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/

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