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Title: How to go about setting up a headless mining rig? Post by: aaa801 on March 04, 2012, 12:03:06 PM I have a old am2 board knocking about and a spare psu, thinking of hooking up a few 5850's to the thing,
The internet connection to my main pc is supplied via usb, so il proberly hook up a switch to the eathernet port on the main pc and use a crossover cable Whats the best os/ drivers and software to do this with? Title: Re: How to go about setting up a headless mining rig? Post by: matthewh3 on March 04, 2012, 08:06:50 PM You could use Lubuntu and login to the Openbox desktop that is basically just a terminal and probably just as light but gives you the option to open a web browser or GUI programs if you want/need to?
Title: Re: How to go about setting up a headless mining rig? Post by: TheHarbinger on March 06, 2012, 01:08:34 AM I have a old am2 board knocking about and a spare psu, thinking of hooking up a few 5850's to the thing, The internet connection to my main pc is supplied via usb, so il proberly hook up a switch to the eathernet port on the main pc and use a crossover cable Whats the best os/ drivers and software to do this with? This; https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=65915.0 BAMT is designed to do exaclty what you are trying to do. Throw a few coins to the developer once it's up and cranking. Title: Re: How to go about setting up a headless mining rig? Post by: aaa801 on March 06, 2012, 09:16:21 AM I have a old am2 board knocking about and a spare psu, thinking of hooking up a few 5850's to the thing, The internet connection to my main pc is supplied via usb, so il proberly hook up a switch to the eathernet port on the main pc and use a crossover cable Whats the best os/ drivers and software to do this with? This; https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=65915.0 BAMT is designed to do exaclty what you are trying to do. Throw a few coins to the developer once it's up and cranking. Thanks! |