free BA.net Zcash Eth Nvidia Miner. 
Pendrive Linux OS
http://ba.net/zcashminingos/


FAQ


- Burn the xminer-banet-v34.img.gz file to pendrive using the windows 
program Rufus Portable http://rufus.akeo.ie/


- Burn the iso file to pendrive using the windows program
  https://www.pendrivelinux.com/universal-usb-installer-easy-as-1-2-3/

Set the OS type to ubuntu, Persistance file to 1600 MBytes



- Boot your machine from the pendrive

Login with username/password
banet/zminer

EWBF zcash miner is located at
/home/banet/zec-ewbf

Start mining Zcash!


Ethereum Claymore and ethminer are located at /home/banet


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FAQ ADVANCED


- Remote reboot from pendrive OS

Disable Secure Boot (UEFI). 

Make sure your pendrive is selected as the first boot option on your bios.
Important: Set the boot option to "LEGACY" on bios (no UEFI)


- Why use this distro ?

Community tested at

https://forum.z.cash/t/new-zcash-nvidia-mining-pendrive-os/22461/6
https://www.reddit.com/r/zec/comments/75efst/free_zcash_nvidia_mining_pendrive_os/
https://www.reddit.com/r/gpumining/comments/753v99/free_linux_nvidia_mining_pendrive_os/


- How to test the contents of the OS distribution ?

The live pendrive boot can be used on a machine without hard disk. So you can 
test without risking your computer data.

In addition the system can be inspected without booting by mounting the .iso 
file as follows
# mount -o loop zminer-banet-1.9.iso /mnt/disk


gunzip zminer-banet-v34.img.gz
mount -o loop zminer-banet-v34.img /mnt/disk


You will find stock ubuntu desktop 16.04, plus nvidia driver 384, ewbf miner, 
eth claymore dual miner.


- How to test the integrity of the iso file

Look for the file ending in sha256sum.txt at
https://ssl.ba.net/zmining-banet
It contains the sha256 signature of the latest .iso file


- Enable overclocking control of Nvidia GPUs (PRO Version Only)

#sudo nvidia-xconfig -a --cool-bits=31 --allow-empty-initial-configuration
#sudo service lightdm restart
#
# edit your parameters for each GPU and run the script as root
# sudo sh start-overclocking.sh
#


- Optional Pendrive boot install to hard drive

The system is designed to be used without a hard disk. But you can 
install it

At boot time choose the option hard disk install

Select a partition, '/' mount point root , filesystem and click the green 
arrow button.
Select a partition, '/boot/efi' mount point uefi , filesystem and click the 
green arrow button.


- Headless booting

You can boot without a monitor, but with low resolution for VNC access.
You can simulate a regular monitor with an hdmi to vga adaptor. 
It only needs to be connected to the 1st GPU at boot time.


- Troubleshooting motherboard booting or supporting more than 4 GPUS

 Make sure you are running the latest BIOS
 Upgrade bios to newest (important)
 Enable 4G encode
 Set PCIe support to Auto
 Enable onboard graphics to default (PEG - > IDG)
 Plug your monitor into the ONBOARD graphics


- PRO Version Features

Individual GPU Overclocking Control
Cloud Server Uptime Monitoring
Cloud Stats and Reports
Custom Mining Farm Deployments
Optimizing Stratum Zcash Proxy 
Priority tech support


Happy Mining ! 

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