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Error loading Bitcoind on startup from an external USB Drive on a Raspberry Pi 2
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| Last login: Fri Dec 4 21:38:34 on ttys015 | |
| Chriss-MacBook-Pro-4:~ chris$ ssh pi@fullnode.local | |
| pi@fullnode.local's password: | |
| Linux fullnode 4.1.7-v7+ #817 SMP PREEMPT Sat Sep 19 15:32:00 BST 2015 armv7l | |
| The programs included with the Debian GNU/Linux system are free software; | |
| the exact distribution terms for each program are described in the | |
| individual files in /usr/share/doc/*/copyright. | |
| Debian GNU/Linux comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY, to the extent | |
| permitted by applicable law. | |
| Last login: Fri Dec 4 22:44:33 2015 | |
| pi@fullnode ~ $ mkdir ~/bitcoinData | |
| pi@fullnode ~ $ sudo blkid | |
| /dev/mmcblk0p1: SEC_TYPE="msdos" LABEL="boot" UUID="15CD-3B79" TYPE="vfat" | |
| /dev/mmcblk0p2: UUID="13d368bf-6dbf-4751-8ba1-88bed06bef77" TYPE="ext4" | |
| /dev/sda1: LABEL="BLOCKCHAIN" UUID="C796-1410" TYPE="vfat" | |
| pi@fullnode ~ $ sudo nano /etc/fstab | |
| pi@fullnode ~ $ sudo nano /etc/fstab | |
| pi@fullnode ~ $ sudo shutdown -r now | |
| Broadcast message from root@fullnode (pts/1) (Fri Dec 4 23:06:34 2015): | |
| The system is going down for reboot NOW! | |
| pi@fullnode ~ $ Connection to fullnode.local closed by remote host. | |
| Connection to fullnode.local closed. | |
| Chriss-MacBook-Pro-4:~ chris$ ssh pi@fullnode.local | |
| pi@fullnode.local's password: | |
| Linux fullnode 4.1.7-v7+ #817 SMP PREEMPT Sat Sep 19 15:32:00 BST 2015 armv7l | |
| The programs included with the Debian GNU/Linux system are free software; | |
| the exact distribution terms for each program are described in the | |
| individual files in /usr/share/doc/*/copyright. | |
| Debian GNU/Linux comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY, to the extent | |
| permitted by applicable law. | |
| Last login: Fri Dec 4 22:56:15 2015 from chriss-macbook-pro-4.local | |
| pi@fullnode ~ $ cd ~/bitcoinData/ | |
| pi@fullnode ~/bitcoinData $ nano bitcoin.conf | |
| pi@fullnode ~/bitcoinData $ bitcoind -datadir=/home/pi/bitcoinData -daemon | |
| Bitcoin server starting | |
| pi@fullnode ~/bitcoinData $ bitcoind getinfo | |
| Error: There is no RPC client functionality in bitcoind anymore. Use the bitcoin-cli utility instead. | |
| pi@fullnode ~/bitcoinData $ bitcoin-cli getinfo | |
| error: You must set rpcpassword=<password> in the configuration file: | |
| /home/pi/.bitcoin/bitcoin.conf | |
| If the file does not exist, create it with owner-readable-only file permissions. | |
| pi@fullnode ~/bitcoinData $ bitcoin-cli getinfo -rcpuser=bitcoinrpc -rcppassword=raspberry | |
| error: You must set rpcpassword=<password> in the configuration file: | |
| /home/pi/.bitcoin/bitcoin.conf | |
| If the file does not exist, create it with owner-readable-only file permissions. | |
| pi@fullnode ~/bitcoinData $ bitcoin-cli getinfo | |
| error: You must set rpcpassword=<password> in the configuration file: | |
| /home/pi/.bitcoin/bitcoin.conf | |
| If the file does not exist, create it with owner-readable-only file permissions. | |
| pi@fullnode ~/bitcoinData $ Bitcoin-cli stop | |
| -bash: Bitcoin-cli: command not found | |
| pi@fullnode ~/bitcoinData $ bitcoin-cli stop | |
| error: You must set rpcpassword=<password> in the configuration file: | |
| /home/pi/.bitcoin/bitcoin.conf | |
| If the file does not exist, create it with owner-readable-only file permissions. | |
| pi@fullnode ~/bitcoinData $ | |
| Broadcast message from root@fullnode (Fri Dec 4 23:55:15 2015): | |
| The system is going down for reboot NOW! | |
| Connection to fullnode.local closed by remote host. | |
| Connection to fullnode.local closed. | |
| Chriss-MacBook-Pro-4:~ chris$ ssh pi@fullnode.local | |
| pi@fullnode.local's password: | |
| Linux fullnode 4.1.7-v7+ #817 SMP PREEMPT Sat Sep 19 15:32:00 BST 2015 armv7l | |
| The programs included with the Debian GNU/Linux system are free software; | |
| the exact distribution terms for each program are described in the | |
| individual files in /usr/share/doc/*/copyright. | |
| Debian GNU/Linux comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY, to the extent | |
| permitted by applicable law. | |
| Last login: Fri Dec 4 23:58:14 2015 | |
| pi@fullnode ~ $ sudo chown pi:pi /home/pi/bitcoinData/ | |
| pi@fullnode ~ $ sudo chmod 777 /home/pi/bitcoinData/ | |
| pi@fullnode ~ $ bitcoind -datadir=/home/pi/bitcoinData -daemon | |
| Bitcoin server starting | |
| pi@fullnode ~ $ bitcoin-cli getinfo | |
| error: You must set rpcpassword=<password> in the configuration file: | |
| /home/pi/.bitcoin/bitcoin.conf | |
| If the file does not exist, create it with owner-readable-only file permissions. | |
| pi@fullnode ~ $ | |
| Broadcast message from root@fullnode (Sat Dec 5 00:04:09 2015): | |
| The system is going down for reboot NOW! | |
| Connection to fullnode.local closed by remote host. | |
| Connection to fullnode.local closed. | |
| Chriss-MacBook-Pro-4:~ chris$ ssh pi@fullnode.local | |
| pi@fullnode.local's password: | |
| Linux fullnode 4.1.7-v7+ #817 SMP PREEMPT Sat Sep 19 15:32:00 BST 2015 armv7l | |
| The programs included with the Debian GNU/Linux system are free software; | |
| the exact distribution terms for each program are described in the | |
| individual files in /usr/share/doc/*/copyright. | |
| Debian GNU/Linux comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY, to the extent | |
| permitted by applicable law. | |
| Last login: Fri Dec 4 23:58:44 2015 from chriss-macbook-pro-4.local | |
| pi@fullnode ~ $ sudo chown -r pi:pi /home/pi/bitcoinData/ | |
| chown: invalid option -- 'r' | |
| Try `chown --help' for more information. | |
| pi@fullnode ~ $ sudo chown pi:pi /home/pi/bitcoinData/ -r | |
| chown: invalid option -- 'r' | |
| Try `chown --help' for more information. | |
| pi@fullnode ~ $ sudo chown pi:pi /home/pi/bitcoinData/ -R | |
| pi@fullnode ~ $ ok | |
| -bash: ok: command not found | |
| pi@fullnode ~ $ bitcoind -datadir=/home/pi/bitcoinData -daemon | |
| Bitcoin server starting | |
| pi@fullnode ~ $ bitcoin-cli getinfo | |
| error: You must set rpcpassword=<password> in the configuration file: | |
| /home/pi/.bitcoin/bitcoin.conf | |
| If the file does not exist, create it with owner-readable-only file permissions. | |
| pi@fullnode ~ $ sudo reboot | |
| Broadcast message from root@fullnode (pts/0) (Sat Dec 5 00:08:26 2015): | |
| The system is going down for reboot NOW! | |
| pi@fullnode ~ $ Connection to fullnode.local closed by remote host. | |
| Connection to fullnode.local closed. | |
| Chriss-MacBook-Pro-4:~ chris$ ssh pi@fullnode.local | |
| pi@fullnode.local's password: | |
| Linux fullnode 4.1.7-v7+ #817 SMP PREEMPT Sat Sep 19 15:32:00 BST 2015 armv7l | |
| The programs included with the Debian GNU/Linux system are free software; | |
| the exact distribution terms for each program are described in the | |
| individual files in /usr/share/doc/*/copyright. | |
| Debian GNU/Linux comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY, to the extent | |
| permitted by applicable law. | |
| Last login: Sat Dec 5 00:08:53 2015 | |
| pi@fullnode ~ $ bitcoind -datadir=/home/pi/bitcoinData -daemon | |
| Bitcoin server starting | |
| pi@fullnode ~ $ Error: To use bitcoind, or the -server option to bitcoin-qt, you must set an rpcpassword in the configuration file: | |
| /home/pi/bitcoinData/bitcoin.conf | |
| It is recommended you use the following random password: | |
| rpcuser=bitcoinrpc | |
| rpcpassword=B6wtSQNFSZV85cZiuUSVokd6fjNwsyM7fR4QxxAJY9iW | |
| (you do not need to remember this password) | |
| The username and password MUST NOT be the same. | |
| If the file does not exist, create it with owner-readable-only file permissions. | |
| It is also recommended to set alertnotify so you are notified of problems; | |
| for example: alertnotify=echo %s | mail -s "Bitcoin Alert" admin@foo.com |
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