I was referring to the OS and for the cgminer - because both, if downloaded and installed correctly work flawlessly on a rpi 4
For the OS, I'm using the Raspberry Pi Imager tool for Windows to write and check the OS to a 32GB micro SD card. All I do when it's finished is create the files for SSH and wifi network access.
For the cgminer, I have no idea how to properly install it on the Pi's SD card, as the directory for it gets removed when I try to start the miner or it gets removed when I reboot PuTTY on my laptop for SSH.
I'm pretty sure all of us here are using the standard Raspbian OS. Why not just give that a try?
Edit: Or was the Lite version working for you initially?
I just read your original message. You may have a bad or corrupted SD Card. Have you tried reformatting it and reloading? Or may try a different SD Card.
SD card is nor corrupted at all. Also checked the other 4 SD cards that came in the package and they're all fine. The Lite version works great, it's just that the cgminer directory disappears when I restart PuTTY on my laptop (using for SSH into the Pi). No idea how to even find or open a directory in Linux, as I main Windows 7 and newer.
At this point, I wouldn't mind working with the creator of this version of cgminer to make a Linux based OS that has cgminer preinstalled and just needs you to put in the mining pool, username, password, and frequency for the miners to run at.
Also, if it helps at all, I'm using 2 NewPac USB stick miners, a small USB fan, and a Sabrent 14 port powered USB 2.0 hub.
After all the troubleshooting, rewriting raspberry pi os to the micro sd card, and redoing all the install steps in the original post, I now have this output log:
https://imgur.com/CC8H4sz.
Literally saying that the devices are not connected, but they are as seen here:
https://imgur.com/72dQxlo.
Any suggestions on how to fix this?
Edit and update after about 45 mins of more troubleshooting: The drivers got messed up because I was using them on a Windows PC and had to use zadig to edit them. Also, noticed that one of the usb miners had a part missing (found it in the box it was shipped in), so I filed a return with Amazon so I can order replacements.