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