Install hass.io on Raspberry Pi4 on SSD

Here you can see if the USB-boot is available. At the time of me writing this message it isn’t.

https://github.com/raspberrypi/rpi-eeprom/blob/45aa4ed42cf558725aa83fbe9624017e60a0caa0/firmware/release-notes.md

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Hi
I saw that a beta version of the pi4 ssd boot thing is available. I was trying to follow this guide https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zVhYvvrGhMU as I understand hassio is very limited in what functionality that is available, so I guess that this method doesn’t work.

Nice find, I think I may wait until it’s out of beta before going for this on my Raspbian based setup :slight_smile:

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I found a link to a fairly simple proceedure to set it up to first boot from the SD card and then switch to the SSD drive.

https://www.element14.com/community/community/raspberry-pi/blog/2019/08/30/quick-sd-to-ssd-on-the-pi-4

Hi Fred
What image did you flash/move to the SSD?
Andreas Spiess has several videos on youtube about different methods of moving installations from a SD to a SSD, but the standard image I used to flash does not use buster, so I can’t make them work.
Also I have a very limited knowledge about linux so I like to find a installation method which is stable and very close to the SD install for stability.

I used the latest pi image and followed the instructions on here to get HASSIO installed on it.

Point me to image you use and I will see if I can figure it out…

Sound good! :slight_smile:
I like to install the standard one from https://www.home-assistant.io/hassio/installation/ for the Pi4.
it doesn’t matter if its 32 or 64 bit.

The Hassio version of the raspberry pi is running on top of a custom version of linux. It doesn’t appear that there is any support for USB boot for the Pi4 at this time.

The link that I followed:

https://www.home-assistant.io/blog/2019/12/17/hassos-release-3/

Even though I do have pi3 to test on, not sure I would follow this as it permanently alters the bios configuration.

At this point I am sticking with the install procedure at: https://community.home-assistant.io/t/install-hassio-on-raspberry-pi-4-raspbian-buster-with-windows-pc/164394

You kind of have to read between the lines for the preparatory commands to execute; but use the final part defined by “SKAL” for the rpi4.

2020-05-15 Add pieeprom-2020-05-15 beta with USB boot

2020-06-03 Bootmode tweaks and fix issue with > 4TB drives - BETA

2020-06-12 Improve handling of multiple bootable USB devices

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Thanks for this,
So what’s the current status ?
Will it boot a hass.io image from the ssd without an SD ?
Or does it only boot pi OS ? (new name for raspbian)
Are there instructions someplace ?
Where are the images / files ?

It looks like it has been moved in to stable status today, so shouldn’t take long.

What is status now?

I think you can do it now, I did try. I think the process is:

  1. updating erom(or something like this)
  2. flash Hassio supervised to SSD
  3. connect and boot.

I waiting for a ssd, to arrive from China, before I test.

No, SSD boot of Hassio is not working yet. I do wish that this was supported though.

It is en BETA (https://github.com/home-assistant/operating-system/releases/tag/5.1) .
Have it running from a USB stick without any problems.

Can I flash this version directly to a SSD?

Yes.
First I updated the RPI4 eeprom to support USB boot. Then I flashed the beta version to my USB. I used a different USB to setup the wifi.
Currently Im running on a USB 2 8gb memory stick witch works great.

Edit: There are some talks that only the 64bit version is currently working. I have not tried the 32bit so cannot say if this is correct

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Direct link to the image:
https://github.com/home-assistant/operating-system/releases/download/5.1/hassos_rpi4-64-5.1.img.gz

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Okay, I try it out this weekend and report back

I have it running now on a pi4 w. ssd. I have problems with bluetooth, my miFlora does not show up. Apart from this I think its working quite well. I have had it running for a week now.

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