Installing Home Assistant (hassio) on SSD with Raspberry Pi 3B / 3B+

All the resources needed for the install.

Format an SD card as FAT32 and put the file in.

program_usb_boot_mode=1

[sshah]

I tried the same hardware as shown, it boots sometimes and sometimes it doesn't, the boot is hit and miss, a power cycle does help. could this be Pi issue?

[anttipietila]

Thanks! Great video. I have struggled to find a way to do it on Raspberry Pi 3, and now everything works. I am using a Samsung T5 500 GB. PS. You may want to google the topic and share links to your video to number of forums where people have tried to solve this exact thing without luck. There does not seem to be complete written instructions available.

[POSEIDONsea]

Sorry guys, haven't have much time to make new videos these days. However, I'm planning a RSPi 4 SSD video. Home Assistant on SSD running on a Pi4 is crazy.

[adsadam]

I did this with a regular USB drive and as I restart home assistant after the fresh install, I get "refused to connect" before I've even changed anything! Does anyone know why?

[mgillis]

Not working for me. Raspberry Pi 3+ with a Kingston 120GB A400 SSD and a StarTech USB32SATA3CB adapter. The green led on the Rpi just keeps blinking about once a second forever. I tried using the MicroSD card and it works OK. Does anyone have a solution?

[DarkerEmpathy]

"Once it's loaded, take it out" you say thisa bout 5:38. What to take you? Do you mean take out the ssd card?

[mcfarlde]

After flashing Rassbian Buster Light to the SD Card, I can't read it. The Mac reports the disk is unreadable. It wasn't blank when starting.

[richboi]

Trying it as we speak....do you still need the thumb drive to enable the wifi connection?

[leuizeknunes]

Hi @DLtech. Thanks for the instructions.
I made it, and now I can boot from the SSD, when using Raspbian image on the SSD. When I swap it to the HA image, it does not boot. The SSD LED blinks a little, then goes off. after several minutes, sometimes, it comes full-on. but nothing really happens.

Is there any change to be done on the HA image files as well?

[simplehomelab]

Question: So I load the Raspbian lite and the OS is loaded. At this point, I should remove the SD Card and insert the SSD/USB Flash drive without switching off and then reboot? You were a little fast for my understanding. Could you please elaborate?

[eclecticlife]

I tried this with a RPi3 and The SSD via USB behaves like in the video, but when I reboot the Pi I get the 4 rapspberries icons and then it asks for the login info. Any help would be appreciated.

[tonysanderson]

Couldn't get Etcher working on Rasp Pi OS, So i tried writing the hassio image from my pc using etcher to a SD card then copying the SD card to my USB SSD drive vis rasp OS disk copier however failed with a dos error. Help! :)

[kilem]

amazing video!!! i was thinking to buy an Intel NUC, but now... i think is better SSD and adapter, thank you so much mate!!!!

[eclecticlife]

Great video!! Thanks for posting this video. Do you know if this will work with a RPi4?

[xastalavista]

Thanks for the sharing.
I wonder if I could clone my existing HA environment on SD card to a SSD then use the same way to startup from the SSD. :-)

[nesendil]

thanks for the great video, it really helped. Kudos

[AINEET]

Will this show noticeable improvement in performance over a good microsd installation?

[MrJelleDWM]

So why would we use an usb SSD over an USB stick? I mean if you're using a usb adapter for your SDD you're already limiting the speed of the drive.

[pedroborges]

I did it as it is in the video and my raspberry pi 3b sometimes starts with the ssd and other times it doesn't start


what could be causing this to sometimes start and sometimes not to start ?

[onlinediscounts]

Good video, but no need for the awful background music