No, it doesnt start without conbee stick, it’s stuck when it reached USB ports.
I installed home assistant on a new SD, no problems so far.
I think, one of the last updates broke my SD. I cant read, write, delete or format the partitions on that SD, tried on ubuntu and manjaro with testdisk and gparted.
Trying to purge the SD right now, hopefully it’s not gone, it’s a sandisk extreme