Open ChiefGyk3D opened 3 years ago
I had a few ask me about the case. Download it here on Thingiverse happy printing https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:4832104
So great! I copied you and ran into a few issues.
The armv7 Monero binaries that PiNodeXMR downloaded were 32-bit and we couldn’t figure out why they were not executable until someone pointed out the RockPro64 Armbian OS is 64-bit. So I manually installed the official armv8 binaries and everything works now.
The Armbian software includes a “nand-sata-install” command when, run as root, moves the entire system over to ext4 connected USB drive. The sdcard is only needed for boot. This avoids the symlink issue you’re talking about.
You didn’t mention which Armbian OS you installed but I decided to install Bullseye (since I saw that option in the PiNode installer) and it seems to work well IF I make sure to update the system after first install and before first reboot. Otherwise it hangs.
My case isn’t as cool as yours :) but I used the metal case sold by Pine64 that also has a passive heat sink connecting the CPU to the metal of the case. It’s really small, black, and cool looking for $15 or whatever.
Thank you both for doing this. Helps me out a ton getting setup on my RockPro64.
This is very useful learnings, thanks for sharing
I tested out the Rock Pro 64 4GB with great success and was able to get a full node to sync in 26 hours after compiling monero. I followed the documentation and only did a few custom tweaks myself mostly for extending the lifecycle by minimizing writing to the eMMC/SD.
Hardware: Rock Pro 64 4GB 10mm Heatsink with Fan (I honestly think the 30mm passive is better and will be switching to it myself) 16GB eMMC for OS 256GB or higher NVMe SSD rated for endurance (Inland Premium 256GB NVMe I used was rated for 360TBW) 1Gbps Ethernet 3D printed Custom Case (will be adding a 40mm Noctua fan to replace the one on the board when I get a passive heat sink)
My personal network for reference for network conditions 300Mbps Cable internet PfSense Firewall with VLAN for Cryptonodes and a dedicated blocklist for malicious crypto nodes (same as on pinodexmr already just network wide). NAT and Rules setup obviously to allow sync between VLAN
Monero was able to compile in about 3 hour as well as the base PiNodeXMR project, then a full Blockchain sync in a mere 26 hours. It is fully operational as I speak.
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