hi @omotherhen .. i am trying out your script which is very well documented , thanks for your efforts. I am getting these errors

terminate called after throwing an instance of 'std::runtime_error'
what(): locale::facet::_S_create_c_locale name not valid
/root/firstTimeMiningInstall/bin/minerScript.sh: line 196: 29297 Aborted (core dumped) ./steemd
/root/firstTimeMiningInstall/bin/minerScript.sh: line 197: kill: (29297) - No such process

Modifying your /root/firstTimeMiningInstall/steem/programs/steemd/witness_node_data_dir/config.ini file

/root/firstTimeMiningInstall/bin/minerScript.sh: line 205: cd: /root/firstTimeMiningInstall/steem/programs/steemd/witness_node_data_dir/: No such file or directory
sed: can't read /root/firstTimeMiningInstall/steem/programs/steemd/witness_node_data_dir/config.ini: No such file or directory
sed: can't read /root/firstTimeMiningInstall/steem/programs/steemd/witness_node_data_dir/config.ini: No such file or directory
sed: can't read /root/firstTimeMiningInstall/steem/programs/steemd/witness_node_data_dir/config.ini: No such file or directory
sed: can't read /root/firstTimeMiningInstall/steem/programs/steemd/witness_node_data_dir/config.ini: No such file or directory
sed: can't read /root/firstTimeMiningInstall/steem/programs/steemd/witness_node_data_dir/config.ini: No such file or directory
sed: can't read /root/firstTimeMiningInstall/steem/programs/steemd/witness_node_data_dir/config.ini: No such file or directory
Boot-strapping blockchain for fast setup, then starting the miner!
/root/firstTimeMiningInstall/bin/minerScript.sh: line 275: cd: /root/firstTimeMiningInstall/steem/programs/steemd/witness_node_data_dir/blockchain/database/: No such file or directory
--2017-05-28 13:45:17-- http://einfachmalnettsein.de/steem-blocks-and-index.zip
Resolving einfachmalnettsein.de (einfachmalnettsein.de)... 204.12.217.226
Connecting to einfachmalnettsein.de (einfachmalnettsein.de)|204.12.217.226|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 404 Not Found
2017-05-28 13:45:17 ERROR 404: Not Found.

unzip: cannot find or open steem-blocks-and-index.zip, steem-blocks-and-index.zip.zip or steem-blocks-and-index.zip.ZIP.

How should I proceed ? Would really appreciate your help