HA OS on SSD

Installation Home Assistant OS
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Hello, Which type of installation i do need to take to install the HA OS on a SSD? The SSD is now still in my PC but if i succeed to create dashboards, i would by a rasberry Pi 5

I The SSD is not any more needed and can be fully used for HA. I think i need to use the generix x86-64 but will this still be compatible with PI 5?

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Just install the Image like you did with the sd-card

buy an Sata-USB adapter and you are ready to go.

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And no. X64 is not pi. There is a raspberry pii image (different image for 4/5)you will need to know the architecture of your install and install the right one.

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I don’t have a rasberry pi yet. I want to play around a little bit before i decide to buy a pi.

I have now an old SSD in my PC that i would like to use. But apparrantly, via windows, HA OS can not be isntalled. this is not possible. Should i just download the image on an usb and then boot from that usb to the SSD?

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Oh misread… basically just stick to the docs

There are steps when you are on Windows….
you could make a VM if you want to test etc for the first steps.
Otherwise if you want to install it on a generic x86/x64 machine (your pc) there is also an instruction.
But tbh id rather not mess with the Boot order on my pc and install it explicitly on that SSD but thats a subjective decision.

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Don’t.

You can buy a used micro PC like the Intel NUC for less than the cost of a new Raspberry Pi + power supply + case. Install the Home Assistant X-64 image bare-metal and the micro PC will outperform any Raspberry Pi in every metric.

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@StijnT this :point_up_2:
Agreed on the don’t buy a Pi part. You can get a used NUC or probably already have an old pc/laptop laying around which you can use.

Don’t agree with this monster’s @stevemann’s recommendation to go bare metal though :stuck_out_tongue:
There’s plenty of easy ways to make the most of a NUC’s extra power to run other stuff via Proxmox, most of which can be installed using a 1-line command using the awesome (RIP mate) tteck’s scripts.

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I don’t understand the fascination with ProxMox on minimal hardware.
It is a huge mistake to send new Home Assistant users to install ProxMox on a dedicated server like a Raspberry Pi, Intel NUC or other micro PC.

Installing ProxMox requires an understanding of Linux, and if a new Home Assistant user could get ProxMox installed and configured, then they wouldn’t likely be here asking how to install Home Assistant.

I run HAOS on bare metal.

  1. Flash the HAOS image to the boot drive.
  2. Reboot.
  3. That’s it. Done. No learning curve for Proxmox, Docker, VM’s. No port or Network issue. No managing disk or memory allocations.
    The downside of bare metal? Your Home Assistant host computer is just that. Dedicated to one task. It just works.

If the user needs to run other programs on their mini-PC, ProxMox can always be a solution later.

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almost but you can not directly put the HAOS on the USB stick. That doesn’t work.

so , i have put ubunto on it USB stick (downlod the iso file and use the software balenaEtcher - Flash OS images to SD cards & USB drives to put the iso file on the usb stick. )

Change the boot order for the SSD on the PC so it boots from the USB. Now you can cgoose to TRY ubuntu. So NOT install it but choose try. When ubuntu is driving, you open firefox. dowload the image for HA. Then go then to disks in ubuntu and choose your SSD and say recover from and choose the image file for HA. Shut down ubuntu. Take the USB stick out of the PC and start it up. Home assistance is now installed and is running on the SSD.

As simple as that :sweat_smile:

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Installed unbunto ,downed HA but My recover from is greyed out .have i messed up the bios?
Any help appreciated. Thanks