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No. Only NVIDIA with CUDA.

## Does the ISO image work in the GTX 1080?
## Does the ISO image work in the GTX 1060 5GB?

Yes. NVIDIA driver 381.22 is installed.
Yes. NVIDIA driver 390.25 is installed.

## Can I mix cards?

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# Ethereum Mining with NVIDIA Graphics Cards and Ubuntu

**USB** flash drive **ISO** image for **Ethereum** mining with **NVIDIA** graphics cards and Ubuntu **GNU/Linux** (64-bit Intel/AMD (x86_64)).
Other cryptocurrencies, such as **Monero** or **Zcash**, can also be mined.

![Ubuntu](https://www.nkn-it.de/img/distro/logos/ubuntu.png)
![NVIDIA](https://www.nkn-it.de/img/logos/nvidia_cuda.jpg)
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## Introduction

* This ISO image is based on 🐧 **Ubuntu 16.04.2 LTS (Server)**.
* This ISO image is based on 🐧 **Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS (Server)**.
* **KISS**, keep it simple, stupid. Only the most necessary included. No 💩 bullshit.
* **NVIDIA** drivers version **381.22** and **CUDA 8** are installed.
* **NVIDIA** drivers version **390.25** installed.
* **CUDA 8** (`/usr/local/cuda-8.0`) and **CUDA 9.1** (`/usr/local/cuda-9.1`) ready to be used.
* [ethminer](https://github.com/ethereum-mining/ethminer) with the optimized code by [David Li](https://github.com/davilizh) (from NVIDIA) already compiled and ready for use.
* The code is optimized for NVIDIA GTX 1060, can improve NVIDIA GTX 1060 with 2 GPC performance by 15%, and NVIDIA GTX 1060 with 1 GPC performance by more than 30%. Meanwhile, it also increases performance on NVIDIA GTX 1070.
* Claymore's dual ethereum miner `ethdcrminer64` is also included.
* Claymore's dual miner version 10.6, XMR-Stak Monero miner and EWBF's Zcash miner are also included.
* Already configured to participate in the [ethermine](https://ethermine.org/) ethereum mining pool.
* The installation is optimized for operation **without monitor** (headless).
* No hard disk drive (HDD/SSD) required. Installation on USB flash drive.
* Created and **tested** with NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070.
* Created and **tested** with NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 and NVIDIA GTX 1080.


## Navigation
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* [With nvidia-overclock.sh (nvidia-settings)](#with--nvidia-overclocksh-nvidia-settings)
* [Why not use nvidia-smi?](#why-not-use-nvidia-smi)
* [Other things you should do](#other-things-you-should-do)
* [Update ethminer](#update-ethminer)
* [Update ethminer Ethereum Miner](#update-ethminer-ethereum-miner)
* [Update Claymore's Dual Ethereum Miner](#update-claymores-dual-ethereum-miner)
* [Update XMR-Stak Monero Miner](#update-xmr-stak-monero-miner)
* [Update EWBF's CUDA Zcash Miner](#update-ewbfs-cuda-zcash-miner)
* [Wi-Fi WLAN](#wi-fi-wlan)
* [Monitoring](#monitoring)
* [Munin](#munin)
* [Fail2ban](#fail2ban)
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I would be happy about a small donation. Thank you very much.

| | Currency | Address |
|---|----------|----------------------------------------------|
| Ξ | Ethereum | `0xfbbc9f870bccadf8847eba29b0ed3755e30c9f0d` |
| Ƀ | Bitcoin | `13fQA3mCQPmnXBDSmfautP4VMq6Sj2GVSA` |
| | Currency | Address |
|-----|----------|----------------------------------------------|
| ETH | Ethereum | `0xfbbc9f870bccadf8847eba29b0ed3755e30c9f0d` |
| XBT | Bitcoin | `13fQA3mCQPmnXBDSmfautP4VMq6Sj2GVSA` |



## Installation

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If you want to get started quickly, simply use the pre-configured ISO image
(contains the shell scripts, tools, and all necessary drivers).


### Download

Download the ISO image via BitTorrent (`ethereum-ubuntu-nvidia-miner_v2.img.7z.torrent`).
Compressed 1.3GB, unzipped 7.5GB.
Download the ISO image via BitTorrent (`ethereum-ubuntu-nvidia-miner_v3.img.7z.torrent`).
Compressed 1.8GB, unzipped 7.5GB.

[![Download](https://www.nkn-it.de/img/download_button_200px.png)](https://github.com/Cyclenerd/ethereum_nvidia_miner/raw/master/ethereum-ubuntu-nvidia-miner_v2.img.7z.torrent)
[![Download](https://www.nkn-it.de/img/download_button_200px.png)](https://github.com/Cyclenerd/ethereum_nvidia_miner/raw/master/ethereum-ubuntu-nvidia-miner_v3.img.7z.torrent)

#### MD5

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| Filename | MD5sum |
| -------------------------------------- |:----------------------------------:|
| ethereum-ubuntu-nvidia-miner_v2.img.7z | `236204df132665c68ed3eb9a2729e26c` |
| ethereum-ubuntu-nvidia-miner_v2.img | `3a78efe07014e3b665e899a490eaa33b` |
| ethereum-ubuntu-nvidia-miner_v3.img.7z | `af0b46286047534035e8834b65692334` |
| ethereum-ubuntu-nvidia-miner_v3.img | `2ec9e5f871e6a89355006b1cac534859` |

More help is available here:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Md5sum


### Copy

1. Unzip the [7zip](http://www.7-zip.org/download.html) file `ethereum-ubuntu-nvidia-miner_v2.img.7z`.
2. Copy the image `ethereum-ubuntu-nvidia-miner_v2.img` to a at least 8GB USB flash drive.
1. Unzip the [7zip](http://www.7-zip.org/download.html) file `ethereum-ubuntu-nvidia-miner_v3.img.7z`.
2. Copy the image `ethereum-ubuntu-nvidia-miner_v3.img` to a at least 8GB USB flash drive.

Larger USB flash drive should also work.
I use the "Sandisk 32GB Ultra Fit USB 3.0 Flash Drive".
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#### Windows

Use the free and open source software [Rufus](https://rufus.akeo.ie/).
Simply select the ISO `ethereum-ubuntu-nvidia-miner_v2.img`, the USB drive you want to create the bootable Linux onto and click start.
Simply select the ISO `ethereum-ubuntu-nvidia-miner_v3.img`, the USB drive you want to create the bootable Linux onto and click start.

Be sure to select DD mode or the image will be transferred incorrectly.

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Copy the image to your USB flash drive:

nils@macbookpro ~ $ sudo dd bs=1m if=Downloads/ethereum-ubuntu-nvidia-miner_v2.img of=/dev/rdisk3
nils@macbookpro ~ $ sudo dd bs=1m if=Downloads/ethereum-ubuntu-nvidia-miner_v3.img of=/dev/rdisk3

Btw. `rdisk3` (with r) not `disk3` is not a write error.

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Set the primary graphics output to one of your NVIDIA cards.
Disable Secure Boot (UEFI) and boot from the USB flash drive.


### Login

The network configuration is done by DHCP. Look in your router which IP your miner has.
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* 👤 Username: `prospector`
* 🔑 Password: `m1n1ng`


### Setup

There is an extra program which helps you with the initial setup. Type `setup` to start it.
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![setup](https://www.nkn-it.de/img/ethereum_nvidia_miner/mine-setup.jpg)

Go through each step. If you have everything set you should do a `reboot`.
Go through __each__ step. If you have everything set you should do a `reboot`.


### Mine

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The `miner.sh` script starts automatically (`mine` console).
If you want to make settings that go beyond the `setup` program, you need to adjust it.
If you want to mine other cryptocurrencies, like Monero or Zcash, you also need to adjust this file.

prospector@mine ~ $ nano -w miner.sh

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> Specifies maximum <memory,graphics> clocks as a pair (e.g. 2000,800) that defines GPU's speed while running applications on a GPU.


### Other things you should do

#### Update ethminer

Update and recompile `ethminer`:
#### Update ethminer Ethereum Miner

Update and recompile [ethminer](https://github.com/ethereum-mining/ethminer):

prospector@mine ~ $ cd ~/ethereum-mining/ethminer
prospector@mine ethminer $ git pull
prospector@mine ethminer $ cd build/
prospector@mine build $ cmake -D CUDA_TOOLKIT_ROOT_DIR=/usr/local/cuda-8.0 ..
prospector@mine build $ cmake -D CUDA_TOOLKIT_ROOT_DIR=/usr/local/cuda-9.1 ..
prospector@mine build $ cmake --build .


#### Update Claymore's Dual Ethereum Miner

Download the [latest version](https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1433925.0) for Linux and copy it to your USB flash driver.
Download the [latest version](https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1433925.0) Claymore's Dual Ethereum miner for Linux and copy it to your USB flash driver.
The copy can be done via SCP.

On Windows, you can use [FileZilla](https://filezilla-project.org/) or [WinSCP](https://winscp.net/).
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nils@macbookpro ~ $ scp "Claymore's Dual GPU Miner - LINUX.tar.gz" prospector@minerIP:/home/prospector/
```

Unpack the tar.gz file into the `claymore-dual-miner` folder:
Unpack the tar.gz file into the `~/claymore-dual-miner` folder:

```
prospector@mine ~ $ tar xvfz "Claymore's Dual GPU Miner - LINUX.tar.gz" -C ~/claymore-dual-miner --strip-components=1
```


#### Update XMR-Stak Monero Miner

Update and recompile [XMR-Stak](https://github.com/fireice-uk/xmr-stak):

```
prospector@mine:~ $ cd ~/monero-mining/xmr-stak/
prospector@mine:~/monero-mining/xmr-stak $ git pull
prospector@mine:~/monero-mining/xmr-stak $ nano -w xmrstak/donate-level.hpp # Edit donation fee
prospector@mine:~/monero-mining/xmr-stak $ cd build/
prospector@mine:~/monero-mining/xmr-stak/build $ cmake -DXMR-STAK_COMPILE=generic -D CUDA_TOOLKIT_ROOT_DIR=/usr/local/cuda-9.1 -DOpenCL_ENABLE=OFF ..
prospector@mine:~/monero-mining/xmr-stak/build $ make install
```
Select the CPU compute architecture:

* `-DXMR-STAK_COMPILE=generic` = the miner can be used on all CPU's with sse2
* `-DXMR-STAK_COMPILE=native` = the miner can be used only on the system where it is compiled but will archive the highest hash rate


#### Update EWBF's CUDA Zcash Miner

Download the [latest version](https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1707546.0) EWBF's CUDA Zcash miner for Linux and copy it to your USB flash driver.
The copy can be done via SCP.

On Windows, you can use [FileZilla](https://filezilla-project.org/) or [WinSCP](https://winscp.net/).
On Linux and macOS it works like this:

```
nils@macbookpro ~ $ scp "Zec Miner Linux Bin.tar.gz" prospector@minerIP:/home/prospector/
```

Unpack the tar.gz file into the `~/zcash-mining/ewbf/` folder:

```
prospector@mine ~ $ tar xvfz "Zec Miner Linux Bin.tar.gz" -C ~/zcash-mining/ewbf/ --strip-components=1
```


### Wi-Fi WLAN

The `wpa_supplicant` package, which includes the main program `wpa_supplicant` and the passphrase tool `wpa_passphrase` are already installed.

This method allows quickly connecting to a wireless network whose SSID is already known, making use of `wpa_passphrase`, a command line tool which generates the minimal configuration needed:

prospector@mine ~ $ sudo wpa_passphrase "SSID" "WPA2-KEY" > /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf

Test configuration:

prospector@mine ~ $ sudo wpa_supplicant -i wlan0 -D wext -c /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf -d

To enable Wi-Fi on the next reboot, remove the comments in the file `/etc/network/interfaces`:

prospector@mine ~ $ sudo nano -w /etc/network/interfaces
prospector@mine ~ $ reboot

More help is available here:
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/WPA_supplicant



## Monitoring

Of course, with SSH.


### Munin

`munin` and the `lighttpd` web server are also installed. You can use it to access statistics pages.
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![munin](https://www.nkn-it.de/img/ethereum_nvidia_miner/munin-sensors.jpg)


### Fail2ban

Fail2ban is installed.
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More help is available here:
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Fail2ban


### VNC

Start `x11vnc` server.
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If you have found a bug (English is not my mother tongue) or have any improvements, send me a pull request.



## Known Issues

NVIDIA tools (especially `nvidia-smi`) seems to be lagging on 7 GPU rigs,
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