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Install HAOS on Linux machine that has Debian 11 currently (self.homeassistant)
submitted 10 months ago by good_hunter to c/homeassistant
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Hi everyone. I am trying to repurpose an old Vero 4K+ that i have laying around. It is a Linux machine running Debian 11 bullseye, but I might need some help i am afraid.

Out of the HA versions, OS seemed like the one I want, for keeping the option for add ons. I went ahead and used the Installation method on generic x86/x64 Option 2. As such i created a bootable usb through Balena Etcher on my Mac, it seems to have succeeded.

After inserting the usb on the target device, it doesn’t let me boot from it. I read in the tutorial usually one would configure the bios on EFI and secure boot, as far as i am aware, the OSMC doesn’t have that. I assumed it would be able to boot from the USB as that is the exact way OSMC is installed.

I am able to bring up the terminal when I press ctrl on a keyboard during the boot sequence.

Do you think it is possible to install HA OS on the machine? I hope so, i am aiming to combine it with a Sonoff ZBdongle-E to start my journey into HA.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago (1 children)

It'd be a lot easier to work with more conventional hardware.

First of all you downloaded the wrong version, your device is not amd64 but arm64. OSMC for Vero provides an img, so you can install an OS like you would on a raspberry pi. Though you'd probably have to make your own image since afaik it's not really an rpi?

You can probably run hass in docker or install hass core instead.

[–] good_hunter 2 points 10 months ago

Thank you for pointing out the obvious mistake.

I tried the hass route instead, but can’t get it to work due to dependency issues once I try to install the supervisor package. Even though the aarch64 OS agent seems to install without issue. I’m tired of getting it to work.

I have managed to install HASS on a Mac mini m1 through a Debian vm in UTM, that is serving its introduction purposes right now. Likely I will end up getting a home assistant Green at some point, but I don’t find the price that appealing for what it is. Or I need to shell out even more for a n100 mini pc.

[–] Serinus 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Make sure the USB is MBR and not GPT.

[–] good_hunter 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I simply created the usb from the aarch64 image provided. Wouldn’t it configure it right from that?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago

you might have to install OSMC in a proxmox virtual machine if you can’t do a bare metal install.