![]() I was still having to enter credentials at startup so I set it up for automatic login using the instructions found at The instructions at the link mentioned above also explain how to have it start automatically. The only speed bump here was that the instructions made it sound as if the port number was to be 1 but is actually 5901. I reserved an IP for the Raspberry Pi for consistency so I could always connect remotely by the same IP. I tried a couple before I found these simple instructions: I wanted to do this anyway so I wouldn’t need to plug it into a TV (or a mouse and keyboard for that matter). As I needed one USB slot for WiFi, I had to switch between a mouse and keyboard until I managed to get a VNC server installed. ![]() I attempted to glue a micro-SD adapter into place as a fix so I could just insert and remove the micro SD card as needed but I was unsuccessful and ended up buying another Raspberry Pi. It is pretty easy to break so be careful. Without the SD card port, the board is useless and looking for a solution I found that many experience this problem. I think 3 was the magic number, but the default and better quality is to just go with HDMI so I recommend an HDMI cable.Īt this point I managed to break the SD card holder on the board while trying to get it into a plastic case I purchased for it. Turns out, you have to hit 1, 2, or 3 on your keyboard to switch between video sources as the board is not sending video more than one output at a time. ![]() I first tried plugging it into a television using a standard composite video cable but got nothing. It was free and easy, just took a couple of minutes. I did have to download the SD formatter utility mentioned in the article after trying first without formatting the card. You really are just downloading files and copying them to the card. Apparently you can actually by an SD card with NOOB installed, but it is by far the easiest step so if you get stuck here, give up. I really don’t know but a few simple Unix commands so it was a painful process, but here are the steps and links I took to make it happen.įirst I grabbed an 8gb SD card and copied the NOOB Setup files as described at. Another thing on the todo list for this, is to have cgminer run inside a container, and then on K8S.Getting CGMiner running on Raspberry Pi was a fun challenge. To get this a bit more stable, I likely need to relocate the “cluster” to my server cabinet for better cooling, the little USB keys get painfully hot. This is then installed, sort of like this:Ĭgminer version 4.10.0 - Started: 67-95: Sets up cgminer to start on boot.41-59: Runs both the prebuild setup and then compiles cgminer.31-39: Downloads the patched cgminer source with 2PAC support.19-29: Create, and then ensure directories exist for the source and build.12-17: Use apt to install prerequisite packages (build-essential, and so on).To ensure I can do this again at some point, I wrote an Ansible playbook to do the heavy lifting for me:įor those not familiar with Ansible, here’s what it is doing: Installing cgminerįor these particular ASICs, one needs to first compile cgminer with the appropriate support. These are still configured as they were in my OpenFaaS post. I’m not sure if my affiliate account is still active, but if so, this is full disclosure that they may indeed be affiliate links. The Gearįor this project, I reused my Kubernetes / OpenFaaS cluster, and added some ASICs. The conclusion of which will be to run the miners inside containers backed by Kubernetes. Rather this is a “because I can” project. ![]() In that vein, I bring you ASIC Bitcoin mining on Raspberry Pi.Īs you read, keep in mind, that the goal here, like in the afore mentioned posts is not to be practical. Not the least of which is OpenStack Swift on USB Keys, or the pre-chaos engineering random VM snapshot deleter. I’ve had some pretty terribad ideas in the past.
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