot, > so that the boot sequence could be seen? Not even sure if there's anything > to see, just suspected that the boot sequence spends some time "waiting on > xyz..." where xyz is probably something I don't need.
Stick a usb-serial adapter on J1 and watch the full boot process, plus the terminal is enabled, so you can use it once it boots. Regards, -- Robert Nelson http://www.rcn-ee.com/ -- For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "BeagleBoard" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
