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Bitcoin => Bitcoin Technical Support => Topic started by: Hamuki on March 28, 2015, 11:10:49 PM



Title: Almost killed my PI..
Post by: Hamuki on March 28, 2015, 11:10:49 PM
I got over the problem before with my Rasp Pi B+..

I just started to compile BTC on their and then an hour after I started the screen went grey and non-respondsive.

I want to ask if I can run the Raspian Wheezy Distro on my PC instead using either VMware or HyperV to do it virtually and then finish the image there.
Then "burn" it into the SD card and throw it back into the PI.

Can I do that?

I have never used Linux before, so this is a new but facinating world for me.

~Hamuki


Title: Re: Almost killed my PI..
Post by: unamis76 on March 28, 2015, 11:23:54 PM
Odd that your PI goes unresponsive... Compiling can take some time on such a small cpu, don't forget. You might as well reformat and try again. Also, how big is your swap?

If you want to go the VM way, you can try this: http://xecdesign.com/qemu-emulating-raspberry-pi-the-easy-way/

Haven't tried yet, so not sure if it works, but it's worth a shot!

You can also try and OC the Pi a bit :)


Title: Re: Almost killed my PI..
Post by: notlist3d on March 29, 2015, 02:30:50 AM
We read a lot in here with problems running a full btc client on the PI.

I wonder if we would read less problems if people used the raspberry pi 2.  Seems like it has a decent amount more power.   


Title: Re: Almost killed my PI..
Post by: Enzyme on March 29, 2015, 04:00:44 AM
I'm not very knowledgeable about the Pi although I think you may need to optimise some settings / compromise. Bitcoin is known to ruin the SD card.


Title: Re: Almost killed my PI..
Post by: Reynaldo on March 29, 2015, 01:03:10 PM
The problem comes from your sdcard.
Sd cards are not meant to be doing hard work. You should compile moving swap partition and /tmp partition out of the sdcard. More information here:
http://mywayonlinux.blogspot.com/2014_05_01_archive.html

On guides how to install OS in raspberry pi

use elinux.org and my favorite.. install arch linux arm on your raspberry pi http://elinux.org/ArchLinux_Install_Guide


Title: Re: Almost killed my PI..
Post by: unamis76 on March 29, 2015, 01:28:10 PM
I'm not very knowledgeable about the Pi although I think you may need to optimise some settings / compromise. Bitcoin is known to ruin the SD card.

Never really had any issues on mine and I've compiled several coins there... What makes Bitcoin different while compiling?

The problem comes from your sdcard.
Sd cards are not meant to be doing hard work. You should compile moving swap partition and /tmp partition out of the sdcard. More information here:
http://mywayonlinux.blogspot.com/2014_05_01_archive.html

On guides how to install OS in raspberry pi

use elinux.org and my favorite.. install arch linux arm on your raspberry pi http://elinux.org/ArchLinux_Install_Guide

That's actually a very nice idea :) Thanks