MinePeon BeagleBone Black Alpha

[MineForeman.com]

MinePeon BeagleBone Black Alpha

MinePeon has been ported!  For now it is just for the BeagleBone Black ( http://beagleboard.org/Products/BeagleBone%20Black ) and it is very Alpha but it appairs very stable.

I have made up a few quick install instructions below and I welcome everyone who wants to test.  I have also made up a sub board on the MinePeon forums (http://minepeon.com/forums/)  for bug reports etc.

Recommended before you start;-

Update your BeagleBone Black to the latest Angstrom with the following link.  This is not totally necessary but some old versions required you to push the boot button on the board while booting from the SD card.  Newer versions allow you to just put the SD card in and it will boot from that by default.

http://beagleboard.org/Getting%20Started#update

Install Instructions

1. Download the image MinePeon-0.2.4.6-BeagleBoneBlack-Alpha.img from;-

http://sourceforge.net/projects/minepeon/files/release/

2. Write the image to a SD card (minimum 2GB).  You can use the instructions here for that;-

http://minepeon.com/index.php/Troubleshooting#How_to_write_MinePeon_to_SD

3. Insert your SD card into your BeagleBone Black, plug in your hubs/miners and power on.

4. Everything else should be just like the Raspberry Pi.

5. Report your findings on the MinePeon forums (http://minepeon.com/forums/)!

Neil

[Powell]

Only have 2 USB sticks left so haven't played to much.  Systems been up 12 hours mining all 5GH/s but it's going to the donate

If the gridseed stuff works out over here I would def. be happy.  Had to run a few ./configure, etc. so much faster.

[Powell]

Goign to see how long it stays stable.  Running the CGminer Gridseed build for scrypt only.  It would lock up after 5 minutes or so on my PI.  Killed the default miner to test and enabled API.  It's at 900MHz so there is a few hardware errors.

[MineForeman.com]

Good to see!

I will be compiling some grindseed specific stuff soon as well, you should see the drivers show up on the settings page some time soon.

Neil

[Powell]

Awesome.  I had a Pi running it with just a Wheezy build so ready for each way with MinePeon!

[salfter]

Goign to see how long it stays stable.  Running the CGminer Gridseed build for scrypt only.  It would lock up after 5 minutes or so on my PI.

I've had better luck with bfgminer controlling Gridseeds...4+ days so far on a Raspberry Pi that also runs Bitfury & BFL mining gear (one process each for SHA-256 & scrypt mining).  You'll probably need to make sure your whole system is up to date before you build it:

Code:

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get dist-upgrade

[chanberg]

After using the beagle bone, you realize just how slow the raspberry pi is... this thing blazes through the updates!

Black Alpha has been running stable for the past 2 days!

[xjack]

Any reason we shouldn't flash this to the emmc?

[MineForeman.com]

Any reason we shouldn't flash this to the emmc?

None whatsoever (In theory).  It is just I have not tested it all that well.

The theory is if you lean out the partitions on the MMC (/dev/mmcblk1p1 and /dev/mmcblk1p2) and then copy the contents on from the SD card (/dev/mmcblk0p1 /dev/mmcblk0p2), pull the SD card out and boot you are done!

There are a few gotcha's to do with uBoot though but I am working through those to get it 100%.  Once I have done that I will add it to the menu and you will be able to automate it.

Neil

[suzukii]

Hi there MineForeman.
Any updates on this that would take this out of the Alpha stage for the BeagleBone black or am I just not up to date? I'm looking to buy a BeagleBone Black rev. C since I'm not happy with the Raspberry Pi (rev B) SOC.  
However, I love the Minepeon os compilation you put out but on the RPi I feel it could be better & hoping this is the case on the BeagleBone black.
Does it work with the GridSeed G-blades as of yet?
This last question also includes the Minepoeon OS on the RPi platform.
Thanks.

As always I'm a donator via my RPi (when it's not freezing up).

[suzukii]

Is thread dead?

[MineForeman.com]

Sorry, not dead, I have just been overloaded.

I am gearing up for the 0.3.0 releases and that is taking most of my time.  You are right though the BBB blows away the Pi in just about every category (if not every).  The next realises are a large overhaul, sorry I am not working quicker, I still need my real job so I can eat .

Neil

[suzukii]

Sorry, not dead, I have just been overloaded.

I am gearing up for the 0.3.0 releases and that is taking most of my time.  You are right though the BBB blows away the Pi in just about every category (if not every).  The next realises are a large overhaul, sorry I am not working quicker, I still need my real job so I can eat .

Hi ya. Thanks for the response. I just ordered the BBB rev. C based on your response. They should be paying you for helping sell their product.
I'm actually looking to jump off of the RPI because I am having problems with my 2 gridseed g-blade miners on the RPi using Scrypta, Starminer, Raspbian with CG miner. If I get the BBB before you come out with your updated release I'll just use the alpha version you have out there.  Crossing my fingers.  

Neil

Thanks.

[suzukii]

Sorry, not dead, I have just been overloaded.

I am gearing up for the 0.3.0 releases and that is taking most of my time.  You are right though the BBB blows away the Pi in just about every category (if not every).  The next realises are a large overhaul, sorry I am not working quicker, I still need my real job so I can eat .

Neil

Woo-hoo!!!! 0.3.0 coming to a BBB near U!!!
Go neil, Go Neil, Go Neil... (Y'all get the drift). 

[suzukii]

Hi MineForeman (Neil).

I just received my new BBB Rev. C.  I've burned the new minepeon for BBB image on to two new SD cards.  My BBB will not boot from the SD cards.  But if I allow it to boot after pulling the SD cards all is ok.  Could the image be corrupted or sumtin?
H-E-L-P??? 

[MineForeman.com]

Hi MineForeman (Neil).

I just received my new BBB Rev. C.  I've burned the new minepeon for BBB image on to two new SD cards.  My BBB will not boot from the SD cards.  But if I allow it to boot after pulling the SD cards all is ok.  Could the image be corrupted or sumtin?
H-E-L-P??? 

One thing I have noticed with the BBB is that the USB power port does not supply enough power.  Scratch around and see if you can find a 5v power supply for it and see if it makes a difference (I use an old 5v 2.1 amp power supply that came with a USB hub).

Neil

[suzukii]

Actually, that's exactly what I got with the Beaglebone Black kit that I purchased, a 5V, 2.1, 10W power supply.

[suzukii]

With the newly flashed minepeon image burned on to the SD card I wonder if I have to hold down the user boot button, (the one next to the larger USB port), until just two of the blue LEDs light up. This is going to suck if this the case. This will prove to be too tedious for me.

[MineForeman.com]

With the newly flashed minepeon image burned on to the SD card I wonder if I have to hold down the user boot button, (the one next to the larger USB port), until just two of the blue LEDs light up. This is going to suck if this the case. This will prove to be too tedious for me.

You only have to hold the boot button if your using a VERY OLD version of the BBB software.  Go to their website and download the latest just in case.

Neil

[suzukii]

Hi Neil.

Thanks for your previous responses. They helped.

Well, I got my newly received Beaglebone Black Rev. C to boot from the SD card.  
Minepeon 0.2.4.6Alpha is configured with the same pools I run with the Raspberry Pi version of Minepeon.  
The two Gridseeds G-blades I have aren't mining.  I know there's something else but I can't figure it out.  Is there something I have to add to the /opt/minepeon/etc/miner.conf I have to add or change?  
If so, what would that be?  

Does the BFGminer have to be upgraded to the 4.x versions that state they are Gridseed compatible?  If so, what is the command line syntax for that?  I'm not good with linux command line unless being handheld.

Thanks.



Suzukii