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The nohup and the & at the end, allows us to run the mining software when we disconnect from the SSH client. We use ip address 0.0.0.0 for the API so we can check it on another device that is connected to the network IFS=вЂ™.вЂ™ read -ra IPADDRESS > mine_BTCP.sh To do this run this command and replace вЂњ255.255.255.0вЂќ with your netmask IP address. We now need to calculate the CIDR for your netmask address. The interface is Iface on the same row as the gateway. The gateway is the address that is not 0.0.0.0 in the example above it is 192.168.1.254 The netmask is the netmask address that is on the same row as the local IP address. The Local IP address is the ip address that starts with 192.168 in the example above it is 192.168.1.71 We will need this information to connect to the mining computer using SSH, and to setup a static IP address for the mining computer. Next we need to get some information about our network.

#LINUX CRYPTO MINING INSTALL#

My computer already said it was installed, but you need to install it if it is not. The next step is to install the SSH server sudo apt-get install openssh-server

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We can do this by using: sudo apt-get update & sudo apt-get upgrade Now that you have installed Linux, you should login to the username that you created during the installation process. Next I followed the installation instructions. I then rebooted the machine with the bootable Linux USB drive inserted in the machine. I changed the boot priority of the machine to boot from the USB first. You will need a keyboard, mouse and monitor connected to the mining computer to install the Linux OS.ДЇirst I booted up the computer and went into the BIOS. I will however give a brief overview of how I installed the Linux OS. I am not going to explain this process, since it is pretty straightforward and varies because of each individuals hardware. Once it is completed, you need to install the Linux OS on your mining rig.

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This can take a few minutes to a few hours, depending on the speed of the USB drive and the size of the ISO file. Once you have made sure you have filled out all of the settings correctly, click the start button. The green arrow indicates the name of the USB drive. The next step is to click the first red box in the picture (the one with the dvd on the hard drive image) and select the ISO file. If not use the first selection вЂњMBR partition scheme for BIOS or UEFIвЂќ. To use this partition scheme, you need to have a motherboard that supports UEFI, so you will need to check your motherboardвЂ™s specifications.

I usually use the last selection вЂњGPT partition scheme for UEFIвЂќ. The blue arrow indicates the partition scheme you want for your mining computer. The red arrow indicates the USB drive you want to write the Linux ISO file to. Now run the rufus file, and you should see something like this For this reason I have a separate USB drive that I only use for this purpose. Make sure you have selected a USB drive and not your Windows hard drive. Do not select your hard drive, otherwise it will erase your computerвЂ™s hard drive that your working on. Note: The USB drive you make bootable will lose all of its data, so make sure the USB drive is empty before going any further. Just download rufus, and then plug in the USB drive you want to create the bootable ISO file. I use rufus to create my bootable USB drives. I prefer to write it to a USB drive, so I will explain this in the tutorial. Once you have download the ISO file, you have to write the file to a DVD or a USB drive, and make it bootable. I am just using the beta so I can write the tutorial for the future Ubuntu 18.04 and not the old Ubuntu 16.04. I DO NOT suggest using a beta version for your mining computer, so it may be best to just wait until the official Ubuntu 18.04 server is released. I will be using the beta version of 18.04 since this is the future OS for the Ubuntu server, and I need to write this article for Ubuntu 18.04. Make sure you download the 16.04 LTS version if youвЂ™re reading this before otherwise download the 18.04 LTS version. Plus the LTS version makes the process easy to update from one LTS version to the next LTS version, without reinstalling the OS. The non LTS versions only provide updates for nine months, meaning we would have to reinstall or update the OS every nine months, instead of five years.

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We want the long term update version, since we will download drivers from their package repository. This is because the LTS version provides updates for about five years after the release date. The LTS version of Ubuntu server, is the one we want to download. Because of this, I have chosen Ubuntu Server for our Linux distribution.ДЄt the time of writing this () We are about 12 days away from the release of Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. Since we want to use an SSH setup, we do not need a GUI for our mining computer.

5 Connect to the mining computer using SSH using a Linux or Mac system.

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