Element14 Raspberry Pi - First Interaction with RPi Board; RPi Serial Port Parameters; Setting Up the RPi SD Card

screen Port_Name 115200
 Super Easy Way Using Minicom
Run minicom with the following parameters:
minicom -b 115200 -o -D Port_Name
 GUI method with GtkTerm
Start GtkTerm, select Configuration->Port and enter the values above in the labelled
fields.
 Windows Users
Windows Users above Windows XP must download putty or a comparable terminal
program. Users of XP and below can choose between using putty and Hyperterminal.
First Dialog
If you get the prompt below, you are connected to the Raspberry Pi shell!
prompt> #
First command you might want try is "help":
prompt> # help
If you get some output, you are correctly connected to the Raspberry Pi!
Congratulations!
SD card setup
Now we want to use an SD card to install some GNU/Linux distro in it and get more space
for our stuff. You can use either an SD or SDHC card. In the latter case of course take care
that your PC card reader also supports SDHC. Be aware that you are not dealing with an x86
processor, but instead a completely different architecture called ARM, so don't forget to
install the ARM port for the distro you are planning to use.
Formatting the SD card via the mkcard.txt script
1. Download mkcard.txt .
2. $ chmod +x mkcard.txt