I have been using crypto slax as a mining os. It has miners for cpu as well as all of the gpu mining programs. Scrypt, scypt-jane, vert, prime miner, pts and sha3.
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Download Cryptoslax http://www.cryptoslax.web.id/
Use 7zip and extract files to thumbdrive.
navigate to "boot" directory on the thumb drive and run "bootinst.bat" file.
Download amd "od6config" module if you are using 290/290x (at bottom left of http://www.cryptoslax.web.id/) and copy the file "3371-od6config.sb" into the H:\slax\modules folder.
***Update***
I would recommend to download the chrome browser module and add to the modules folder as well.
Plug drive into mining computer and boot.
You can then start it up.
It will start up to a desktop.
click the bottom left, then go to cryptomining, then configure (at the bottom), then cgminer -s for normal scrypt mining.
Edit you conf file to your preferred settings and save.
Then click in the same area bottom left, choose cgminer-s in this case.
It should start.
For sgminer see note below!!!!
If you need to see card order for editing your config, then start a terminal window, then change directory to opt/miners/cgminer-opencl and type ./cgminer -n . This is also the directory of your normal cgminer for scrypt. Your config file is here too. It is "mining.conf" if you want to edit it.
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Installing and running over putty.
For me, this will be used on a remote computer that has no monitor or keyboard. So I need the ip address so I can work on the rig with ssh or putty. I use putty because it is what I have used before and is already installed.
First, I go into my router and look at clients for a client named "SLAX" so I can see what the ip address is.
Then I start putty and type in the ip address. Login info is "root" for user and "toor" for the password.
Then start it up. You will be in terminal window.
How I set up for regular scrypt mining:
That should tell you your card order for writing your config file.
Use the text editor to type in your conf info.
Press "ctrl-o", then "enter" to save, "ctrl x" to exit back to terminal
To start cgminer:
Further instructions to leave program mining if you want to exit from putty. Thanks to Ivan.
***Update***
To run you miner automatically:
simply chmod +x autostart-session.sh inside miner directory.
For example:
For sgminer, you need to edit the start.sh file for it to properly work!!
**while in the sgminer directory, enter this:**
Modify the last line of the file to this:
/opt/miners/sgminer//sgminer -c /opt/miners/sgminer/mining.conf
This is what I get with the above, untweaked and incomplete conf file. Gpus are pitcairn, hawaii and tahiti. Works that easy - no drivers or hassle. . i don't know if 5000 series work or not. Probably not for nvidia, but I haven't tested.
********if you are on AMD and get an error when first booting*********
***Update***
Cryptoslax64 0.3.1-beta1 is available to download from http://www.cryptoslax.web.id
new :
* sgminer (untested)
* heavycoin cpu miner (for 1gh.com : tested)
* cgminermonitor.com client
as .sb module, simply download, place it into [FLASHDRIVE:]/slax/modules
or on running slax, download with wget, and execute "slax activate /path/to/file.sb"
* fix some gnu screen issues
* better autostart system, simply chmod +x autostart-session.sh inside miner directory, to make it autorun after boot
* added apache+php+mysql for local web serving, for futher development of rig monitoring and control
* added google chrome browser
this is beta version, you know what it means, even on non-beta version i can't guarantee everything will work
Download Cryptoslax http://www.cryptoslax.web.id/
Use 7zip and extract files to thumbdrive.
navigate to "boot" directory on the thumb drive and run "bootinst.bat" file.
Download amd "od6config" module if you are using 290/290x (at bottom left of http://www.cryptoslax.web.id/) and copy the file "3371-od6config.sb" into the H:\slax\modules folder.
***Update***
I would recommend to download the chrome browser module and add to the modules folder as well.
Plug drive into mining computer and boot.
You can then start it up.
It will start up to a desktop.
click the bottom left, then go to cryptomining, then configure (at the bottom), then cgminer -s for normal scrypt mining.
Edit you conf file to your preferred settings and save.
Then click in the same area bottom left, choose cgminer-s in this case.
It should start.
For sgminer see note below!!!!
If you need to see card order for editing your config, then start a terminal window, then change directory to opt/miners/cgminer-opencl and type ./cgminer -n . This is also the directory of your normal cgminer for scrypt. Your config file is here too. It is "mining.conf" if you want to edit it.
****************************************************************************************************************************
Installing and running over putty.
For me, this will be used on a remote computer that has no monitor or keyboard. So I need the ip address so I can work on the rig with ssh or putty. I use putty because it is what I have used before and is already installed.
First, I go into my router and look at clients for a client named "SLAX" so I can see what the ip address is.
Then I start putty and type in the ip address. Login info is "root" for user and "toor" for the password.
Then start it up. You will be in terminal window.
How I set up for regular scrypt mining:
Code:
cd /
cd opt/miners
cd *cl
./cgminer -n
That should tell you your card order for writing your config file.
Code:
nano mining.conf
Use the text editor to type in your conf info.
Press "ctrl-o", then "enter" to save, "ctrl x" to exit back to terminal
To start cgminer:
Code:
./start.sh
Further instructions to leave program mining if you want to exit from putty. Thanks to Ivan.
Ivanlabrie said:Easy, when you're about to start cgminer, do it from terminal ofc, using putty, do it like this:Code:screen ./start.sh
Then hit control+a, followed by control+d to detach from the session without closing the miner. If you disconnect cgminer will keep running in the background.
To see it, ssh into the rig and type screen -r.
***Update***
To run you miner automatically:
simply chmod +x autostart-session.sh inside miner directory.
For example:
Code:
cd /
cd opt/miners/sgminer
chmod +x autostart-session.sh
For sgminer, you need to edit the start.sh file for it to properly work!!
**while in the sgminer directory, enter this:**
Code:
nano start.sh
Code:
/opt/miners/sgminer//sgminer -c /opt/miners/sgminer/mining.conf
/opt/miners/sgminer//sgminer -c /opt/miners/sgminer/mining.conf
This is what I get with the above, untweaked and incomplete conf file. Gpus are pitcairn, hawaii and tahiti. Works that easy - no drivers or hassle. . i don't know if 5000 series work or not. Probably not for nvidia, but I haven't tested.
********if you are on AMD and get an error when first booting*********
Thanks Luke1978.FYI, if you get an error during the first load of cryptoslax and it hangs, enable IMMOU in your BIOS, worked for me!
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