<p>That would probably work fine.  Mining doesn't generally require fast disk access, especially if you are mining in a pool.</p>

<p>Of course, you'll have to reboot into your Ubuntu installation each time you want to start mining, and you won't be able to use your "daily" operating system at the same time as mining.  </p>

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Nate Eldredge
<p>I want to mine with my AMD gpu. However I don't want to install the amd sdk on my daily driver operating system because that too much dependencies and external debs for me. I have the idea to install Ubuntu 18.04LTS on a USB (not an installation usb, a real installed operating system). Would it make sense or is it not very efficent ?</p>

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2018-10-22T06:10:32.827Z
What are you trying to accomplish? Bitcoin mining isn't done with GPUs anymore. If this is about Monero, try the monery stackexchange.
Pieter Wuille
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@PieterWuille Yes it is about Monero, I didn't knew that there is a monero stackexchange
Emil Engler
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Mining on Linux with an USB hard-deive
Emil Engler
# Mining on Linux with an USB hard-deive

(Asked by: username_0 on 2018-10-13)

I want to mine with my AMD gpu. However I don't want to install the amd sdk on my daily driver operating system because that too much dependencies and external debs for me. I have the idea to install Ubuntu 18.04LTS on a USB (not an installation usb, a real installed operating system). Would it make sense or is it not very efficent ?

**Tags:** linux, gpu-mining, monero

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: What are you trying to accomplish? Bitcoin mining isn't done with GPUs anymore. If this is about Monero, try the monery stackexchange.  
> **username_0**: @PieterWuille Yes it is about Monero, I didn't knew that there is a monero stackexchange  

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_2 on 2018-10-13. Score: 1

That would probably work fine. Mining doesn't generally require fast disk access, especially if you are mining in a pool.

Of course, you'll have to reboot into your Ubuntu installation each time you want to start mining, and you won't be able to use your "daily" operating system at the same time as mining.


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