Gavin Andresen - 2011-11-21 20:43:30

@s{quotedtext} @s{quotedtext} Yes, it aught to work (for bitcoind, at least-- I haven't tested with bitcoin-qt).  getinfo will tell you if it is working (look at "hashespersec").

You might want to run a testnet-in-a-box, it is 60 time easier to generate blocks on it:
  https://sourceforge.net/projects/bitcoin/files/Bitcoin/testnet-in-a-box/