I have access to a bunch of physical computers with good stats -
I was wondering if it would be possible, technically, to run linux from a disk on key device (the systems have windows installed on them, but thought about using diskonkey linux@startup (livelinuex)) - And run zcashd and zcash-cli on that linux.
Definitely possible, and running from a stick would not affect performances at all. It’s obviously orders of magnitude better than a VM. It you have multiple architectures, be sure to compile in a way the binary works everywhere.
Let us know how it goes, this is an interesting use case!
I have run several on ubuntu usb’s. I’d like to make it lightweight as possible and automate the process upon startup. Which linux distro should I use? Is possible to activate on a schedule or remotely?
I think this is a GREAT idea. I’ve got 2 mining rigs right now that I’ve been contemplating installing Linux on to start mining. It would be a lot easier if I could just plug in a thumb drive and off you go. Keep us posted on how it goes!
The real ‘killer app’ would be a bootable image of say Ubuntu that you can plug in, enter personal mining info and BAM, it starts mining on available hardware.