Ok the squirrels stopped chewing on my cables long enough to let me upload the image:
CoinHub_x86-Alpha.2:
http://l.bitcasa.com/NmHiMoN2I started from scratch with this one, as opposed to using Crazyrates' build. A couple of his start-up script ideas are still there, mainly "startupconfig.bat" and "StartCG.bat", though I've changed a lot of what's in them. I used Win8PE (a winbuilder project) and a Windows 8.0 source disk to get going, then used Windows ADK (AIK?) 8.0 to to tweak things around (mainly DISM). All of these things can be downloaded for free.
Features:
- I put as much as I could in the persistent drive (apps, etc). That way you can save/modify things without having to mount it offline. The persistent drive should default to C: if there isn't a drive already system C: drive on your rig (which I'm guessing there isn't, or why else would you be interested in a live usb OS).
- The drivers for AMD Catalyst 13.12 are on there, as well as the apps from the Catalyst Control Center. You can run the installer for CCC mounting the C:\ATI_13.12.iso and selecting C: for your install point. Honestly I'm not really eactly which parts of CCC we want or need (except the drivers of course), maybe somebody can help out with that.
- One thing I hate about BAMT is that all the guides say "Burn BAMT to a USB stick. Insert USB stick into rig and boot up. Use SSH/RDP to log in..." WTF!! how about the part where the BAMT knows our router's SSID and password? I don't know about you guys but I moved my noisy ass rig as far away from my room as I could, so there's no ethernet connection. I don't even have an extra screen I can hook up temporarily, my only screen is a 27" flatscreen. Anyways after you burn this to a usb, boot it up from a computer with a screen. When it starts up, go to PENetwork and connect to your router's wifi. Save the profile to C:\, and leave it named as "PENetwork.ini". This way, when your headless rig boots up it'll already know your routers ID and password. Also if you use a USB-wifi on your rig you should plug that in too, to make sure the drivers are installed. If they're not you'll have to add them offline using DISM.
- RDP: TightVNC loads automatically on startup. A reg file is imported to set it for no password. You can then add a password once you're in, but it won't stick after a reboot. The reg file is C:\PortableApps\TightVNC\vnc_nopassword.reg, you should be able to edit this file to get some persistent security settings.
- C:\Miners: There's a bunch of stuff in here, I don't know what's fully compiled to work right out of the gate and what needs compiling and additional files. I don't really know what the hell I'm doing when it comes to building instances of CGminer (I don't really know what I'm doing period, I'm not a software developer/guru), so if anybody has anything to contribute in this area I'm sure myself and others would appreciate it.
- There's a better start menu where you can customize everything, click the lame start menu and go system tools->Classic Shell->ClassicStartMenu.exe.
Install:
1. Extraxt .7z file
2. Write ISO to USB with Rufus
http://rufus.akeo.ie/3. Rename USB stick "WIN8PESE"
4 Profit
(alternatively, you can just try and extract the iso onto the USB stick)
To do:
- Figure out how to get your ClassicStartMenu settings to survive a reboot
- Get rid of redundant/duplicate files and folders
- Clean up the startup scripts for a cleaner load, and booting into a CG monitor and miner (specific monitor and miner to be configurable by the user
- Make this useful for Bitcoin hardware as well
- Get some miners working
- Get CGWatcher to work (I'm ticked this one isn't working!)
Right if someone finds something that's not working and knows a fix, by all means have at it and share it with the community. Like I said I don't really know what the hell I'm doing in the first place
Also: Original CraPEv03 with TightVNC unattended setup and updated miners:
http://l.bitcasa.com/MxaNaKZ0 (Works fine with 6xxx and 7xxx cards)
And Original Crapev03, same as above but with a lot of apps moved over to the persistent drive, allowing edits to survive reboot:
http://l.bitcasa.com/PLmAtx0Z (Good for using MSI-AB or Trixx)
