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Topic: Mining computer for Gridseeds (Read 849 times)

hero member
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March 14, 2014, 05:42:37 AM
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Just use one instance of CGminer, and then add two pools. Then just set the quota to 50 on each one. That way half your power goes to coin A and the other half to coin B but yet you can see it all in one instance of CGminer.

cpuminer != cgminer
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March 12, 2014, 09:22:41 PM
#2
Just use one instance of CGminer, and then add two pools. Then just set the quota to 50 on each one. That way half your power goes to coin A and the other half to coin B but yet you can see it all in one instance of CGminer.
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March 11, 2014, 07:56:15 AM
#1
So... I have a 20 pack on order and will hopefully arrive later this week.

I've seen where people are controlling the gridseeds with Rasberry's and although I know nothing about Rasberry's I've read that can run a version of Unbuntu so I assume they can run the linux version of cpuminer or one of the other pgograms - of course this is assumption on my part so please correct em if I'm wrong.

My first love OS wise is Linux - Centos in particular - I have 6 but love Centos 5 versions - like 5.5 especially since I can easily deploy multiple instances on used HP (Dell) DL360's using Vmware Esxi 3 which is as stable as the rock of gibraltar.

In any event - my near term goal is to mine two different Altcoins simultaneously - one of the coin with a 20 gridseed array and another altcoin with another 20 gridseed array.

So - my question is this and it's phrased interms of an assumption on my part.

Can only one instance of cgminer can be run on one computer at a time? - Is this true?

Because I want one instance to mine for 'coin a' (controlling one of the gridseed arrays) and another instance will mine for 'coin b' (controlling the other gridseed array).

If I can only run one instance of cpuminer on a computer at a time, I'll just create another virtual machine on my vmware server and run another instance of cgminer on the other virtual machine.

what am I overlooking here and what do I need to be concerned with when hooking up all of these gridseeds on the usb ports.

thanks in advance for any help and or insight

Jeff
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