Step One – Prepare the OS Installation Media
Below you will find the default way in which I use a Windows 10 Computer, Etcher, and a USB Drive, to create and install Ubuntu Server 16.04.04 onto a mining rig. Once you have that ISO flashed onto a USB drive, you can go from mining rig to mining rig, installing the Operating System. So this really is step one in the entire process. This guide will in turn become the starting point for each linux based coin/token/masternode that we will gather. Shoot me any questions you have.
From your Windows 10 machine, Download and install the Bittorrent Client:
http://www.bittorrent.com/downloads/complete/track/stable/os/win
Then download the Official Ubuntu Server 16.04.04 (x64) Release:
Finally, Download and Install Etcher (this will write your ISO to the USB Drive)
Once the Ubuntu software has been downloaded, insert a USB drive to write the Operating System Installer to
Make sure this USB drive has nothing else on it. Everything will be erased
To write Ubuntu to the USB drive:
Open Etcher
Click Select Image
Navigate to where you downloaded the Ubuntu ISO (it is probably located in your Downloads folder)
Select the ubuntu-16.04.4-server-amd64 image and click Open
Click Select Drive
Select the USB drive
Click Continue
Click Flash
Select Continue to Flash the drive
It should take a few minutes for Ubuntu Server to be written to the USB drive
When it has completed flashing the USB drive you can click the X at the top right corner to close the window
Now, you are ready to begin the installation. So, insert it into a USB 3.0 port on your mining rig, and turn the rig on
