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[xstr8guy]

It's great that people are getting help with setting up their Bitfurys but perhaps these posts should be in this thread...

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=288109.0

This is the Sales thread. 

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[BenTuras]

edit2: guess ive gotta go the long way around, get ubuntu on vmware and try fixing it that way...

You could also burn an Ubuntu live CD or create a live USB stick. Boot Ubuntu, mount the sd card, edit the file, ...

[klondike_bar]

after a massive roundabout circle of VMware permissions, i still cant modify th efiles in the linux partition of the SD card. without a linux computer/poweruser, how the hell am i supposed to fix the default ip address of 10.10.1.249?

with vmware it seems to deny my ownership of the filesystem and any changes i try to save are denied by a gedit error

[BenTuras]

after a massive roundabout circle of VMware permissions, i still cant modify th efiles in the linux partition of the SD card. without a linux computer/poweruser, how the hell am i supposed to fix the default ip address of 10.10.1.249?

with vmware it seems to deny my ownership of the filesystem and any changes i try to save are denied by a gedit error

Maybe you missed my suggestion, so here it is again:
You could also burn an Ubuntu live CD or create a live USB stick. Boot Ubuntu, mount the sd card, edit the file, ...

[pitkaran]

Doesn´t your TV have a HDMI input. Use that as a monitor. I bet your image just doesn´t boot up.

[greaterninja]

Doesn´t your TV have a HDMI input. Use that as a monitor. I bet your image just doesn´t boot up.

I just got my bitfury today and I must say I am quite pleased!   Thank you Dave and MegaBigPower Team!!!!


I had to make sure ALL power connectors were plugged in on the V. 2.2 boards:   12v, ground, 2 x pci-e.  I had to make my own 12v & ground connector from a AT to serial sata power connector.  After all of that I still had to connect the pi to the TV because the config was asking for an IP address after you login.  It would ask you to set the ip address.  After that and a sudo shutdown -r now command i had an ip address.  Once I had the IP I could ssh or web tunnel in.  I still had to go in and change the gateway ip and the subnet mask for the network adapter...this allowed the miner to actually mine and connect to the pools.


I've been messing with hardware, linux and embedded operating systems since the late 90s....this would take an amateur hours or days to figure out.  Looking back on it...there are only 4 ways to modify the configs...either hook up s-video / component video, use hdmi tv and a usb keyboard, flash the card with latest build, or use a card reader that will allow you to edit the configs and save them.


I hope my experience helps you guys out too.

[JaredR26]

after a massive roundabout circle of VMware permissions, i still cant modify th efiles in the linux partition of the SD card. without a linux computer/poweruser, how the hell am i supposed to fix the default ip address of 10.10.1.249?

with vmware it seems to deny my ownership of the filesystem and any changes i try to save are denied by a gedit error

I'm sorry for the trouble you are experiencing.  The default gateway that you and others are experiencing is an oversight on some changes we made in the last two weeks, but didn't update our testing before we shipped these out to you.  I don't know why you didn't get an SD card with your order.  Can you PM me your order number so I can follow up on that part?

The fastest way for you to fix this issue is going to be the following:
1. Download and burn a copy of Ubuntu(12.04 or 13.04 will work)
2. Put it into your computer and override the boot sequence so it boots from disk
3. Select boot from disk rather than install.  Make sure your sd card is plugged in but not chosen as the boot device.
4. Once it boots up, open a terminal(Click the applications button in the top left and type terminal)
5. Try to see if it automounted the device.  Do "cd /mnt/" and "ls".  There should be a few things in there and my ubuntu tries to give sd cards a very long name.  You can tell if you've found the right one by doing:
"cd <name>" followed by "ls home/pi/*".  It should print out a few things and not "no such file or directory".  If it isn't there try removing and reinserting the SD card.  If that doesn't work you'll need to mount the sd card.
6. Once you've found it, you should be in the root directory("cd /mnt/<devicename>/").  Do these commands:
sudo sed -i 's/10.10.11.249/192.168.1.249/' etc/network/interfaces
sudo sed -i '/s/255.0.0.0/255.255.255.0/' etc/network/interfaces
sudo sed -i '/s/10.1.1.1/192.168.1.1/' etc/network/interfaces

Once that is done, pull the SD card out and try to boot your rPI.  You can avoid shutting down the ubuntu prematurely by loading firefox and trying to hit 192.168.1.249  (It takes about 3 minutes for the rPI to fully boot up, so give it a little time before trying this).

Note that you'll need to change the above numbers if any of them don't match your network settings.  You can check this in windows with ipconfig or linux with ifconfig.  The info you need is the default gateway IP address(most likely 192.168.1.1) and the subnet mask(most likely 255.255.255.0).

If this doesn't help we can probably overnight you an SD card to fix the issue, but unfortunately it is Friday now so that is little good for the weekend.  Let me know if the above helps.

[JaredR26]

Doesn´t your TV have a HDMI input. Use that as a monitor. I bet your image just doesn´t boot up.

I just got my bitfury today and I must say I am quite pleased!   Thank you Dave and MegaBigPower Team!!!!


I had to make sure ALL power connectors were plugged in on the V. 2.2 boards:   12v, ground, 2 x pci-e.  I had to make my own 12v & ground connector from a AT to serial sata power connector.  After all of that I still had to connect the pi to the TV because the config was asking for an IP address after you login.  It would ask you to set the ip address.  After that and a sudo shutdown -r now command i had an ip address.  Once I had the IP I could ssh or web tunnel in.  I still had to go in and change the gateway ip and the subnet mask for the network adapter...this allowed the miner to actually mine and connect to the pools.


I've been messing with hardware, linux and embedded operating systems since the late 90s....this would take an amateur hours or days to figure out.  Looking back on it...there are only 4 ways to modify the configs...either hook up s-video / component video, use hdmi tv and a usb keyboard, flash the card with latest build, or use a card reader that will allow you to edit the configs and save them.


I hope my experience helps you guys out too.

As I posted above, sorry for the trouble here.  We have some changes coming that will make the reconfiguration and more automatic.  I have the code for it about 80% written, but unfortunately troubles with the 100TH mine project keep pre-empting that work.  We'll have this improved for October orders shipping for sure though.

[BenTuras]

sudo sed -i '/s/10.1.1.1/192.168.1.1/' etc/network/interfaces

You need to insert a step here:
Unmount the sd card, so the changes get flushed to the card.

Once that is done, pull the SD card out and try to boot your rPI.

[skrazy]

Anyone get a specific number for their BTC refunding on an August order? I got an email saying I could take BTC or store credit but it does not say how much either option would involve...

[americandesi]

after a massive roundabout circle of VMware permissions, i still cant modify th efiles in the linux partition of the SD card. without a linux computer/poweruser, how the hell am i supposed to fix the default ip address of 10.10.1.249?

with vmware it seems to deny my ownership of the filesystem and any changes i try to save are denied by a gedit error

I'm sorry for the trouble you are experiencing.  The default gateway that you and others are experiencing is an oversight on some changes we made in the last two weeks, but didn't update our testing before we shipped these out to you.  I don't know why you didn't get an SD card with your order.  Can you PM me your order number so I can follow up on that part?

The fastest way for you to fix this issue is going to be the following:
1. Download and burn a copy of Ubuntu(12.04 or 13.04 will work)
2. Put it into your computer and override the boot sequence so it boots from disk
3. Select boot from disk rather than install.  Make sure your sd card is plugged in but not chosen as the boot device.
4. Once it boots up, open a terminal(Click the applications button in the top left and type terminal)
5. Try to see if it automounted the device.  Do "cd /mnt/" and "ls".  There should be a few things in there and my ubuntu tries to give sd cards a very long name.  You can tell if you've found the right one by doing:
"cd <name>" followed by "ls home/pi/*".  It should print out a few things and not "no such file or directory".  If it isn't there try removing and reinserting the SD card.  If that doesn't work you'll need to mount the sd card.
6. Once you've found it, you should be in the root directory("cd /mnt/<devicename>/").  Do these commands:
sudo sed -i 's/10.10.11.249/192.168.1.249/' etc/network/interfaces
sudo sed -i '/s/255.0.0.0/255.255.255.0/' etc/network/interfaces
sudo sed -i '/s/10.1.1.1/192.168.1.1/' etc/network/interfaces

Once that is done, pull the SD card out and try to boot your rPI.  You can avoid shutting down the ubuntu prematurely by loading firefox and trying to hit 192.168.1.249  (It takes about 3 minutes for the rPI to fully boot up, so give it a little time before trying this).

Note that you'll need to change the above numbers if any of them don't match your network settings.  You can check this in windows with ipconfig or linux with ifconfig.  The info you need is the default gateway IP address(most likely 192.168.1.1) and the subnet mask(most likely 255.255.255.0).

If this doesn't help we can probably overnight you an SD card to fix the issue, but unfortunately it is Friday now so that is little good for the weekend.  Let me know if the above helps.

Thanks for this step by step tutorial JaredR26. Am expecting my kits today and i presume that they will also have the same problem.
P.S : Am not that good in Linux / Mac.

I have a few questions to the group with regards to this.
1) I have a Windows PC. So if i boot from USB, will i be able to write to the SD card and modify the network config.?
2) I have a Macbook pro which has a SD card reader. Has anyone got an idea as to what steps i need to follow to make changes to the SD card in mac (if it is possible).

Thanks,

[BenTuras]

6. Once you've found it, you should be in the root directory("cd /mnt/<devicename>/").  Do these commands:
sudo sed -i 's/10.10.11.249/192.168.1.249/' etc/network/interfaces
sudo sed -i '/s/255.0.0.0/255.255.255.0/' etc/network/interfaces
sudo sed -i '/s/10.1.1.1/192.168.1.1/' etc/network/interfaces

1) I have a Windows PC. So if i boot from USB, will i be able to write to the SD card and modify the network config.?
2) I have a Macbook pro which has a SD card reader. Has anyone got an idea as to what steps i need to follow to make changes to the SD card in mac (if it is possible).

Thanks,

Q1: Step 6 from JaredR26 above is modifying the network config.
Q2: If you have an sd card available, download the image, write it to the sd and put the sd card in your mac. Then check the Finder to see if it mounted the card. If it did, go to the etc/network directory. Is there an interfaces file ?

Tutorial how to write the sd image to a card: http://www.embeddedarm.com/support/faqs.php?item=10

[kano]

Heh that link doesn't know how to use dd properly - the bs= option is pretty much mandatory if you don't want to take hours doing it.

[af_newbie]

6. Once you've found it, you should be in the root directory("cd /mnt/<devicename>/").  Do these commands:
sudo sed -i 's/10.10.11.249/192.168.1.249/' etc/network/interfaces
sudo sed -i '/s/255.0.0.0/255.255.255.0/' etc/network/interfaces
sudo sed -i '/s/10.1.1.1/192.168.1.1/' etc/network/interfaces

1) I have a Windows PC. So if i boot from USB, will i be able to write to the SD card and modify the network config.?
2) I have a Macbook pro which has a SD card reader. Has anyone got an idea as to what steps i need to follow to make changes to the SD card in mac (if it is possible).

Thanks,

Q1: Step 6 from JaredR26 above is modifying the network config.
Q2: If you have an sd card available, download the image, write it to the sd and put the sd card in your mac. Then check the Finder to see if it mounted the card. If it did, go to the etc/network directory. Is there an interfaces file ?

Tutorial how to write the sd image to a card: http://www.embeddedarm.com/support/faqs.php?item=10

You can also use laptop to connect directly to your rpi.  In laptop IP4 config setup:

ip: 10.10.11.10  
netmask: 255.0.0.0
gateway: 10.1.1.1

When you connect rpi (with IP 10.10.11.249) directly to your laptop, both rpi and laptop can talk to each other.
Then just ssh to 10.10.11.249 from your laptop to change the rpi IP.

No need to mount anything.

[Trongersoll]

Heh that link doesn't know how to use dd properly - the bs= option is pretty much mandatory if you don't want to take hours doing it.

Then why don't you post how to do it correctly?

[kano]

Heh that link doesn't know how to use dd properly - the bs= option is pretty much mandatory if you don't want to take hours doing it.

Then why don't you post how to do it correctly?

Sorry - I don't have a BitFury and they wont even sell me one.
Ask the Bitfury team

[Trongersoll]

Heh that link doesn't know how to use dd properly - the bs= option is pretty much mandatory if you don't want to take hours doing it.

Then why don't you post how to do it correctly?

Sorry - I don't have a BitFury and they wont even sell me one.
Ask the Bitfury team

Then why are you even bothering to stir the pot in this thread? If you want them to "give/sell" you something, I'd think that it would be more likely to happen if you were being supportive rather than snarky.

[americandesi]

Heh that link doesn't know how to use dd properly - the bs= option is pretty much mandatory if you don't want to take hours doing it.

Then why don't you post how to do it correctly?

Sorry - I don't have a BitFury and they wont even sell me one.
Ask the Bitfury team

lol kano.. nice try. This is more of rPI and Linux network issue.
Nothing to do with bitfury. Why do you want a bitfury miner to fix this..?

[Morblias]

Heh that link doesn't know how to use dd properly - the bs= option is pretty much mandatory if you don't want to take hours doing it.

Then why don't you post how to do it correctly?

Sorry - I don't have a BitFury and they wont even sell me one.
Ask the Bitfury team

Sure they will sell you one. Here you go: https://www.megabigpower.com/shop/

[shade88]

CMIIW, I think he want to buy one with more "reasonable" price than the shop that he think will never break even.