From b2e15e493e92a5f7c3fd92859d11fe4f88051f07 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Kano Date: Sun, 22 Jan 2012 00:06:31 +1100 Subject: [PATCH] Include HDD install details and related changes --- linux-usb-cgminer | 100 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++- 1 file changed, 99 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/linux-usb-cgminer b/linux-usb-cgminer index a529263f..f3d3b541 100644 --- a/linux-usb-cgminer +++ b/linux-usb-cgminer @@ -12,6 +12,14 @@ The copy in cgminer (check to make sure it isn't older) is: The original old verion on bitcointalk is: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=28402.msg426741#msg426741 +======== + +I have said to select English for the install process for 2 reasons: +1) I don't know any other spoken language very well +and +2) I'm not sure what problems installing under a different language +might cause (it will probably cause no problems but I don't know) + Software ======== Short hardware comment: @@ -19,7 +27,10 @@ Your mining computer doesn't need any HDD or CD/DVD/BD as long as it has at least 2GB of RAM, can boot USB, has some network connection to the internet and of course a reasonable mining ATI graphics card ... Or you can boot a windows PC with the USB to only do mining ... and ignore -the system HDD ... wasting energy running the HDD :) +the system HDD ... wasting energy running the HDD (roughly 10 Watts per HDD) :) + +If you wish to install to an HDD instead of a USB, + see the changes to the instructions at the end To create the USB, you need of course a 4GB USB and temporarily need a PC with a CD (or DVD/BD) writer, a USB port and of course an internet @@ -30,6 +41,9 @@ connection to the PC 2) Burn it to CD then boot that temporarily on any PC with a CD/DVD/BD and a USB port (this and the next 2 step won't effect that PC) + Select "English" then select "Try Xubuntu without installing" + and wait for the desktop to appear + (this happens by default if you wait for the timeouts) 3) Plug in your 4GB USB device and it should appear on the desktop - you can leave it's contents as long as there is at least 2.8GB free @@ -205,3 +219,87 @@ The fix is to simply link the old curses library to the new name e.g.: cd /lib64/ sudo ln -s libncurses.so.5 libtinfo.so.5 + +======== + +If you wish to install to an HDD instead of a USB: +-------------------------------------------------- + +As per before: + +1) Download the xubuntu 11.04 desktop live CD iso for amd64 + ( look here for mirrors: http://www.xubuntu.org/getubuntu ) + +Then: + +2) Burn it to CD then boot that on your new mining PC + Select "English" then select "Install Xubuntu" + (you have 30 seconds to do this) + +3) When the Install window comes up - again select "English" and click "Forward" + +4) The next page will show you if you meet certain install requirements + (make sure you do meet them all) + Don't select the download option + The 3rd party option isn't needed for mining so ignore that also + + Click "Forward" + +5) With "Allocate drive space" it's probably easiest to say to use the + "Erase" option. + + This is just for mining right? :) + + However, if you have anything on the HDD that you want to keep - the + "Erase" install process will delete it - so back it up (quit the install) + Also make sure there are no OTHER HDD attached that it may erase also + i.e. only have attached the one HDD that you want to install onto unless + you know exactly what you are doing + + If you see the "Install Xubuntu 11.04 alongside 'something'" then that + just means that the HDD wasn't blank. + If you want to try this option - do that yourself and then skip to step + 7) below when you get to that. + + There are plenty of other options available if you select "Something else" + but I'm not going to go into all the details here other than to say that + my preferred partioning is: /boot = 1GB = ext2, swap = twice memory size, + / = 100GB = ext3 and the rest: /extra = ext3 + + Click "Forward" + +6) If you selected "Erase" then it allows you to choose the drive to install to + Then click "Install Now" + +7) "Where are you?" sort that out then click "Forward" + +8) "Keyboard layout" sort that out (use the default) then click "Forward" + +9) "Who are you?" The important one here is "Pick a username:" coz that's + the name you will need to ssh into, to access it remotely (and of course + the "Choose a Password" you set) + + If you set the "username" to anything but "ubuntu" then: wherever in this + document I have mentioned the username "ubuntu" you must of course use the + username you chose here instead of "ubuntu" + + Important: set it to "log in automatically" if you ever want to be able + to start cgminer without being in front of the computer since 'X' must + be running to use cgminer properly + That does of course mean that the computer isn't secure from anyone who + has access to it - but then again no computer that can automatically + reboot is secure from anyone who has access to the actual computer itself + + Then click "Forward" + +10) Of course when it completes click on "Restart Now" + ... and remove the Xubuntu CD when it asks you + +11) Wait for it to finish rebooting ... and it will auto login + (unless you didn't do step 9) "Important:") + +12) After it logs in, an upgrade popup for 11.10 (or later) will appear + Select "Don't Upgrade" + +13) Now go to step 6) of the USB script above for what to do next and that + covers everything else needed