Problem for amater. Cant start. Get this error. FileNotFoundError: [WinError 2] The system cannot find the file specified

[Chovus13]

UPDATE: Where to copy your files, which folder. Should I leave in your folder "windows-plotman-master" or extracted files put where? UPDATE2: I finnaly started after 6 hours :-D I copied in wrong folder (\AppData\Local\chia-blockchain\app-1.0.3) instead off (\AppData\Local\chia-blockchain\app-1.0.3\resources\app.asar.unpacked\daemon) ....actually I copy it in all over place :-D So the real one QUESTION? I Copy your "masterwork" to \app-1.0.03 and start it from there? And just in folder "\AppData\Local\chia-blockchain\app-1.0.3\resources\app.asar.unpacked\daemon" make a copy of chia.exe to chia2.exe? Right?

Sorry if my English is bad. I hope it will work

First thanks for an effort. It will be nice to work for me, not to put allarm to start a new jobs :-D

I do as instruction you gave. I installed Python and modules (for the first time). I Copy chia.exe to chia2.exe. Didnt start a GUI version. Make a directories on A: (chia,1,2)....I named NVme drive A:) and Finally got a "Plotman screen" and then this error:

PS C:\Users\SM\AppData\Local\chia-blockchain\app-1.0.3> python plotman.py interactive A:\chia\2021-04-13-01.09.23.log Traceback (most recent call last): File "C:\Users\SM\AppData\Local\chia-blockchain\app-1.0.3\plotman.py", line 126, in interactive.run_interactive() File "C:\Users\SM\AppData\Local\chia-blockchain\app-1.0.3\interactive.py", line 314, in run_interactive curses.wrapper(curses_main) File "C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\PythonSoftwareFoundation.Python.3.9_3.9.1264.0_x64qbz5n2kfra8p0\lib\curses__init__.py", line 94, in wrapper return func(stdscr, *args, **kwds) File "C:\Users\SM\AppData\Local\chia-blockchain\app-1.0.3\interactive.py", line 141, in curses_main (started, msg) = manager.maybe_start_new_plot(dir_cfg, sched_cfg, plotting_cfg) File "C:\Users\SM\AppData\Local\chia-blockchain\app-1.0.3\manager.py", line 131, in maybe_start_new_plot p = subprocess.Popen(plot_args, File "C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\PythonSoftwareFoundation.Python.3.9_3.9.1264.0_x64qbz5n2kfra8p0\lib\subprocess.py", line 951, in init self._execute_child(args, executable, preexec_fn, close_fds, File "C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\PythonSoftwareFoundation.Python.3.9_3.9.1264.0_x64__qbz5n2kfra8p0\lib\subprocess.py", line 1420, in _execute_child hp, ht, pid, tid = _winapi.CreateProcess(executable, args, FileNotFoundError: [WinError 2] The system cannot find the file specified PS C:\Users\SM\AppData\Local\chia-blockchain\app-1.0.3>

Where I should look for a problem?

this is my config.yaml

Where to plot and log.

directories:

One directory in which to store all plot job logs (the STDOUT/

    # STDERR of all plot jobs).  In order to monitor progress, plotman
    # reads these logs on a regular basis, so using a fast drive is
    # recommended.
    log: A:\chia

    # One or more directories to use as tmp dirs for plotting.  The
    # scheduler will use all of them and distribute jobs among them.
    # It assumes that IO is independent for each one (i.e., that each
    # one is on a different physical device).
    #
    # If multiple directories share a common prefix, reports will
    # abbreviate and show just the uniquely identifying suffix.
    tmp:
            - a:\1
            - a:\2

    # Optional: tmp2 directory.  If specified, will be passed to
    # chia plots create as -2.  Only one tmp2 directory is supported.
    # tmp2: /mnt/tmp/a

    # One or more directories; the scheduler will use all of them.
    # These again are presumed to be on independent physical devices,
    # so writes (plot jobs) and reads (archivals) can be scheduled
    # to minimize IO contention.
    dst:
            - h:\

    # Archival configuration.  Optional; if you do not wish to run the
    # archiving operation, comment this section out.
    #
    # Currently archival depends on an rsync daemon running on the remote
    # host, and that the module is configured to match the local path.
    # See code for details.
   # archive:
   #         rsyncd_module: plots
   #         rsyncd_path: /plots
   #         rsyncd_bwlimit: 80000  # Bandwidth limit in KB/s
   #         rsyncd_host: myfarmer
   #         rsyncd_user: chia

Plotting scheduling parameters

scheduling:

Don't run a job on a particular temp dir until all existing jobs

    # have progresed at least this far.  Phase major corresponds to the
    # plot phase, phase minor corresponds to the table or table pair
    # in sequence.
    tmpdir_stagger_phase_major: 2
    tmpdir_stagger_phase_minor: 1

    # Don't run more than this many jobs at a time on a single temp dir.
    tmpdir_max_jobs: 1

    # Don't run any jobs (across all temp dirs) more often than this.
    global_stagger_m: 35

    # How often the daemon wakes to consider starting a new plot job
    polling_time_s: 5

Plotting parameters. These are pass-through parameters to chia plots create.

See documentation at

https://github.com/Chia-Network/chia-blockchain/wiki/CLI-Commands-Reference#create

plotting: k: 32 e: False # Use -e plotting option n_threads: 3 # Threads per job n_buckets: 128 # Number of buckets to split data into job_buffer: 5200 # Per job memory

[Handri-Kosada]

curses_main error -> try to ALT+Enter (full screen) your powershell / bigger windows.

[tiagom101]

I'm getting the same error with this config,

directories:
        log: C:\chia_logs
        tmp:
                - d:\1
                - e:\1
        tmp2: C:\chia_tmp
        dst:
                - c:\chia_plot

scheduling:
        tmpdir_stagger_phase_major: 2
        tmpdir_stagger_phase_minor: 0

        tmpdir_max_jobs: 2
        global_stagger_m: 4
        polling_time_s: 1

plotting:
        k: 32
        e: False
        n_threads: 12
        n_buckets: 128
        job_buffer: 6000

I've checked that all folders exist.

[tiagom101]

I fixed this bug by modifying the manager.py to point to the correct chia executable,

https://github.com/wolfrage76/windows-plotman/blob/master/manager.py#L112

[elJosho]

Yea you may want to mention that in the README until it gets fixed... it's not just looking for chia2.exe, it's looking for a chia2.exe that's hardcoded to use the developer's local user folder.