Generic x86-64 installation fails on 2 different Lenovo notebooks

Installation
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Hi All,

Here is a story of HA OS installation on following 2 Lenovo notebooks:

  1. ThinkPad, i7, 16GB, 500GB SDD
  2. T420, i5, 4GB, 500GB HDD

After using HA on system 1. with VirtualBox, I wanted to install only HA OS on it following the instructions of Generic x86-64 by using METHOD 1: INSTALLING HAOS VIA UBUNTU BOOTING FROM A USB FLASH DRIVE.
Using:

  • haos_generic-x86-64-12.2.img.xz
  • Restore Disk Image… functionality of Ubuntu’s Disks application
    as described in the above mentioned instructions.

Everything vent fine until the point START UP YOUR GENERIC X86-64:

  • HA starts up and the usual protocol is visible on the screen.

  • Then a timeout comes after 1min 30 sec at

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  • After few red FAILED and orange DEPEND, the common line will be shown on the screen:
    Waiting for the Home Assistant CLI to be ready…

  • This remains on the screen. If I Ctr+C on it then this will be shown:

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    After 1min 30s “continues” to:

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  • After that Waiting for the Home Assistant CLI to be ready... comes again.

Since this didn’t work on notebook 1 (see above), tested HAOS v11.5 image instead of v12.2 => nothing changed.
After that I did it also on notebook 2, but again as described above.

Do you have a hint for that?

Thank you

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I can’t say for sure what is wrong from those screenshots, but the requirements for bare metal installations is that SecureBoot MUST be disabled (changing this setting might require a reinstallation) and the BIOS must support and be set to UEFI boot only.

Also check that the WiFi card is listed as found and a driver is install in the bootup if that is your primary interface. Not all cards are be supported yet and you can’t really install one yourself, so make a bug report/feature request on the GitHub page for HAOS if you want it included.
The recommended connection method is cable though for a server.

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Did you clear all partitions prior to the installation?

What is the Boot order in your Bios?

As @WallyR stated, secure boot and UEFI need to have the proper settings.