Topic: [Work in progess] Burnins Avalon Chip to mining board service - page 83. (Read 624200 times)
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I think bender's name is program. He would produce such miners
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Arch linux gets a bad rep amongst Pi'ers as being less user friendly - but it's just linux. Don't fear it!
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Unfortunately it deserves the bad rep ... for anyone doing it themselves.Arch linux gets a bad rep amongst Pi'ers as being less user friendly - but it's just linux. Don't fear it!
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e.g. http://www.kano-kun.net/?p=87
... even to just get apache2 and php up and running you have to setup/fix the config and enable the services.
*anxiously awaiting photos of tens of assembled boards with heatsinks slapped on 
Or a video of the working assembly robot...
*anxiously awaiting photos of tens of assembled boards with heatsinks slapped on
I'd rather a clean stable stock distro with ssh, screen, and a quick init script to wake up my boards and launch my miner of choice. Rock solid.
Same here.
I guess now that we're about a week away from receiving the first Bitburners it's a good time to post a How-to tutorial about mining with them using either RasPi or an x86 device.
I for one am planning to use a laptop as a host device and was wondering if there is something else necessary apart from having cgminer's latest version up and running...
I for one am planning to use a laptop as a host device and was wondering if there is something else necessary apart from having cgminer's latest version up and running...
Didnt know there are such problems... regarding raspbian... someone wrote that it can make problems too and suggested arch linux with the first link i posted.
Yes Arch current seems to have a working libusb (well it does for me - with my test program in the link below)The Raspbian fix is to use a different libusb as I describe here (switching libusb for me goes from 'fail' to 'working'):
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.2817682
So, given that extended support for BitBurner voltage control is likely to be built into cgminer on kano's advice & experience I'm definitely going to look at a Arch linux / libusb/ cgminer build as an alternate. Arch linux gets a bad rep amongst Pi'ers as being less user friendly - but it's just linux. Don't fear it!
From what I've read about MinePeon - although it's got a lot of clever things added into the distro, I'd rather a clean stable stock distro with ssh, screen, and a quick init script to wake up my boards and launch my miner of choice. Rock solid.
Didnt know there are such problems... regarding raspbian... someone wrote that it can make problems too and suggested arch linux with the first link i posted.
Yes Arch current seems to have a working libusb (well it does for me - with my test program in the link below)The Raspbian fix is to use a different libusb as I describe here (switching libusb for me goes from 'fail' to 'working'):
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.2817682
I currently work with MinePeon, second link, and (sorry) can't recommend it for 24/7 unmonitored usage.
It might be fixed yet, but my config seems to be killed sometimes, the only way to fix the latest crash was
to stop the cgminer service and run it by hand with the config file on chmod 555. this prevents nightly restarts.
after the latest crash, even rewriting the config, cgminer refused to start all the way.
now it's running 24/7 without restart.
MinePeon was the easiest way for me to get used to RaspPi and mining with it, but I will reconfig to pure Raspbian soon I guess.
It's a very nice piece of software but I don't trust it anymore after these downtimes.
Did you use the latest rlease 0.2.2? It might be fixed yet, but my config seems to be killed sometimes, the only way to fix the latest crash was
to stop the cgminer service and run it by hand with the config file on chmod 555. this prevents nightly restarts.
after the latest crash, even rewriting the config, cgminer refused to start all the way.
now it's running 24/7 without restart.
MinePeon was the easiest way for me to get used to RaspPi and mining with it, but I will reconfig to pure Raspbian soon I guess.
It's a very nice piece of software but I don't trust it anymore after these downtimes.
Didnt know there are such problems... regarding raspbian... someone wrote that it can make problems too and suggested arch linux with the first link i posted.
in preparation for the arrival of my bitburners, what would be the best OS for running a few of them using a RaspberryPi?
http://www.kano-kun.net/?p=87
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/linux-mining-distro-for-the-raspberry-pi-minepeon-137934
I currently work with MinePeon, second link, and (sorry) can't recommend it for 24/7 unmonitored usage.
It might be fixed yet, but my config seems to be killed sometimes, the only way to fix the latest crash was
to stop the cgminer service and run it by hand with the config file on chmod 555. this prevents nightly restarts.
after the latest crash, even rewriting the config, cgminer refused to start all the way.
now it's running 24/7 without restart.
MinePeon was the easiest way for me to get used to RaspPi and mining with it, but I will reconfig to pure Raspbian soon I guess.
It's a very nice piece of software but I don't trust it anymore after these downtimes.
in preparation for the arrival of my bitburners, what would be the best OS for running a few of them using a RaspberryPi?
http://www.kano-kun.net/?p=87
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/linux-mining-distro-for-the-raspberry-pi-minepeon-137934
in preparation for the arrival of my bitburners, what would be the best OS for running a few of them using a RaspberryPi?
Now that the boards are for sale is the schematic going to be released? I know it was mentioned previously in the thread but haven't seen them yet. I think having them to look at may answer a lot of questions.
I cant quote burnin directly right now, but his statement towards this question was that he will release them after a reasonable profit was made.
Burnin surely had a lot of work done and needed to invest which should at first returned bevor releasing those data.
I will send out BOM, Stencil-Gerber, drawings and Pick and Place data out to those who have ordered blank PCBs next week, under NDA.
That NDA basically reads: do not redistribute until i open source the project on delivery of the first BitBurners. (5th to 6th of august.)
Unfortunately only a few will get PCBs from the very first batch since i received more chips from Zefir then anticipated.
More PCBs are on their way but will take at least one week longer then the first. (12th to 16th)
No problem, that is totally understandable. I don't plan on copying or selling your boards but I know there are others that would, I just wanted to look at the schematic and could'nt care less about the gerbers. I appreciate all the work you've put into this and commend you for making it all open source in order to benefit the community. Thanks!
Now that the boards are for sale is the schematic going to be released? I know it was mentioned previously in the thread but haven't seen them yet. I think having them to look at may answer a lot of questions.
I cant quote burnin directly right now, but his statement towards this question was that he will release them after a reasonable profit was made.
Burnin surely had a lot of work done and needed to invest which should at first returned bevor releasing those data.
I will send out BOM, Stencil-Gerber, drawings and Pick and Place data out to those who have ordered blank PCBs next week, under NDA.
That NDA basically reads: do not redistribute until i open source the project on delivery of the first BitBurners. (5th to 6th of august.)
Unfortunately only a few will get PCBs from the very first batch since i received more chips from Zefir then anticipated.
More PCBs are on their way but will take at least one week longer then the first. (12th to 16th)
Now that the boards are for sale is the schematic going to be released? I know it was mentioned previously in the thread but haven't seen them yet. I think having them to look at may answer a lot of questions.
I cant quote burnin directly right now, but his statement towards this question was that he will release them after a reasonable profit was made.
Burnin surely had a lot of work done and needed to invest which should at first returned bevor releasing those data.
Now that the boards are for sale is the schematic going to be released? I know it was mentioned previously in the thread but haven't seen them yet. I think having them to look at may answer a lot of questions.
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