Whoah!!! Buy looking at the diagrams, the terminologies, the processes, the things to do, and the way how the gentlemen here talk about it, it looks like Simple Mining is really not that simple as it is. I guess I need to read the whole thread to learn more about this. I really it is all about having a computer with an OS, install a mining program, put your wallet address, and one click - BOOM - you are mining $$$.
Anyway pardon my frustration about this. Reading the mining threads and it shows me that it is hard to mine coins.
It actually is that simple. But unfortunately this ONE thread is addressing EVERY issue anyone has ever brought up. Including from the developer himself, so it looks very confusing.
I mentioned earlier that they should make a subreddit or something like that to organize these conversations.
First off, lose the entitled attitude. Instead of just throwing up your hands, I'd just ask what you want to know.
All I did was go to simplemining.net and follow the instructions:
1) Install: HDDRawCopy - flashing tool
2) Flash image provided in front page to any SSD drive (here he gives a video tutorial if you feel you need that; I didn't)
3) Take that SSD drive and put it into your rig
4) start the rig
5) log into simplemining.net and put in your wallet info (everything else is configured)
"boom"
I'd love to see another program that is that simple
You're correct, SM OS is pretty awesome, but...
1) His frustration isn't an isolated incident. FOr someone new getting into mining, or trying out an advanced miner like this one, the broken english in the miner can be very confusing. That coupled with the seemingly arcane commands that one needs to enter to get a pool lined up can become quite frustrating. Seriously, look at the following text: "Default config: -wd 1 -r 1 -epool stratum+tcp://eth-eu.dwarfpool.com:8008 -ewal $walletETH/$rigName -esm 0 -epsw x -allpools 1 -mport -3333." For the uninitiated that can be intimidating, especially when there are virtually no comprehensible explanations for what each command does, and how it has to be structured.
2) The dreaded "No screen session found," error has never been fully hammered out. SM OS is, in fact, not reliably fire & forget. It works for me about 60% of the time, but then the rest of the time I have to restart the machine over and over until it gets past the error that stalls showing a blinking cursor on a black screen .
3) The latest issue that's come up is the "Error - X needs to be running to perform AMD Overdrive commands. Couldn't initialize ADL interface."
Again, nobody here is questioning how well this SM OS can work, but it certainly isn't perfect. Almost all of my Windoze miners are more reliable, albeit limited by Windoze of course.
When it works, I guess it "just works." When it doesn't, there's no troubleshooting it.
Thanks for the tutorial above. And thanks to the Dev, he answers a LOT of questions on here.
Take 'er easy.
Renaldo.
