Hass.io 1.10 and Raspberry Pi 2 - What am I missing?

Installation Home Assistant OS
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Hello! I am trying to do a new install of the image hassos_rpi2-1.10.img.gz to a Raspberry Pi 2. I am not using WIFI, I have a working ethernet cable attached. The configuration works fine under Raspbian.

Upon inserting the SD card (with hassos 1.10) and powering my Raspberry Pi, the power light comes on and the drive/activity light flickers once. Then nothing else happens. I don’t see disk activity, network activity, or anything on the connected monitor. I understand that this is when the Pi should connect to the Internet and download the latest version of Home Assistant, which will take about 20 minutes. However, this never happens.

I have tried three different SD cards, all of which boot just find if I install Raspbian on them.
I have downloaded the image several times and tested, and unzipped using 7-zip.

I have tried two different card readers on two different computers all of which produce a working SD card if I install the Raspbian image, but not hassos.

I am using ETCHER to write the image to the card.

I started to believe that the Pi just couldn’t read my SD card with the Hassos image, but I did manage to activate the splash screen on the Pi by modifying the image from another computer. So it must be reading my card, right?

I previously had Home Assistant working on the same Pi under Raspbian.

What am I missing?

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With no usb config HassOS should get an IP address from the DHCP on the internet router . Check to see if the PI gets given an IP address from your router web interface . Check if this IP address is alive by running ping from the PC . If that works type http:\\ ip address :8123. That should display the home assistant logo . Then sit on your hands and wait . HassOS is much slower to boot than hassbian.

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Thanks for your help, however, I get no network activity, not even a link light.

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Are you sure it’s a Pi2?

I had exactly the same problem and I couldn’t find a way to fix it.
I was really convinced I was running HA on my PI3 and I was using the Pi3 image…

Turned out to be my Pi2…:flushed: and using the Pi 2 image it worked immediately.

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Thanks Syntera!
You are right, it is actually a Pi3. I was told the board (from a friend) was a Pi2! Looks very similar, but I know the differences NOW! Wow, what a waste of time.

Appreciate all the help.

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