how can I program without rs232

hello ,

I have some problem about programming.There is not rs232 port on my PC.

In the wiki:

Though we can use JTAG UART as console with nios2-terminal during development. You should not use it as console device if you want your system to start automatically when power on. Because the JTAG UART will hang without a nios2-terminal connected. You should use Serial UART with a RS232C cable instead. You can keep both the JTAG UART and serial UART in SOPC builder, but you must disable "Support for console on Altera JTAG UART" in kernel config and rebuild the kernel image. Please check LinuxConfig about how to select the other console device instead of JTAG UART. You have to test the new kernel image with nios2-download. Don't run nios2-terminal, use minicom on Linux or Hyper-terminal on Windows. Make sure it runs correctly over the RS-232C COM port.

I don't know can I program zImage to flash with JTAG UART firstly,then use JTAG UART as console by typing nios2-terminal.

I will flash sof to epcs,and zImage to extflash.

Thanks .

Tommy