Just setting up HA on my Pi 500 using a USB thumb drive. When I have it all configured I would like to transfer the setup on to a normal Pi 50 (8GB) in a case with a cooling fan.
Is it possible to swap the USB drive in multiple Pi 5s? It’s a SanDisk 64GB.
Reason being is that I want to keep my Pi 500 on my desk for other uses such as emulation etc.
Just thought of a follow up question I want the Pi 5, that will (eventually) run HA on a 24x7 basis to be cooled, would I just buy a decent sized case that can hold a fan(s)?
USB Thumb drive mounting is not really supported…
There is no supported way to connect a second drive directly. You need to consider one of the supported methods.
Mounting drives can VERY much break your system. If the drive mounted brings the backup size bigger than available, for instance, the HA drive will fill up and the system will crash. If you plug in a memory stick, for instance, with malware, that would cause all kinds of problems.
That is why this is not supported and if you do find a way to do it, you will be using an unsupported version of HAOS and you will be on your own when it breaks. It is absolutely not recommended behavior, however it is not impossible to do.
Plus if you really want a drive mounted, install core or another install method where you are in control of the OS.
I want the Pi 5, that will (eventually) run HA on a 24x7 basis to be cooled, would I just buy a decent sized case that can hold a fan(s)?