Help getting HASS.IO installed

Hello All,

I have been on here lurking for a few months now as I have been preparing to do an install. I finally came across some equipment to get this up and running and am having difficulty even getting the initial install to work. I am using an intel NUC and am trying to just install the HASS.IO image from an SD card (not messing with a linux distro or docker at the moment).

When the NUC starts up, after a few seconds, I get a screen where I can choose from: 1. Autoboot
2. Boot System 0
3. Boot system 1
4. Shell

Autoboot does nothing, as well as Boot System 1. If I select Boot System 0 I get a screen where it appears that a linux distro is beginning to load… but then it just hangs and doesn’t move.

Any ideas what could be causing this?

Why are you trying to install from an SD card? Guessing that the NUC has an SSD in it? Plug that into a PC and use Etcher (or similar) to ‘burn’ the HassIO image to the SSD. Then plug the SSD back into the NUC and boot it up

Yes, I was trying with a SD card. It does indeed have an SSD (N.2) in it. I will give that a try and report back. Thanks for the quick reply.

Yeah use etcher to ‘burn’ the image to the ssd

Hey All,

I just burned that image to the SSD and now it goes past the boot choice screen more regularly however it still hangs at the following:

Any other thoughts as to why it may be hanging here? There is also no activity on the ethernet port, for what that’s worth.

Thanks again for the help!

you have to wait… maybe 20+ mins
Then try connecting to http://ip-address:8123
(on another computer - you won’t see anything useful on a plugged in monitor)

Thank you sir, I will give that a try. Thanks!

It’s been sitting for about 35 minutes now and still nothing. The one strange thing I am noticing is when the NUC first turns on, there are active activity lights on the NIC port. However, as soon as the image begins to load, those lights turn off on both the NUC NIC and on the actual switch itself. It’s like the image is killing the ethernet card.

Hi Travis
Is the NUC connected to a network via lan

It is. But LAN activity lights on the Ethernet port are only visible when the NUC first turns on and is booting. Once the HASS image begins to load, there are no activity lights on the NUC or the switch.

Does your NUC work OK with any other OS such as Ubuntu or Windows?

I tried it with Ubuntu and all was well

In that case I would just use Ubuntu instead of HassOS, and then install HA using either VENV or DOCKER. :slight_smile: