Take out usb stick, plug into your favorite Windows PC. See if wallet.dat is
present. In my case it isn’t.
With usb still NOT plugged into the raspi, do:
[sunny@peerbox ~]$ sudo ls /media
NERDSTICK
[sunny@peerbox ~]$ sudo ls /media/NERDSTICK
wallet.dat
[sunny@peerbox ~]$
So it looks like the backup went to a directory on the peerbox itself, not the usb stick.
Also, referencing what is quoted above from my previous message, it seems that peerbox cannot see files created on my WinXP machine.
I have too look into this myself.
I do not have windows machine at hand, so I can not test it.
However it seems that udev really does not remove directory in /media after it is created. I need to see what can be done with that or replace current implementation with something better.
I’m sorry I can not look into this right now, I have some other issues to tend to right now.
When I saw that, I thought it was some sort of Linux based tool for minting coins. LOL.
But — Interesting. I have a trashed XP machine that I might load it on.
Had never tried importing private key before, and it took a long time. Almost gave up thinking Peerbox had crashed. But it worked. Little raspi just sitting quietly on edge of desk, 20 connections currently.
This is an alternative to copying wallet.dat from your PC running Peerunity (or qt) to the Peerbox. Why? Maybe you don’t have a USB memory stick, or perhaps you are having difficulties with the copy proceedure.
Note that there is a bit of a security risk, as you are exposing your private key and it’s possible some sort of malware on your PC might pick it up. I’m using the ‘clipboard’ to copy/paste the key. Run a quick virus scan?
Anyway, here we go:
Open Peerunity Console:
From the menu bar: Help > Debug > Console
Unlock wallet:
Type: walletpassphrase “phrase” 600
You might need quotes around your passphrase if it contains spaces or special characters. 600 is the number of seconds to leave the wallet unlocked. 10 minutes should be more than adequate.
Close Console window - it wants to stay on top and just gets in the way.
Click “Receive” tab to find your PPC address.
Right click on address you want to use and select “Copy Address”
Reopen Console and type:
dumpprivkey
Either copy private key and paste it temporarily somewhere, like in Notepad or leave in console window
If you have pasted it somewhere, at this point it doesn’t hurt to click the minus sign in Console to erase window contents and close Console window.
Open Secure Shell and log in to Peerbox
Type: ppcoind importprivkey
Note: It seems that neither right-click nor Shift-Insert work when using Secure Shell in Windows. Use Ctrl-Shift-V instead.
It will take a while. When processed, check with peerbox-info to see if coins are there.
Now you can run the “mintbox” command, sit back, and let the riches flow in.
Peerbox has been running for 9 hours and it still hasn’t caught up. Is that normal? How long does it usually take?
The op mentions that the image is optimized for 2GB cards. It seems not all 2GB cards are created equal. Mine was a few KB short of being able to accomodate the ISO, so I just used an 8GB card I had laying around.
I have a Mac. Is there a way I can shrink the peerbox.me ISO? Is it possible to do by maybe half a MB so I can make it fit on the 2GB card I have?
As willy said, under 3 days it is normal. What can happen is that your SD card is nearing the end of life and sometimes blocks become corrupted and than ppcoind will re-download them.
I need help. I have bought a brand new Raspberry Pi 2 (the one with 1 GB memory) to run Peerbox, but it’s not working.
Now I am not sure if I have done something wrong or if the Raspi was already broken on delivery.
I have copied the Peerbox-image on a microSD card (with 32 GB) as described in peerchemist’s guide, then connected my Raspi to the router. But, the LAN-LEDs on both the router and on the Raspi are off, so there the line seems to be dead. When I log into the router, the Raspi is not shown in the connections.
When I connect the Raspi to a monitor, I only get a coloured screen:
If I could at least find out if the Raspberry Pi 2 is broken or not. I know that a Raspberry Pi 1 and a smaller SD card would be sufficient for Peercoin, but I want to use it also for other coins later.
I need help. I have bought a brand new Raspberry Pi 2 (the one with 1 GB memory) to run Peerbox, but it’s not working.
Now I am not sure if I have done something wrong or if the Raspi was already broken on delivery.
I have copied the Peerbox-image on a microSD card (with 32 GB) as described in peerchemist’s guide, then connected my Raspi to the router. But, the LAN-LEDs on both the router and on the Raspi are off, so there the line seems to be dead. When I log into the router, the Raspi is not shown in the connections.
When I connect the Raspi to a monitor, I only get a coloured screen:
If I could at least find out if the Raspberry Pi 2 is broken or not. I know that a Raspberry Pi 1 and a smaller SD card would be sufficient for Peercoin, but I want to use it also for other coins later.[/quote]
Hi,
Peerbox is not made to work with Raspberry Pi 2.
I have not got a chance to test it with Raspberry Pi 2 and can not comment on whether it will work or not.
thanks for your help! I have got many options and things to try now. It will take a while, because I have got a high workload.
Once I got it up and running, I will be back and posting here how I got the problems solved.
