Hey madHatter, thank you for your suggestions, I tried to follow your instructions but I was not able to get HA running. I had a bunch of install error’s and couldn’t figure out why because most of the steps were the same as I’ve been doing on past attempts. I think the board may have taken a dump. I’m not exactly sure, but when I tried a different board, I didn’t get the same errors. Just a side note, I’m a noob and the some of the instructions were not noob friendly. Since I have gone down the rabbit hole of HA, I have started to learn linux but most of the things I’ve learned were the basic “how” and not the “why” it’s that way. So, if you revise your write-up, please consider us noobs.
Step 4, I wasn’t sure how to do this. I put that exact command in, and nothing happen. I looked it up, and couldn’t find anything. So it was skipped.
Step 5.1, there was no mention how to get to the /etc/os-release directory. I tried sudo nano /etc… and it looked like I was in the right place but being a noob, I may have been in the wrong place.
Step 5.3 didn’t work at all for me, maybe because I didn’t wait long enough or maybe it was my board issue. but nothing happen and I got install errors.
Also, the “Check it that worked”, maybe show the expected output and or correction if the step didn’t work.
So, for my board issue, which I didn’t figure out till I tried Jean-Claude’s method, I don’t think my board had an internet connection. I first felt like something was wrong when I couldn’t SSH in. Then I couldn’t see the IP on my router. Lastly, after plugging up a monitor, there was no IP listed on the first boot. I still ran through the steps not noticing I wasn’t getting the apt updates or the wgets. Did I mention I was a noob. So then I built a Debian OS which I was more familiar with and again, on first boot, I didn’t see an IP listed. I then inserted the same sd card into my spare board and the first board listed an IP. So I’m guessing the internet controller crapped out. I will have to play with it a little more. But, being that I was unsure with some of the steps, I thought I was give Jean Claude’s suggestion a try.
Thank you again for your help!