BAMT version 0.5 - Easy USB based mining Linux with farm wide management tools - page 12.

Slix

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Quote from: BitMinerN8 on April 11, 2013, 10:33:11 AM

I have also found better luck with using, "sync" then "shutdown -h now".
Also, you may or may not know you can just copy the config files over from the CONFIG/FROM to the CONFIG/TO directories if you are doing this on Windows. Lastly, since you said you were using cgminer, it has been my experience to skip FIX# 20.

Oh nice thanks that will help later when I have to remake the images.

Also I think I found the solution to my problem: use the -f switch to coldreboot and shutdown ("coldreboot -f" and "shutdown -hf now"). This forces the machine to power off/cycle. It's not clean, but I figured that since BAMT runs off memory it shouldn't affect much. I could be wrong.

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Quote from: Slix on April 11, 2013, 09:48:13 AM

Quote from: BitMinerN8 on April 11, 2013, 09:32:06 AM

Quote from: Slix on April 11, 2013, 09:15:52 AM

I got BAMT working great on 7970s and latest cgminer but I'm running into an issue shutting down or rebooting the machine.

While setting up I used "coldreboot", as recommended, repeatedly without problems. But then I wanted to make a backup image of my USB key so I used the "shutdown -h now" command to power off the machine cleanly. The machine hung while shutting down and ever since then coldreboot will not work and does the same thing. I get to "/etc/init.d/mine: OK" and then it just freezes. This is pretty inconvenient if I need to reboot the machine remotely at some point.

I believe gdm is the next service to shutdown but it hangs the machine.

Does anyone have any idea what it could be?

I had this problem a couple months ago, I just copied my configs over to a new USB drive and the issue went away. I don't know what got messed up, but that fixed it. I wish I could say exactly how to fix, sometimes its just faster to wipe and start over.

Yeah... I was trying to avoid rebuilding my setup all over again but I guess this is just easier.

Thanks.

I have also found better luck with using, "sync" then "shutdown -h now".
Also, you may or may not know you can just copy the config files over from the CONFIG/FROM to the CONFIG/TO directories if you are doing this on Windows. Lastly, since you said you were using cgminer, it has been my experience to skip FIX# 20.

Slix

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Quote from: BitMinerN8 on April 11, 2013, 09:32:06 AM

Quote from: Slix on April 11, 2013, 09:15:52 AM

I got BAMT working great on 7970s and latest cgminer but I'm running into an issue shutting down or rebooting the machine.

While setting up I used "coldreboot", as recommended, repeatedly without problems. But then I wanted to make a backup image of my USB key so I used the "shutdown -h now" command to power off the machine cleanly. The machine hung while shutting down and ever since then coldreboot will not work and does the same thing. I get to "/etc/init.d/mine: OK" and then it just freezes. This is pretty inconvenient if I need to reboot the machine remotely at some point.

I believe gdm is the next service to shutdown but it hangs the machine.

Does anyone have any idea what it could be?

I had this problem a couple months ago, I just copied my configs over to a new USB drive and the issue went away. I don't know what got messed up, but that fixed it. I wish I could say exactly how to fix, sometimes its just faster to wipe and start over.

Yeah... I was trying to avoid rebuilding my setup all over again but I guess this is just easier.

Thanks.

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Quote from: Slix on April 11, 2013, 09:15:52 AM

I got BAMT working great on 7970s and latest cgminer but I'm running into an issue shutting down or rebooting the machine.

While setting up I used "coldreboot", as recommended, repeatedly without problems. But then I wanted to make a backup image of my USB key so I used the "shutdown -h now" command to power off the machine cleanly. The machine hung while shutting down and ever since then coldreboot will not work and does the same thing. I get to "/etc/init.d/mine: OK" and then it just freezes. This is pretty inconvenient if I need to reboot the machine remotely at some point.

I believe gdm is the next service to shutdown but it hangs the machine.

Does anyone have any idea what it could be?

I had this problem a couple months ago, I just copied my configs over to a new USB drive and the issue went away. I don't know what got messed up, but that fixed it. I wish I could say exactly how to fix, sometimes its just faster to wipe and start over.

Slix

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I got BAMT working great on 7970s and latest cgminer but I'm running into an issue shutting down or rebooting the machine.

While setting up I used "coldreboot", as recommended, repeatedly without problems. But then I wanted to make a backup image of my USB key so I used the "shutdown -h now" command to power off the machine cleanly. The machine hung while shutting down and ever since then coldreboot will not work and does the same thing. I get to "/etc/init.d/mine: OK" and then it just freezes. This is pretty inconvenient if I need to reboot the machine remotely at some point.

I believe gdm is the next service to shutdown but it hangs the machine.

Does anyone have any idea what it could be?

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I tried 0.6 beta but it wouldn't let me write to the config or pools files.

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Quote from: lodcrappo on December 19, 2012, 02:58:04 AM

Quote from: Joshwaa on December 10, 2012, 08:33:00 AM

My guess is we are not going to see it. It's been almost a year with nothing.

I haven't given up on finishing it, but I also can't justify putting much time into it. Maybe someday I'll get motivated.

Failing that, all of the source is included on every ISO. Anyone anywhere that ever feels like spending their time improving or adding to it is more than welcome. It's all FOSS.

I would put up .2 bitcoin to renew your domain... But I also saw bamtlinux.org is that you?

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Quote from: FullLife on March 13, 2013, 07:50:08 PM

I don't know if this has been asked yet or not but does BAMT work with Reaper?

I would say that it most likely would not. It might be able to run sort of the way cgminer does, but all the code would have to be tweaked to utilize all the stats, graphs, & farm management. I doubt anyone, especially Lodcrapo, would put any kind of time into it.

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I don't know if this has been asked yet or not but does BAMT work with Reaper?

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Quote from: no_alone on January 19, 2013, 01:33:23 PM

This thing Is AMAZING!!!

Feel free to donate. I'm sure the author would appreciate the gesture.

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www.bitcointrading.com

Quote from: no_alone on January 19, 2013, 01:33:23 PM

This thing Is AMAZING!!!

I have something cool to say, well..

UnixStickers.com is now accepting Bitcoin.

They have badges for all popular Linux distros, like Debian, CentOS, Ubuntu, etc, even stuff like PHP, MySQL, Apache. It's nuts. I just ordered a ton of them.

I told them that, seriously, they need a BAMT sticker. It would be epic to have every bitcoin miner out there to put a BAMT case badge on their rig. I said miners would by them by the wheel-barrow full.

They said it's a great idea, and they want to know if the creator of BAMT (lodcrappo) would permit the usage of the BAMT logo for this purpose? The stickers are super cheap, like $0.50 each, and I think all of you would put a BAMT badge on your case. I know I would.

~~What do you say, Lodcrappo? Email [email protected] if they haven't gotten in touch with you already.~~

I see you approved, looking forward to getting a BAMT badge for my rigs!!! w00000t!

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This thing Is AMAZING!!!

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we should put BAMT on this chart:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1b/Linux_Distribution_Timeline.svg

philips

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Ah crap...mc_lovin reminded me about the restart issue with cgminer in BAMT after version 2.6.
The included cgminer 2.5.0 does not have this problem, but if you update to a newer version cgminer will restart every minute or so.
The solution is to NOT APPLY fix 20 in BAMT or if you done it already download this fix from ckolivas: http://ck.kolivas.org/apps/cgminer/temp/mother.

The whole story here: https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.1100171

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Quote from: Joshwaa on December 19, 2012, 12:04:42 PM

Downloading now. What AMD drivers are in it? What CGMiner version is it?

https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.1055004

Cgminer version IS rather old now...although is easy to update.

P.S. I can eventually update cgminer and send it to you by mail or something. Just need to replace the old cgminer folder with the new one.
You can go also Litecoin mining then, got about 560kh/s (2200+ with 4 cards) last time I tried.

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Downloading now. What AMD drivers are in it? What CGMiner version is it?

philips

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So why not use (for 7970) ahem....my updated BAMT posted earlier in this thread?

Except the cgminer version (now old) the SDK and AMD driver are the best you can use. No need to update anything (except of course cgminer).

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Yes that is correct. For 7970's. I have a few and would like to use BAMT. I dont expect any ASIC's out till after February so that over two months of still gpu mining. Also supporting BFL Single and SC would be nice.

philips

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I was rather curious about Joshwaa´s reference to updating AMD drivers, implying GPU (7xxx) mining.

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It could still be used to run FPGAs or ASICs. It doesnt HAVE to be used to GPU mine.

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