I first installed HA on a windows machine through Virtual Box. But i found constant connectivity issues. I had some old Intel Compute Stick STK1AW32SC lying around so i thought I give it a try. The compute stick was first pretty descent to use for simple tasks when i bought it, but after all the windows updates it became totally useless. This is how I installed HA:
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I basically followed the method for Generic x86-64 installation: Generic x86-64 - Home Assistant
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Use Ubuntu 14 for the USB flash drive! (Newer Ubuntu was keep freezing during installation, so I tried with an older Ubuntu 14 and it finally worked.)
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Before you insert the Ubuntu USB into the Intel Stick, you must enter BIOS and switch it over to Windows 64 bit mode. Even though you only have Windows 32 bit installed, your Intel Stick starts in 64 bit mode.
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After you finished with HA installation you must connect to WiFi in HA CLI, because the Intel Stick doesn’t have wired network connection. Follow this instructions: Changing Connectivity to Wifi via cli
I had problem to connect to shared 2.4/5 GHz WiFi, but it worked fine to connect to 2.4 GHz. -
You should now be able to connect to homeassistant.local.8123 from any device connected to the same WiFi. When connected to the UI, you can either start a new or restore from backup.
