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57 sats \ 8 replies \ @0xbitcoiner 16h \ on: Why can't I just run a node like everybody? bitcoin_beginners
Should work fine if your PC’s got the minimum specs. Or maybe the PC’s got some kind of problem. Is it new? It’s not overheating?
https://github.com/getumbrel/umbrel/wiki/Install-umbrelOS-on-x86-Systems
I think it's right on minimum specs (CPU: Intel® N4000, GPU: Intel® UHD Graphics, Memory: 8GB) so if it is to only run the node + the Electrum Server, it should be okay. I had read somewhere the "problem" with Umbrel is that you have to resist installing too much apps (if your machine isn't super powerful).
But now I even feel like the hardware is fucked. I mean, even after formatting there were still issues. I can't even be sure if it's the machine that shuts off or if I'm just refused to access it.
I'm also really not a savvy when it comes to anything Linux and Network related ...
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how much hard drive space does it have 🧐
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I added an extra 2 TB in the NWME slot.
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It looks like that device comes factory with a SD card storage, adding the NVME drive is more complicated than just installing the hardware since there's the disk/partition management to do in the OS... which appliance OS's like S9/Umbrel actually make more complicated vs a normal linux install.
Entirely possible you sync'd to the SD card as a result and filled it so the OS won't finish booting. If you try again, I'd remove the factory SD card to ensure you can't accidentally install anything to it.
I also noticed with S9 that pruning doesn't seem to work right, syncing never finishes. Don't use pruning since you got 2TB.
Otherwise, that hardware should be perfectly fine for a full node, it just might take a month of sundays to sync given the low power chip. I wouldn't run anything beyond Bitcoin+LND on it though, no extra apps.
Since you're leaning on AI for some of the basics you'll likely be better off installing regular Ubuntu and using the command line. Start9/Umbrel are great if you want something low-touch out of the box, but a regular Linux is less opaque for tinkering/troubleshooting.
Talking my own book, run Lightning.Pub on regular ubuntu, it's a one-line install, makes it trivial to connect ShockWallet over nostr. We don't have multisig vaults in it yet you might have been looking for re: sparrow, but hope to soon :tm:
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Try accessing it locally with a monitor, keyboard, and mouse if you haven’t done that yet.
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I think yes, I must have tried that at some point.
But yeah, right now I don't remember all I did.
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By doing that, at least you rule out any issues that might be coming from the network side.
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Yeah I have to come up with a methodical approach.
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