good day to all !
I am going to install HA using method 2 . I did load my hard disk as instructed but when i do plug it into the target PC, it is not shown in the boot list. If I do connect the same HD to the target PS via an USB adapter then it is listed in the boot sequence and it is working properly. How to have it on a SATA as a single HD unit ? Thanks in advance for any help .
Regards, Ambrogio
You might need to follow the efibootmgr procedure.
Thanks a lot for the suggestion. Sine I am very new to this procedure, I am asking if you could indicate a link or detailed procedure in order for the mini PC to boot from the HD. Thanks in advance for the assistance
Hi, welcome to the forum!
With “installation method 2” your mean Home Assistant Container, right?
What kind of hardware are you using, give us more details to be able to help you the best we can.
thanks : I am using a Fujitsu Q556 mini PC with 8 GRAM, 500 GB HD ( probably it has no OS installed ). I am using method 2 and everythings go fine BUT when I remove the USB medium and reboot the mini PC then it says that there is no bootable device : I selected the HD drive. I have also tryed method 1 bat no way . Thanks for all, regards
It’s not the installation method but most likely the boot settings of your PC.
Try with the F9 key at boot-up to see if you can select the boot drive.
This might be the result of UEFI settings; have a look at this https://support.ts.fujitsu.com/Dokumente/FAQ/2343046094-FAQ_BOOT_DEVICE_NOT_FOUND_IN_UEFI_MODE_EN.pdf if it can help.
Also, check this: Generic x86-64 - Home Assistant
Thanks Nick4 : I read all the pdf file but still not able to boot from the mini PC HD. I think you are right that could be a problem in the BIOS boot section but I am not able to overcome it. The product is Esprimo Q556 model MPC3, PN is ABN:K1012-V100-579 and the BIOS is 2.17.1254. Thanks for all , regards
Dear Nick: I connected an external USB HD on the mini PC > It is working well and I have Home Assistant page dispalyed . I am still thinking on how to make it bbotable from the internal HD, Regards
hey - I made an account just to spare you the pain. the x86 instructions for method 2 are… lacking. Do yourself a favor and pull the internal drive and connect it to a USB to (whatever your hdd interface is) adapter. Use rufus to write the extracted image file directly to the disc. reinstall the hard drive and boot. you’re done.
also since you’ve probably done some work already, go do a backup in your current HA instance on the external drive and then download that backup file to your local machine. you can restore from that once you start over - it asks you during initial setup.
I beat my head against this for more than an hour for no reason, the documentation needs to be updated for Method 2. By default, HA just runs from whatever USB drive you write the image to.
Thanks a lot for the information. Please note that the problem applys to method 1 too. Just a little favor since I am not so skilled : could ypu please send a step by step indication on how to perform your suggested procedure ?
Thaks again for the great help , Regards
any help on this matter please ?
Hi, if you have done everything right as instructed in the docs, it’s really a matter of your system, specifically the BIOS settings.
As I don’t have a similar device I cannot explain what to look for.
Your problem is not related to HA anymore but with making a system boot with a Linux flavored OS.
Unless someone else jumps in your best bet is to do a search for that brand/model of PC and booting/BIOS/settings/ together with HD/SATA/Linux.
HTH
Thanks Nick . have you a link of someone that is using my same mini PC for me to ask some direction please ?
Have you tried the efibootmgr instructions already?
Have you ever tried to access your bios ? , and i.e could provide pics, of things you don’t understand ?
Look in the manual from your system, if you don’t have it, you will definitely find it online.
It will for sure help you to solve this, or at least get a better understanding and share the current settings so we are able to help you.
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I did perform method1 and method2 procedures . I did set my mini PC BIOS as requested (secure boot= off and UEFI mode ) : in the BIOS boot sequence selection list the Hard Disk is NOT listed. The same Hard Disk connected to the same mini PC through the USB port boots corerectly and Home Assistant works well too. I will try to post some screen shoots in the next day when I will be back at home . Thanks to all of you for the assistance. Regards.
Hi, you didn’t respond to my suggestion to bring up the boot menu (F9) to see which devices are presented, if you could select the HD and if your system boots from it.
Aptio setup utility American Megatrends, Inc
ver: 2.17.1254
core version: 5.0.0.11
compliancy: UEFI 2.4; PI 1.3
Security Boot : NOT ACTIVE
Security control: Disabled
Security boot mode: Standard
SATA Mode:AHCI
SATA port 2: shows my Hard Disk (if not flashed with Home Assistant)
Port 2 : Enabled
hard disk plugged into USB port: ( home assistant ok )
pls select boot device:
UEFI: IP4 Realtek PCIe GBE family contr
UEFI: IP6 Realtek PCIe GBE family contr
UEFI: DISK Name, Partition 1
diagnostic prg
ENT set_up
hard disk plugged into internal SATA port: ( NO GO: no boot possible )
pls select boot device:
UEFI: IP4 Realtek PCIe GBE family contr
UEFI: IP6 Realtek PCIe GBE family contr
diagnostic prg
ENT set_up
Note: before my attempt to install Home Assistant , Windows _10 was installed and operative on the same HD.
I will post other BIOS setting of interest if any.
Regards
And how was that disk formatted then ? , in a non uefi environment ? as an MBR disk ?
Try to change your bios to sata-legacy, turnof-install disk, turnon, does the disk appear then ?
( Not that i now why you want to use a 500GB disk for HA thou )
Was it windows on the disk, when you tried to install HA on it ?