It appears the problem was the SD Card as suggested. Thanks for the advice. I was using a generic 4Gb card, which worked fine with other applications (like file storage). I finally got the RASPIAN STRETCH LITE image to work on an SD, but I had to replace the generic card with a Sandisk branded card....

I've downloaded the latest RASPIAN STRECH LITE image and burnt it to an SD Card, following the instructions on the raspberrypi.org website. However, I can't get the image to work. It appears that the Boot partition is ok, but the Linux (ext4) partition is corrupt. I've tried many different routes - ...

Many thanks. That's just what I need.

I'll have a go and I expect I'll be able to take it from there.

Cheers,
Martin

BTW I'm seeking bash/sh command lines, as I'm using ArchLinuxARM, as the operating system.

Yes - that's right. I'll plug the USB cable into the Pi, and presumably a USB port device will appear in /dev (eg /dev/ttyUSB0) as you say.

But how do I set the baud rate (eg 9600)?

Then, how do I open a file and store the data stream coming off the USB port?

Any help or clues ?

Can anyone help me get started with Serial Communications over USB with ArchLinuxARM?

I have serial output streaming from a USB device at 9600 baud. How can I read this data into the Pi?

How do I setup the USB serial link and then how to I grab the serial data from the USB serial port?