How to Install Home Assistant on PC Method 1: Ubuntu & USB (Updated)

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Timestamps:
00:00 - Intro
00:37 - Method 1 Intro
01:05 - Required BIOS Changes
02:15- Method 1 Overview
02:45 - Method 1 Walkthrough
02:53 - Step 1: Download Ubuntu
03:18 - Step 2: Download BalenaEtcher (Or Alternative)
03:48 - Step 3: Write Ubuntu to USB Drive
04:33 - Step 4: Setting BIOS Boot Order for USB
04:59 - Step 5: Booting into Ubuntu
05:28 - Step 6: Downloading HAOS on Ubuntu
05:45 - Step 7: Writing HAOS to USB
06:19 - Step 8: Boot into HomeAssistant OS
07:12 Outro

[chazdahda]

Thank you! Currently flashing Ubuntu to the correct flash drive. Will be booting onto a 2012 Mac Mini in a couple days when it arrives. This was extremely helpful!

[timwiens]

Great video. Thank you. I already have HA running as a VM in VirtualBox on a Windows 10 PC. After completing the steps in your video, how do I get my existing HA onto the new machine? Is it just a simple matter of moving it by restoring a backup?

[andreluisfcostacosta]

Unfortunately, it was not possible to install
error message after restarting the notebook without the pen drive
1. HDD: UP GAMER UP500 240GB has been blocked by the current security policy

no bootable device, hit and key

Then I am taken to the boot manager screen, where only my 240GB SSD appears in the boot options

My notebook :
ACER Aspire E1-531
intel 100M (1.8GHz, 2MB l3 cache)
4GB DDR3 Memory
HDssd 240GB

[SuperCacahuete]

Bonjour, merci pour votre video. A quick question I tried with an old laptop with a not UEFI Bios, it did not work. Is IUEFI Bios is mandatory ?

[davec]

hey mate, what format is required on the flash drive?, after balena writes the ubuntu file to the flash drive it tells me that i need to format the flash drive for it work.

[dangerdiesel]

Yea right at 7:04 how do you go from that home assist page to the internet browser?

[ParkerToney]

So I just restored the home assistant os on my hard drive from Ubuntu, and now, the computer is stuck in its loading screen” protected by hp sure start”. I couldn’t find the place to disable safe boot, or uefi. Could you help?

[danielpcarvajal]

Amazing video! I am having a little issue, the pc I got is pretty low end and it is pretty slow, I got stuck at the "please remove the installation medium". I removed it and pressed enter, but it keeps on displaying that message and the little loading symbol

[drumslapper]

Seriously thinking about this install. Currently running on a Lenovo ThinkCentre i5 Windows 10 VirtualBox VM. I want to get away from Windows 10 for obvious reasons. My question; I would like to install a larger SSD with no operating system, will your method work under this scenario installing Linux in the process or do i just install Linux to start.
Cheers

[briangaskell]

Hi i have in installed it and no matter what i do i keep geiing [WARN] Home Assistant CLI not starting! Jump into emergency console  i have found forms saying login but can not get past it

[dangerdiesel]

So basically whatever machine you choose is sacrificed for home assistant? In the end you have to save it to the computer which will erase the OS and everything else that’s on it?

[dangerdiesel]

I just don’t understand how either video has all the information. In no way is it your fault, I should have never done this. 10 fucking hours later, I have never made it into home assistant and I now have a laptop with Ubuntu as its main and only os. That shit didn’t “work side by side” with a fucking thing. It’s 2024 why the fuck is it so hard to download a god damn APP? This is fucking insane, all to control some mother fucking lights WHAT THE FUCK!