On Tue, Oct 3, 2017 at 2:49 PM, Lennart Sorensen <[email protected]> wrote: > On Tue, Oct 03, 2017 at 10:30:16AM -0400, Nigel Sollars wrote: >> The CPU is already well documented with beaglebone (all versions ) .. I >> would be very surprised if this puppy did not work out of the box. > > But I see no video, no serial, not networking. How do you talk to it > or do you have to write an SD card with all the software ready to go > and then boot it and have it sit headless doing its thing?
For the arm gadgets you usually use the way the manufacturer recommends. It should be on their website, and the image download along with instructions are given on the website. As other distros port to the arm gadget, the board's website usually links to them. In the link you usually find an image and sometimes instructions. If its only an image then 'dd' it to an SDcard. Sometimes storage has a requirements,, like 2GB or 4GB, and its usually stated in the download. For your first boot you usually attach a HD monitor and keyboard to get through the administrivia, like setting a root password and adding users. Once you setup locally, then you access the gadget through SSH. Many dev board images have a default user with root privileges. For them, the machine boots without interruption and you just need to Google for the username and password. *IF* you are hanging and it seems like the board is not booting, then you may eed to attach a HD monitor. If the image is good, then you are likely being held up with administrivia. See, for example, https://superuser.com/q/1107189/173513. Jeff
