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NHOS Flash Tool

Introduciton

NiceHash OS Flash Tool is NiceHash OS image flasher, which allows users to download, configure and flash image of NiceHash OS on their USB flash drive. It automaticaly checks and downloads latest NiceHash OS image if its not present on the system.

Quick setup

NiceHash OS Flash Tool is available for Linux, MacOs and Windows operating systems. No previous NiceHash OS image download is required! However if you already have latest NiceHash OS image downloaded on your system you can place it in NiceHash OS Flash Tool downloads folder and skip the downloading part. Quick setup as follows:

WARNING: The process described below will delete any data currently on your flash drive. Make sure to back up your flash drive's data to another storage location before proceeding.

  • Download and install NiceHash OS Flash Tool for your operating system.
  • Insert USB flash drive and complete configuration fields.
  • Start flashing.

NiceHash OS Configuration

  • Mining Address: Your NiceHash mining address. *Mandatory
  • Worker name: Name of your mining machine (sometimes referred to as rig name). Have in mind, that worker name is limited to alphanumeric characters from English alphabet, a to z, A to Z, 0 to 9 and characters - (hyphen), _ (underscore). After succesfull flashing it will automaticaly increment by 1 if the name ends with a number. Optionaly (%d) or (%d,n)(n - start number) can be used anywhere in the name. (%d) will be replaced by 1 and increment with each succesfull flash, (%d,n) will be replaced with number n and increment with each succesfull flash.*Optional
  • Wireless ssid: Provide the name for a wireless network access.*Optional
  • Wireless key: Security key for wireless network access authentication.*Optional
  • SSH key: SSH public key for user authentication.*Optional

Automatic worker name increment example: Worker name can be incremented automaticaly if name ends with a number. Optionaly (%d) or (%d,n) can be used anywhere in the name to increment worker name number.

  • worker_name10 equals worker_name10 in configuration file on flashed usb flash drive. The number will increment by 1 after each successful flash.
  • worker_(%d)name equals worker_1name in configuration file on flashed usb flash drive. The number will increment by 1 after each successful flash.
  • worker_(%d,5)name equals worker_5name in configuration file on flashed usb flash drive. The number will increment by 1 after each successful flash.
  • (%d)worker_(%d,55)name equals 1worker_55name in configuration file on flashed usb flash drive. Both numbers will increment by 1 after each successful flash.

Download NiceHash OS Flash Tool

  • Download installer for Windows(64bit)
  • Download installer for Linux(DEB,RPM)
  • Download installer for MacOS (DMG)