Debian 6.0.

7 - GPU Miner install guide

Version 1.0 - 26-3-2013 - Written by Plarkplark Update: First draft.
Thisdocumentonlyshowsyouhowtoinstallthecgminer/atidrivers. WewillstartoffafteryouinstallabasicDebiansystemwiththeNetinstallISO http://cdimage.debian.org/debiancd/6.0.7/i386/isocd/debian6.0.7i386netinst.iso BurnittoCD,bootfromit,installtoHDandchooseDesktop/SSHServerastaskselect.

Chapter 1. The Basics

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Chapter 2. The ATI Driver

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Chapter 3. The ATI SDK

Didyoureboot?No?Doit. TheATISDKisneededfortheOpenCLprotocolthatisusedbyminers.Itisinstalledto /opt/AMDAPP/andlateronusedbycgminer(theLitecoin/Bitcoinminer) Logbackinthemachine,andgotointoourinstalldir c d / r o o t / i n s t a l l ExtracttheSDKinstaller t a r x v z f A M D A P P S D K v 2 . 8 l n x 3 2 . t g z Runtheinstaller . / I n s t a l l A M D A P P . s h Outputshouldbelikethis
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Chapter 4. cgminer and the ADL_SDK

Didyoureboot?Good. Nextupisoneofthefinalsteps:thecompiling(building)thecgminer.ADL_SKDisasmallATI providedLibrarythathassomefilescgminerdoesnotincludeinitszip. Logbackinthemachine,andgotointoourinstalldir c d / r o o t / i n s t a l l Extractcgminer t a r x v j f c g m i n e r 2 . 1 1 . 3 . t a r . b z 2 UnzipADL_SDK_4.0.zip u n z i p A D L _ S D K _ 4 . 0 . z i p Copyafewfilesneededbycgminerintoincludedir. c p v i n c l u d e / * c g m i n e r 2 . 1 1 . 3 / A D L _ S D K / Thiswillresultin
` i n c l u d e / a d l _ d e f i n e s . h ' > ` c g m i n e r 2 . 1 1 . 3 / A D L _ S D K / a d l _ d e f i n e s . h ' ` i n c l u d e / a d l _ s d k . h ' > ` c g m i n e r 2 . 1 1 . 3 / A D L _ S D K / a d l _ s d k . h ' ` i n c l u d e / a d l _ s t r u c t u r e s . h ' > ` c g m i n e r 2 . 1 1 . 3 / A D L _ S D K / a d l _ s t r u c t u r e s . h '

Gointocgminerdirector c d c g m i n e r 2 . 1 1 . 3 Runconfigureandoptions(voodootime!) C F L A G S = " O 2 W a l l m a r c h = n a t i v e I / o p t / A M D A P P / i n c l u d e " L D F L A G S = " L / u s r / l i b " Andrunconfigure(thisisalmostthelaststep)

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Chapter 5. Running and finetuning cgminer

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