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Good to know, I'm almost there. 96%. If I can get the other full miner going, any way to short cut, downloading the node?
I know with Monero, I was able to download, and get it indexed. Any similar process for bitcoin?
There is nothing like a 'official download' of the blockchain (and it is a bad idea), but if you already have one node, you could copy its blocks directory to the other node's SSD and then start it up. Bitcoin Core detects that the directory changed and starts indexing it without redownloading everything. Keep in mind that on many such small board computers you spend more time verifying (computationally intensive) than downloading, as evidenced by a usually much slower IBD speed than what your internet connection offers. Yeah figured. Thanks for answering. Getting ready to try the second miner and standard node again. HOpefully it fires up. Update: It did fire up. I've been trying for the last hour or so to get the node working. It is just not starting. Any suggestions? New update: Now when I go to the miner I get internal error. NO GUI. What''s up with that. The front still have the slow red blinking lights. The miner is still mining. New New update: 2nd miner and standard unit have solid red lights. Formatted the NVME to try get node to work then got error, Cant reach the Web Gui through the IP. Going to try removing the SD and redoing it after reading more posts on this forum Update 3: Flashed the SD got the Web GUI. But now I cannot get Hasboard #0 going, Damn node still won't start. Any suggestions? Any one with ideas on the node? |
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Good to know, I'm almost there. 96%. If I can get the other full miner going, any way to short cut, downloading the node?
I know with Monero, I was able to download, and get it indexed. Any similar process for bitcoin?
There is nothing like a 'official download' of the blockchain (and it is a bad idea), but if you already have one node, you could copy its blocks directory to the other node's SSD and then start it up. Bitcoin Core detects that the directory changed and starts indexing it without redownloading everything. Keep in mind that on many such small board computers you spend more time verifying (computationally intensive) than downloading, as evidenced by a usually much slower IBD speed than what your internet connection offers. Yeah figured. Thanks for answering. Getting ready to try the second miner and standard node again. HOpefully it fires up. Update: It did fire up. I've been trying for the last hour or so to get the node working. It is just not starting. Any suggestions? New update: Now when I go to the miner I get internal error. NO GUI. What''s up with that. The front still have the slow red blinking lights. The miner is still mining. New New update: 2nd miner and standard unit have solid red lights. Formatted the NVME to try get node to work then got error, Cant reach the Web Gui through the IP. Going to try removing the SD and redoing it after reading more posts on this forum Update 3: Flashed the SD got the Web GUI. But now I cannot get Hasboard #0 going, Damn node still won't start. Any suggestions? |
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I think some more information is needed here.
First, just to verify:
1) you have 2 "full" units and "several" standard units
2) the 2 "full" units have dowloaded the blockchain and are running as nodes
3) None of the units, full or standard are mining
4) You're using the supplied PSUs or have one or more PSUs supplying at least 250 watts per unit (80% rule)
If all that is correct, then the first thing I'd try is to simplify everything:
1) shut everything down using the web interface, then disconnect everything
2) select one of the full units and connect it to internet and power
3) Turn on the selected full unit
4) Describe the selected unit's behavior as it powers on including the "main" LED and the colored ones inside the unit. There's a description of what should happen way back at the top of this thread.
The two full units are in the midst of downloading the block chain. Started yesterday and is about 64% complete. I am using the PSU provided by Apollo. The Full units were not mining. I did several restarts, shut downs, power cycle. On a whim this morning, being Easter, after shutting it down, I got one full unit mining. Then I saw your response. So Thanks for validating I was doing. I did make sure, I shut the node down first, before rebooting, or power cycling. Now I'm running into the 8333 port not being open. I did the port forwarding on my ATT BGW320 for 8333. But I'm still getting 10/32 connections. What else am I missing? Fairly certain I didn't get more than 10 or so connections until my node was synched Good to know, I'm almost there. 96%. If I can get the other full miner going, any way to short cut, downloading the node? I know with Monero, I was able to download, and get it indexed. Any similar process for bitcoin? |
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I think some more information is needed here.
First, just to verify:
1) you have 2 "full" units and "several" standard units
2) the 2 "full" units have dowloaded the blockchain and are running as nodes
3) None of the units, full or standard are mining
4) You're using the supplied PSUs or have one or more PSUs supplying at least 250 watts per unit (80% rule)
If all that is correct, then the first thing I'd try is to simplify everything:
1) shut everything down using the web interface, then disconnect everything
2) select one of the full units and connect it to internet and power
3) Turn on the selected full unit
4) Describe the selected unit's behavior as it powers on including the "main" LED and the colored ones inside the unit. There's a description of what should happen way back at the top of this thread.
The two full units are in the midst of downloading the block chain. Started yesterday and is about 64% complete. I am using the PSU provided by Apollo. The Full units were not mining. I did several restarts, shut downs, power cycle. On a whim this morning, being Easter, after shutting it down, I got one full unit mining. Then I saw your response. So Thanks for validating I was doing. I did make sure, I shut the node down first, before rebooting, or power cycling. Now I'm running into the 8333 port not being open. I did the port forwarding on my ATT BGW320 for 8333. But I'm still getting 10/32 connections. What else am I missing? |
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So I just got a batch 3 miners and several standards. This should have been an easy put to complete. However, I have the nodes up and running, but cannot get the miner to mine. The light is solid red. and the fan on top is not rotating. I replaced that miner with another one I purchased, and the same thing. They are set to ECO. What am I missing?
I have tried several times to start the miner (btw, the first unit did mine for 5 minutes) and now nothing. The second one did nothing out the box.
Suggestions?
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