I've been following your channel for a while now and have taken the plunge to start with smarthome setups. Thanks for the great channel! However i'm following this guide - for a fresh new install on an SSD, and Raspberry Pi Imager is not showing my m2 sata storage as an option to image to. It's plugged directly into an m2 ssd slot in my pc. What am I doing wrong??
Wow. Let's step away from Home Assistant for a second. This is perhaps THE MOST SUCCINCT, CLEAREST tutorial/walkthrough of a setup process that I have ever seen. You hit on ALL the major and minor issues (what kind of SSD, brands, form factors, adapters, necessary items like spare SD card, https), quickly and directly, without getting bogged down, you step through everything without skipping a beat or requiring guessing/intuiting, and you expertly drop people in and out at different steps and forks (new installation, ethernet/wifi steps, etc.). I thought this video was masterfully done. I don't even have an SSD purchased for my Pi yet, but I now know exactly what I need to do and I may not even have to watch this video again as I perform the update. Superb job, Lewis!
Very good video. Easy to follow and well presented. I had one hiccup, probably my fault the first re installation. I wasn't careful about my zigbee stick getting back to the same USB port, but once I had both the zigbee and zwave USB sticks back to their original position, all went well. Thanks for the info.
For those who may encouter problems while booting on the SSD without the card: I've been lucky enough to purchase 2 different USB to SATA cable. I've been trying for half an hour to get the rasb booting. So I tried the other cable. It worked instantly.
Thanks Lewis. Just started HA and (following your advice (and links)) have just installed my Pi into an Argon one unit with 120gb kingston ssd. One thing you dont say is the word "patience" after installing your backup. I'm got so worried after my installed first reported that supervisor needed me to manually update (for me anyway) before my backup would actually work... and it seemed to take an eternity. BUT utlimately its working and is in a sexy case (not the orginal red/white one) and seems to be a bit faster (but that might be the "patience" I was lacking earlier), Thanks!
Thanks for the video! Worked flawlessly even without a monitor tied to the pi4. The backup and restore parts need updating but I managed through. Coffee coming.
Thanks for making me considerably more comfortable in migrating from my SD card to the M.2 SATA drive I'm finally going to install in my ArgonOne case Lewis 👍🏻
The video is two years old now. I guess the process is mostly the same. But I'm new to Home Assistant and don't see the supervisor in my current installation. Is this the same as under Settings > Backups?
An excellent video, my previous SSD install could not be connected though WiFI which I need to do as it is for controlling a polytunnel in my field. Your instructions on how to connect to WiFi were perfect and solved the problem for me. There are quite a few TH-camrs creating content on Homeassistant but I am very impressed with your content and clarity of delivery. I am now a subscriber. THANKS!
Incredible timing, popped up in my feed just as I was taking a break from unboxing my SSD and adapter i ordered a week ago for my rPi upgrade! Really informative yet simple and short. I should have no issues changing from normal PiOS with Docker HA to Home Assistant OS now :P
@@EverythingSmartHome I’ve sadly run into a interesting snag, my Surface keeps crashing trying to format the SD card! I vaguely remember having issues formatting it in the past, and I think it might just take a couple more tries. But otherwise things seem to be going smooth!
@@EverythingSmartHome Sadly it is not going too well. after fixing the SD card issue, I found out thet my Pi does not see my SSD as a bootable media. It tries to boot via the USB, but says there is no bootable partition. I am a but stumped as to what or why this is.
@@EverythingSmartHome I did use the Pi images yes, and the drive does show up in Windows. I did test with an old USB stick just to very that it works, in it did boot just fine. So the issue must be either the disk itself or the adapter. I am leaning more towards the adapter, as I have not been able to use the eject function to disconnect it in windows
@@EverythingSmartHome I inadvertantly put the too many missed logins feature on. I cannot remember my raspberry pi password. How do I read the nvme on a windows pc? Or do you have any tips? I cannot login to home assistant, and no pi passowrd....i need to get into the pi to delete that home assistant file
Thanks for this, Lewis - extremely helpful. The only additional info / advice I'd offer is that the final stage, restoring from backup and rebooting, can take 10-15 minutes. I was sitting here chewing my nails, watching the blinkinglighten, with no Plan B but just waiting for that time turned out to be the answer! Really pleased to complete this task and your instructions and links were super-helpful - thanks!
In my case works from external HDD, but not from SSD :=) I have one SSD, put in external case with USB3, write image, all ok, but boot process reports many errors and wornings, mostly "wating for sync with some process". Then I placed this SSD into another USB case, and similar errors during boot. Lastly I put HDD drive into same external case, and it works from first try :=) Using old HDD is probably bad idea for performance, SD card might be better option?
Thank you, I'd been wanting to do this for a while and this was a breeze. I went with a cheap entry-level NVME drive and an Orico M2PV-C3 enclosure. I picked the Patriot P310 drive because it was a brand and importantly because of its low advertised power consumption (2.38W full, 0.38W idle) so I do not need a USB hub. No issues booting and updating home assistant. Will report if I run into issues.
Thanx for this clear video! My installation went flawless with this absolutely perfect set of instructions. Nowadays I have a Raspberry Pi 5 laying around waiting to take the work-load of the fine Pi 4. The only question from me is how do I go about and solve this task ?... Migrate Hass OS from a Pi 4 SSD to the Pi 5 (using the same SSD that is)
If after migration to the SSD and restoring the backup, you find that all the Add-ons are grayed out, go to Settings/System/Hardware and peroform a system reboot. That fixed it for me.
All went pretty well except HA wasn't able to load the .tar backup file. So I quickly install Samba and drop the file in the backup folder. It did work! Thanks again for the video!
Great tutorial! I've just purchased a HP EliteDesk 800 G3 Mini SFF and hoping to migrate HA to this. I'm starting to find the Pi 4 SSD setup, which I've now had for over a year, lags sometimes and is becoming slow at times, especially when loading energy sensors. Looking at using Frigate and some other add-ons so I'm hoping the additional CPU power and additional RAM will make a difference!
Really great video! Amazing recommendations. I got the Argos case you recommended and the Kingston SSD. Did the installation and migration, and everything has worked like a charm! THANK YOU!
Excellent guide, but I did have a problem with following the install. I keep getting the error 'Timed out waiting for device /dev/disk/by-label/hassos-boot', and the same for hassos-data. I have disconnected the drive from the USB3 port and moved it to USB2 and it boots fine. Any ideas what would prevent it booting specifically from the USB3 port?
Amazing tutorial! I have followed it carefully and I think I managed to migrate to my Samsung Evo M.2 SSD, which has been sitting around for a long time, doing nothing (I am still in the process of restoring backup while writing this, hopefully it will work). So far so good, Boot changed to USB, SSD booted successfully, new HA set up in seconds and now restoring previously created backup…. Loading….
Excellent as always. This is something I wanted to do for a while. This video gave me the incentive to finally do it. I ordered the hardware and will be on SSD soon. Thank.
@@EverythingSmartHome so far no joy! The image went perfectly and system booted ok but I have no add on repository so I can’t load ssh. My snapshot is too large so I can’t restore through the GUI. I’m back to the SD to make a smaller snapshot to try again. .
Thanks for the awesome videos. I can't help but batch watch them :-) Question if I may: I have been running HA for a year on my Synology NAS with InfluxDB and Grafana via Docker images. Seemingly though every time a HA update comes out the whole pack of cards comes tumbling down. As such I've gone for a RPi4 4GB to host HA as I feel its a more supported platform than Synology. My Question now is... Do I run InfluxDB and Grafana on the Pi or on my Synology or a mix? I'm angling toward Influx DB on the NAS but I'm be interested to know your thoughts. Assuming of course that I follow this very video and the PI is running from a SSD what are your recommendations? ;-) Thanks in Advance.
Great video. Quick question, by adding home assistant this way, does that mean the Pi is solely for Home Assistant? As in Raspberry Pi OS will not be installed? I am looking at setting up Home Assistant and a Plex server off my Pi and am wondering if I install home assistant this way I will not be able to do both. Thank you!
Have snapshots now been renamed to backsup? I am on Home Assistant OS 7.1, Supervisor 2012.12.2, Core 2021.12.10 and only been doing HA for a short while. I keep reading about snapshots, but can't find anything in the UI called this. Backups are under Configuration > Backups and are refered to as Full or Partial, but dont seem to have all the options you point out.
@@EverythingSmartHome Perhaps a tutorial on the doing a snapshot/backup and downloading it in its present form wouldn't come amiss. For a noobe not every thing else is still the same. A noobe doesn't know what the same is! Through trial and error I did work out "what the same is". Unfortunately as to how to download a snapshot/backup is not immediately obvious in HA now . Perhaps an update on this vid wouldn't be amiss?
@@EverythingSmartHome thanks for the tutorial, very useful!! I'm pretty new to HASS, and it took me a LOOOONG time to figure out that supervisor and snapshots are gone, and now it's in Settings > System > Backups. I'm guessing that a "full" backup is the same as the snapshot you discuss in the video?? It would be really great if there were a pinned comment with updated instructions around these changes. Thanks!
Question about 2.5” to usb adaptors- the first in your link, is it the USB 3.0 or 3.1 option that you recommend? There’s a lot of comments about issues with some of the startech leads with RPi… I’ll be trying this project at the weekend…
Came back for a refresher. Ironically this was done originally to avoid bricked SD's.. well the latest Home Assistant OS update killed my SSD lol! So here we are.
Setting up DHCP reservations for your Raspberry PI (And other things) will make it keep the same IP and you don't have to setup the IP addresses every time you re-flash.
Just as a matter of interest, different away from the subject matter. I would very much like to know what your home network consists of. I feel sure your HA isn't just working off/from a run of the mill ISP home hub?
Strangely I don't have the supervisor menu as shown at 10:05. Is this because it downloaded Core version or did something change with an HA update? (Raspi imager now downloads version 6.2 for Raspi4)
Shame though that the Energy history isn''t included in the backup. Seems one would need to run the MariaDB before creating the initial backup on the SD card
Followed your steps carefully and your instructions are clear and concise. Everything is pretty much exactly as you explained. The differences from when you created the video to now are insignificant. I am now at Logging into Home Assistant UI for Setup and failed. I get no response from Home Assistant at homeassistant.local:8123. My Pi4 is connected to my router by an ethernet cable. Nor does it respond to X.X.X.X:8123. I examined the SSD while attached to my laptop and I see files and folders. I see the LEDs on the USB to SATA adapter flickering. What could I have done wrong. I have read that you need the 'right' USB to SATA cable but no explanation to explain how to tell which is the right one.
thanks man! Great tutorial. I faced an issue with Raspberry Pi Imager: I got always an error while writing image, so I tried with balenaetcher - failed again - and I came back to Raspberry Pi Imager and I finally got it working! :-) hope this can help
Thanks for the video. I managed to put all togetherr, except one thing: the energy tab; it doesnt show the history I had. Shouldn't be included on the snapshot?
Hi there, I have a question, maybe two. I have set up my Pi to boot from SSD. Is the Home Assistant file in your tutorial a new full OS for the Pi? My SSD on the Pi is not recognized in my PC or Mac when plugged in there, but works fine in Pi. Can I transfer the new Home Assistant files to the SSD by SD card in the Pi and boot from there?
If I do a migration like this, will the backup/snapshot also restore the config for my Z-wave and Zigbee sticks from the HomeAssistant OS? I want to make sure I don't lose those as they were a bit of a pain to configure the first time.
I'm a total beginner, so sorry if this is a stupid question. I saw a couple of videos about booting from a ssd with HA, but they use a different method. They update the Pi and Eeprom first. Isn't this necessary with your method? And if I'm using your method, do I need to update the Pi itself and Eeorom every now and then? Many thanks for the great video btw. And I have to say that I really enjoy your channel.
Hey Wendell, not a stupid question at all! The bit where we flash the SD card will also update the firmware in order to allow booting from USB. Hope that helps! Thank you, appreciate the kind words and glad you enjoy the videos!
I have a question. Which installation method do you recommend the most? On a server using virtual machine software (like virtual box) vs. on a RPI with SSD? Thanks!
Hey Kevin, I've made 2 relevant videos recently on this that will answer your question, check out the 6 hardware recommendations for Home Assistant video!
@@EverythingSmartHome Thanks for your super faaaast response!!! I will check it out now!
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I installed it on SSD, but it wouldn't start without a microSD card. Most of the time, when I restarted, the system would not boot. I finally got it done, thank you very much.🙏
Finally getting around to migrating. Looks like HA site now recommends using Balena Etcher and entering the URL they provide. The RPi Imager wants to install an old version 6.2 and the HA link is for 6.6 (32 or 64 bit, rp3 or rp4). I know there shouldn't be any performance differences for the 2 or 4 GB RP with the 64bit OS, but maybe worthwhile for future hardware upgrade?
I ordered the Argon case and an m.2 SSD, but forgot the usb cable. I’m now trying to figure out if I could use the Pi with something like Raspbian to write HA to the SSD.
Hi there. Got a while ago the Raspberry Pi 5 but at the time the Home Assistant OS wasn't yet ready for this hardware. Nowadays it seams as if it is all good to go but I'm lazy :-) Got Hass OS installed on a Raspberry Pi 4 today and it is running from a SSD. How do I migrate to the fresh Raspberry Pi5 the easiest way ? Is is only a question of prepairing the Pi5 to run from SSD and then plug-and play so to say, move the SSD to the new Pi5 and it should work ?
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Hello thank you so much for the video. Would you also be so kind to explain or even better, create a video explaining, how we can use an SSD with ext4 (or NTFS) file format to boot and install OS on? As far as I know the imager currently converts the main boot partition to FAT32. Is there a way to flash OS drives with in Raspberry Pi OS with and option to select file format? I really would like to set my "first" pi on an SSD which is using ext4 (or NTFS or at least ExFat at the very least). I would like to install the OS on an ext4 drive and boot from it for the most resilient setup, before I even delve into the Pi world wormhole. Would really appreciate any comment, help or guidance from you.
Regarding the part you explain about connecting to Wifi. From your explanation I understand it first need to boot from the SSD and then the Wifi details can be added as you explained. I would like to ask/confirm if HA fully boots from SSD without internet access first?
@@EverythingSmartHome Ok thanks. I am going to give it a go on Thursday when my new RPI4 will be there. Fingers crossed as I have been having issues recently with an old PI that I couldn't get to boot anymore for some reason unfortunately.
Wonderful tutor for migration, i have one question, can it also be used for a migration from pi 3 to pi 4 (snapshot made on a pi3) and used to install everything on the pi 4? Thx ludo
Great tute!! Is it possible to use the Argon's M.2 Expansion Board as a M.2 USB adapter, so I don't need to get a separate M.2 USB adapter just to install the OS?
@@EverythingSmartHome thanks! And do you know if it's possible to access "SD card copier" on the pi itself, or is there not enough of Raspbian running in a hassio installation?
Great video....bt I am facing an issue installing home assistant on my 256 SSD... It fails to install home assistant....I have using RASPBERRY PI IMEGER nd Balena Etcher.... But with No success
Hi, I am trying to migrate from sd card to ssd argon case rpi4. So afrer pressing restore button I lost connection and after 4h HA is still not available. Is that normal? Backup file 1.2GB.
Looking to start fresh, ordered new 8gb ram pi 4 and the argon case. Going to get a 128gb m.2 NVMe SSD for it and it's to be used as a home assistant hub. I can to this all fresh right? Without installing from the SD first?
Hi you, Thank you so much for clear, precise and structure tutorials. I watched many of them, but for clarity, I’m always returning to you. I’ll stop cheating and stay here :-) I did many installations oh HA but there is one thing I can’t understand, they are multimedia output such as Spotify, for instance. I just can’t make it to work and I can’t recall if you made one on it, I think it would helpful (for me) :-) Have a great day
again, thanks for your channel :) can you maybe explain how to add a internal hdd (proxmox).... i am running out of space :/ today my HA reached limit and does weird stuff... but i cant find a tuturial how to add a second hdd... i would prefer use the os on my ssd and use a hdd fpr data (frigate and influxdb) is this possible?
Hi- Love your channel! Thank you! I have tried to install my new Kingston 120GB SSD with Sabrent USB 3.0 adapter to my RPi 4 4GB, but so far no success. Seems like the SSD and microSD both image properly using the RPi imager. But I have no luck getting the RPi to show up on my network with the SSD (or with bootloader microSD). So I am guessing it is not booting up? Everything works fine with my old microSD - so I am back to that for now... @Everything Smart Home any advice? THANKS!
I'm not sure if I should get a Raspberry Pi 4 or try and wake up an old laptop. Now I'm running HA on my main computer in a VirtualBox, but I want my computer free from 24/7 stuff. I'm installing a Unify network so I will be able to power the Pi 4 with my switch over PoE so it should be a clean installation with an Argon sitting nicely on the wall beside the router and downstairs switch. Ahh, being a geek sure creates some hard decision-making normal people don't have to experience😂
Thanks for the great video, would that work to migrate from my HA installation on my synology to a rasp pi4? do a backup, get HA running on the pi and do a restore? my only concern is my usb stick for zigbee/zwave antenna.. . thanks again
I’m a big fan from egypt. I need your opinion. I would like to install home assistant in docker and I’m using argon one m.2 with Samsung 1tb on raspberry pi 4 4gb also to install kodi. Is it stable and recommend ?
I followed you clear advice and got a kinston 120gb ssd , cable and case from amazon. I'm using a Pi4 with Imager to set up the Ssd with Home Assistant - its solar taken 30 mins to get to 33%. Is this fast?
Hello, are you using the Pi to flash the SSD? You aren't using another computer? If so then possibly, I never tried to flash using a Pi. Do you have it plugged into a USB 3.0 port? Mine took about 2-3 minutes but I do have very fast internet
@@EverythingSmartHome changed from using the case supplied to using just the cable with interface. All completed in a couple of minutes. I’ve fibre running at 500mbs so it certainly wasn’t anything to do with my net access. Thanks for your concern, also I’ve learnt a lot from watching your TH-cam videos:-)
Who is looking forward to more speed and reliability!? NO MORE BRICKED SD CARDS! 🙏
I've been following your channel for a while now and have taken the plunge to start with smarthome setups. Thanks for the great channel! However i'm following this guide - for a fresh new install on an SSD, and Raspberry Pi Imager is not showing my m2 sata storage as an option to image to. It's plugged directly into an m2 ssd slot in my pc. What am I doing wrong??
Wow. Let's step away from Home Assistant for a second. This is perhaps THE MOST SUCCINCT, CLEAREST tutorial/walkthrough of a setup process that I have ever seen. You hit on ALL the major and minor issues (what kind of SSD, brands, form factors, adapters, necessary items like spare SD card, https), quickly and directly, without getting bogged down, you step through everything without skipping a beat or requiring guessing/intuiting, and you expertly drop people in and out at different steps and forks (new installation, ethernet/wifi steps, etc.).
I thought this video was masterfully done. I don't even have an SSD purchased for my Pi yet, but I now know exactly what I need to do and I may not even have to watch this video again as I perform the update.
Superb job, Lewis!
Very kind, thanks very much I really appreciate it and I'm glad it was useful
Thank you for your very clear and easy to follow instructions. I was able to switch over to SSD in under 20 minutes.
Nice 🙏
Very good video. Easy to follow and well presented. I had one hiccup, probably my fault the first re installation. I wasn't careful about my zigbee stick getting back to the same USB port, but once I had both the zigbee and zwave USB sticks back to their original position, all went well. Thanks for the info.
For those who may encouter problems while booting on the SSD without the card: I've been lucky enough to purchase 2 different USB to SATA cable. I've been trying for half an hour to get the rasb booting. So I tried the other cable. It worked instantly.
perfect, exactly what I needed... 4 years later and I'm finally migrated to SSD 🤩
Thanks Lewis. Just started HA and (following your advice (and links)) have just installed my Pi into an Argon one unit with 120gb kingston ssd.
One thing you dont say is the word "patience" after installing your backup. I'm got so worried after my installed first reported that supervisor needed me to manually update (for me anyway) before my backup would actually work... and it seemed to take an eternity.
BUT utlimately its working and is in a sexy case (not the orginal red/white one) and seems to be a bit faster (but that might be the "patience" I was lacking earlier), Thanks!
Thanks for the video! Worked flawlessly even without a monitor tied to the pi4. The backup and restore parts need updating but I managed through. Coffee coming.
Thank you for great videos, you helped me a lot on different topic for Home Assistant. I just did the swap for a SSD and it went flawlessly. Cheers
Thanks for making me considerably more comfortable in migrating from my SD card to the M.2 SATA drive I'm finally going to install in my ArgonOne case Lewis 👍🏻
Nice one Rob, let us know how it goes!
@@EverythingSmartHome if it goes badly I'll be heading your direction for help 🤣
Great video, SSD instalation will commence as soon as my adapter arrives!
Excellent, let me know how it goes 🙌
Thanx!
In 1 hour I've manage to go from an old Pi3b to a brand new Pi4 with an old Intel SSD from my latest snapshot.
A lot snappier
Thats awesome! 🙌
The video is two years old now. I guess the process is mostly the same. But I'm new to Home Assistant and don't see the supervisor in my current installation. Is this the same as under Settings > Backups?
An excellent video, my previous SSD install could not be connected though WiFI which I need to do as it is for controlling a polytunnel in my field. Your instructions on how to connect to WiFi were perfect and solved the problem for me. There are quite a few TH-camrs creating content on Homeassistant but I am very impressed with your content and clarity of delivery. I am now a subscriber. THANKS!
Excellent Dave, thanks for the support and glad the videos were useful!
You are the BEST! Your videos are nicely edited and you include great details. You have helped me accomplish so much. Thank you!
Thanks my friend, really appreciate your kind words and glad they have been useful!
What a great tutorial! Thank you so much. My install went flawlessly.
Thanks Douglas, appreciate it! Glad it worked!
Incredible timing, popped up in my feed just as I was taking a break from unboxing my SSD and adapter i ordered a week ago for my rPi upgrade! Really informative yet simple and short. I should have no issues changing from normal PiOS with Docker HA to Home Assistant OS now :P
Wow that is amazing timing haha! How did it go?!
@@EverythingSmartHome I’ve sadly run into a interesting snag, my Surface keeps crashing trying to format the SD card! I vaguely remember having issues formatting it in the past, and I think it might just take a couple more tries. But otherwise things seem to be going smooth!
@@EverythingSmartHome Sadly it is not going too well. after fixing the SD card issue, I found out thet my Pi does not see my SSD as a bootable media. It tries to boot via the USB, but says there is no bootable partition. I am a but stumped as to what or why this is.
Did you use Pi imager to flash the SSD? Perhaps your usb to data cable isn't compatible?
@@EverythingSmartHome I did use the Pi images yes, and the drive does show up in Windows. I did test with an old USB stick just to very that it works, in it did boot just fine. So the issue must be either the disk itself or the adapter. I am leaning more towards the adapter, as I have not been able to use the eject function to disconnect it in windows
Excellent tutorial. I just migrated from an sd to an M.2. Everything went flawlessy. Thanks so much!
Nice one, well done!
@@EverythingSmartHome I inadvertantly put the too many missed logins feature on. I cannot remember my raspberry pi password. How do I read the nvme on a windows pc? Or do you have any tips? I cannot login to home assistant, and no pi passowrd....i need to get into the pi to delete that home assistant file
Thanks for this, Lewis - extremely helpful. The only additional info / advice I'd offer is that the final stage, restoring from backup and rebooting, can take 10-15 minutes.
I was sitting here chewing my nails, watching the blinkinglighten, with no Plan B but just waiting for that time turned out to be the answer!
Really pleased to complete this task and your instructions and links were super-helpful - thanks!
Glad it was useful and you managed to get through that difficult period - bet the suspense was killing you!!
😁
In my case works from external HDD, but not from SSD :=)
I have one SSD, put in external case with USB3, write image, all ok, but boot process reports many errors and wornings, mostly "wating for sync with some process". Then I placed this SSD into another USB case, and similar errors during boot.
Lastly I put HDD drive into same external case, and it works from first try :=)
Using old HDD is probably bad idea for performance, SD card might be better option?
Thank you, I'd been wanting to do this for a while and this was a breeze. I went with a cheap entry-level NVME drive and an Orico M2PV-C3 enclosure. I picked the Patriot P310 drive because it was a brand and importantly because of its low advertised power consumption (2.38W full, 0.38W idle) so I do not need a USB hub. No issues booting and updating home assistant. Will report if I run into issues.
I like the Deskpi pro. Everything is accessible outside the case and the heatsink is great especially if you overclock it.
Thanks for the suggestion!
Thanx for this clear video! My installation went flawless with this absolutely perfect set of instructions. Nowadays I have a Raspberry Pi 5 laying around waiting to take the work-load of the fine Pi 4. The only question from me is how do I go about and solve this task ?... Migrate Hass OS from a Pi 4 SSD to the Pi 5 (using the same SSD that is)
If after migration to the SSD and restoring the backup, you find that all the Add-ons are grayed out, go to Settings/System/Hardware and peroform a system reboot. That fixed it for me.
This is actually a really good wake though to setup home assistant
Thanks so much for this video. I've just migrated to an SSD I had lying around. All worked just as you showed here. Thanks again.
Excellent, glad it worked! Thanks for the comment
Revisiting this tutorial, and it is so good! Thank you so much! Love from Norway!
Little behind on this one, but followed your tutorial and it went seamlessly. Thank you. Very informative and very simple to follow. Thank you.
Hey can you do a video to setup the Argon One M.2 Fan control in Home Assistant please?
Thumbs up for the Argon One M.2 case. I’ve been running HA in that case with a Samsung SSD for about 6 months. Works great.
That's excellent! Thanks for sharing your experience!
Man Thank You the case and ssd and instructions all worked perfectly
All went pretty well except HA wasn't able to load the .tar backup file. So I quickly install Samba and drop the file in the backup folder. It did work! Thanks again for the video!
Nice one, thanks!
Great tutorial! I've just purchased a HP EliteDesk 800 G3 Mini SFF and hoping to migrate HA to this. I'm starting to find the Pi 4 SSD setup, which I've now had for over a year, lags sometimes and is becoming slow at times, especially when loading energy sensors. Looking at using Frigate and some other add-ons so I'm hoping the additional CPU power and additional RAM will make a difference!
Awesome, good luck!
Really great video! Amazing recommendations.
I got the Argos case you recommended and the Kingston SSD. Did the installation and migration, and everything has worked like a charm!
THANK YOU!
🙌🙌
what did you do about the fan control?
The "Raspberry Pi Imager" is awesome. It didn't exist back when I was last using Pi's.
Yep it's a fairly new addition!
You rock! Followed this using suggested components and step-by step. Everything worked smoothly - thanks.
Amazing, glad it worked!
Thanks for the help. I was a little worried about doing this, but it all worked like you said.
Thanks! Successful migration from Pi 3 to Pi 4 and to SSD!
Awesome!
Excellent guide, but I did have a problem with following the install. I keep getting the error 'Timed out waiting for device /dev/disk/by-label/hassos-boot', and the same for hassos-data. I have disconnected the drive from the USB3 port and moved it to USB2 and it boots fine. Any ideas what would prevent it booting specifically from the USB3 port?
Amazing tutorial! I have followed it carefully and I think I managed to migrate to my Samsung Evo M.2 SSD, which has been sitting around for a long time, doing nothing (I am still in the process of restoring backup while writing this, hopefully it will work). So far so good, Boot changed to USB, SSD booted successfully, new HA set up in seconds and now restoring previously created backup…. Loading….
I've been sat here for 11 months just waiting to see if the restore was successful. Your drive is sooo slow ...
Excellent as always. This is something I wanted to do for a while. This video gave me the incentive to finally do it. I ordered the hardware and will be on SSD soon. Thank.
Nice, let us know how it goes! 🙌
@@EverythingSmartHome so far no joy! The image went perfectly and system booted ok but I have no add on repository so I can’t load ssh. My snapshot is too large so I can’t restore through the GUI. I’m back to the SD to make a smaller snapshot to try again. .
Got it! I restored from my previous full backup and then the partials. Now up and running on SSD!
Nice one glad you got it figured out! 🥳
Watched to the end for the algorithm ;)
Does the Raspberry Pi Imager install the 32bit or the 64bit version of HA ?
Thanks for the awesome videos. I can't help but batch watch them :-) Question if I may: I have been running HA for a year on my Synology NAS with InfluxDB and Grafana via Docker images. Seemingly though every time a HA update comes out the whole pack of cards comes tumbling down. As such I've gone for a RPi4 4GB to host HA as I feel its a more supported platform than Synology. My Question now is... Do I run InfluxDB and Grafana on the Pi or on my Synology or a mix? I'm angling toward Influx DB on the NAS but I'm be interested to know your thoughts. Assuming of course that I follow this very video and the PI is running from a SSD what are your recommendations? ;-) Thanks in Advance.
Great video. Quick question, by adding home assistant this way, does that mean the Pi is solely for Home Assistant? As in Raspberry Pi OS will not be installed? I am looking at setting up Home Assistant and a Plex server off my Pi and am wondering if I install home assistant this way I will not be able to do both. Thank you!
Have snapshots now been renamed to backsup? I am on Home Assistant OS 7.1, Supervisor 2012.12.2, Core 2021.12.10 and only been doing HA for a short while. I keep reading about snapshots, but can't find anything in the UI called this. Backups are under Configuration > Backups and are refered to as Full or Partial, but dont seem to have all the options you point out.
Yes that's right snapshots are now called backups, but everything else about them is the same!
@@EverythingSmartHome Perhaps a tutorial on the doing a snapshot/backup and downloading it in its present form wouldn't come amiss. For a noobe not every thing else is still the same. A noobe doesn't know what the same is! Through trial and error I did work out "what the same is". Unfortunately as to how to download a snapshot/backup is not immediately obvious in HA now . Perhaps an update on this vid wouldn't be amiss?
@@EverythingSmartHome thanks for the tutorial, very useful!! I'm pretty new to HASS, and it took me a LOOOONG time to figure out that supervisor and snapshots are gone, and now it's in Settings > System > Backups. I'm guessing that a "full" backup is the same as the snapshot you discuss in the video?? It would be really great if there were a pinned comment with updated instructions around these changes. Thanks!
I did try a few SSD to USB 3.0 adapters and I got only errors. I bought Argon ONE M.2 and works from first time. Thank you for your support.
Awesome! Glad I could help
Would a USB SSD drive like the Samsung T5 work for this? Great video!
Question about 2.5” to usb adaptors- the first in your link, is it the USB 3.0 or 3.1 option that you recommend? There’s a lot of comments about issues with some of the startech leads with RPi… I’ll be trying this project at the weekend…
Came back for a refresher. Ironically this was done originally to avoid bricked SD's.. well the latest Home Assistant OS update killed my SSD lol! So here we are.
Setting up DHCP reservations for your Raspberry PI (And other things) will make it keep the same IP and you don't have to setup the IP addresses every time you re-flash.
It appears that the fan isn't on for the Argon one after migration. How can we verify? Thank you!
Thanks Again!!! For another fantastic video! Greatly appreciated
Thank you for a great video. I successfully restored a backup to a SSD. Should it be a lot quicker than a SD card? ( I am running RspPI 4 8GB).
What are your thoughts about the ssd power consumption? The rpi can only provide up to 1.2amp through usb, which might not be enough for peak usage
Just as a matter of interest, different away from the subject matter. I would very much like to know what your home network consists of. I feel sure your HA isn't just working off/from a run of the mill ISP home hub?
As a matter of interest, what would happen if you just used a large memory stick in place of the SSD? Would it just be a bit slow?
They aren't designed for that type of use and will end up the same fate as the SD card unfortunately!
Would love to see a Magic Mirror Installation and setup video😄
One day one day 😅
@@EverythingSmartHome Waiting ✌🏼😁
Strangely I don't have the supervisor menu as shown at 10:05. Is this because it downloaded Core version or did something change with an HA update? (Raspi imager now downloads version 6.2 for Raspi4)
Found backup under Configuration and after running the restore, the Supervisor menu appeared again.
Shame though that the Energy history isn''t included in the backup. Seems one would need to run the MariaDB before creating the initial backup on the SD card
The supervisor menu moved to the configuration menu in 2021.12
Thank you for your lecture.
You makes my rasberry pi to boot using SSD
Thanks for watching!
Followed your steps carefully and your instructions are clear and concise. Everything is pretty much exactly as you explained. The differences from when you created the video to now are insignificant. I am now at Logging into Home Assistant UI for Setup and failed. I get no response from Home Assistant at homeassistant.local:8123. My Pi4 is connected to my router by an ethernet cable. Nor does it respond to X.X.X.X:8123. I examined the SSD while attached to my laptop and I see files and folders. I see the LEDs on the USB to SATA adapter flickering.
What could I have done wrong. I have read that you need the 'right' USB to SATA cable but no explanation to explain how to tell which is the right one.
Thanks - Worked a treat !
thanks man! Great tutorial. I faced an issue with Raspberry Pi Imager: I got always an error while writing image, so I tried with balenaetcher - failed again - and I came back to Raspberry Pi Imager and I finally got it working! :-) hope this can help
Thanks for the video. I managed to put all togetherr, except one thing: the energy tab; it doesnt show the history I had. Shouldn't be included on the snapshot?
I'm not sure sorry I've never noticed that before
Hi there, I have a question, maybe two. I have set up my Pi to boot from SSD. Is the Home Assistant file in your tutorial a new full OS for the Pi? My SSD on the Pi is not recognized in my PC or Mac when plugged in there, but works fine in Pi. Can I transfer the new Home Assistant files to the SSD by SD card in the Pi and boot from there?
I’ve been waiting for this video
Hope it's useful!
@@EverythingSmartHome when opening my HA app it just displays white.. does that mean my SD card went out?
If I do a migration like this, will the backup/snapshot also restore the config for my Z-wave and Zigbee sticks from the HomeAssistant OS? I want to make sure I don't lose those as they were a bit of a pain to configure the first time.
I'm a total beginner, so sorry if this is a stupid question. I saw a couple of videos about booting from a ssd with HA, but they use a different method. They update the Pi and Eeprom first. Isn't this necessary with your method? And if I'm using your method, do I need to update the Pi itself and Eeorom every now and then? Many thanks for the great video btw. And I have to say that I really enjoy your channel.
Hey Wendell, not a stupid question at all! The bit where we flash the SD card will also update the firmware in order to allow booting from USB. Hope that helps!
Thank you, appreciate the kind words and glad you enjoy the videos!
Everything up and running in 30 minutes!!! You're the best.
Awesome!!
I have a question. Which installation method do you recommend the most? On a server using virtual machine software (like virtual box) vs. on a RPI with SSD? Thanks!
Hey Kevin, I've made 2 relevant videos recently on this that will answer your question, check out the 6 hardware recommendations for Home Assistant video!
@@EverythingSmartHome Thanks for your super faaaast response!!! I will check it out now!
I installed it on SSD, but it wouldn't start without a microSD card. Most of the time, when I restarted, the system would not boot. I finally got it done, thank you very much.🙏
Could you provide which solution you used please ?
Did you guys do the step he mentioned about running USB boot firmware?
Someone else in the comments mentioned their USB to ssd cable didn't work and they tried another one and it worked
Make sure that you have a Log2ram functionality to make the sdcard last long(er)
Finally getting around to migrating. Looks like HA site now recommends using Balena Etcher and entering the URL they provide. The RPi Imager wants to install an old version 6.2 and the HA link is for 6.6 (32 or 64 bit, rp3 or rp4). I know there shouldn't be any performance differences for the 2 or 4 GB RP with the 64bit OS, but maybe worthwhile for future hardware upgrade?
Either or works, it's simple to update after anyways!
thanks for this, followed the directions and worked well! seems more zippy too!
thanks you for your video (help). Now my HA's running on a wonderful nvme ssd
I ordered the Argon case and an m.2 SSD, but forgot the usb cable. I’m now trying to figure out if I could use the Pi with something like Raspbian to write HA to the SSD.
Great job man, excellent, congratulations!
Thanks buddy!
Hi there. Got a while ago the Raspberry Pi 5 but at the time the Home Assistant OS wasn't yet ready for this hardware. Nowadays it seams as if it is all good to go but I'm lazy :-) Got Hass OS installed on a Raspberry Pi 4 today and it is running from a SSD. How do I migrate to the fresh Raspberry Pi5 the easiest way ? Is is only a question of prepairing the Pi5 to run from SSD and then plug-and play so to say, move the SSD to the new Pi5 and it should work ?
Hello thank you so much for the video.
Would you also be so kind to explain or even better, create a video explaining, how we can use an SSD with ext4 (or NTFS) file format to boot and install OS on?
As far as I know the imager currently converts the main boot partition to FAT32. Is there a way to flash OS drives with in Raspberry Pi OS with and option to select file format?
I really would like to set my "first" pi on an SSD which is using ext4 (or NTFS or at least ExFat at the very least). I would like to install the OS on an ext4 drive and boot from it for the most resilient setup, before I even delve into the Pi world wormhole.
Would really appreciate any comment, help or guidance from you.
Regarding the part you explain about connecting to Wifi. From your explanation I understand it first need to boot from the SSD and then the Wifi details can be added as you explained.
I would like to ask/confirm if HA fully boots from SSD without internet access first?
Yep it will work fine and will start downloading when internet becomes available
@@EverythingSmartHome Ok thanks. I am going to give it a go on Thursday when my new RPI4 will be there. Fingers crossed as I have been having issues recently with an old PI that I couldn't get to boot anymore for some reason unfortunately.
@@EverythingSmartHome All worked out and back up and running with an SSD install now. Thanks for the clear guide.
Wonderful tutor for migration, i have one question, can it also be used for a migration from pi 3 to pi 4 (snapshot made on a pi3) and used to install everything on the pi 4? Thx ludo
Sure can!
@@EverythingSmartHome thx
Great tute!! Is it possible to use the Argon's M.2 Expansion Board as a M.2 USB adapter, so I don't need to get a separate M.2 USB adapter just to install the OS?
Thanks! It should be possible yes!
@@EverythingSmartHome thanks! And do you know if it's possible to access "SD card copier" on the pi itself, or is there not enough of Raspbian running in a hassio installation?
Hi Lewis - it would be great to see an update for the Pi 5 😊
Same process
Great video....bt I am facing an issue installing home assistant on my 256 SSD... It fails to install home assistant....I have using RASPBERRY PI IMEGER nd Balena Etcher.... But with No success
Hi there. Very nice tutorial! Do you know how to activate fan feature of the Argon One while running HA (installed from HA OS)?
Finally found the solution. For those who are interested: community.home-assistant.io/t/argon-one-active-cooling-addon/262598
Hi, I am trying to migrate from sd card to ssd argon case rpi4. So afrer pressing restore button I lost connection and after 4h HA is still not available. Is that normal? Backup file 1.2GB.
Looking to start fresh, ordered new 8gb ram pi 4 and the argon case. Going to get a 128gb m.2 NVMe SSD for it and it's to be used as a home assistant hub. I can to this all fresh right? Without installing from the SD first?
Hi you,
Thank you so much for clear, precise and structure tutorials. I watched many of them, but for clarity, I’m always returning to you. I’ll stop cheating and stay here :-)
I did many installations oh HA but there is one thing I can’t understand, they are multimedia output such as Spotify, for instance. I just can’t make it to work and I can’t recall if you made one on it, I think it would helpful (for me) :-)
Have a great day
Hi. Sorry my bad english hearing. Did you say I would or I wouldn't go for known brands as Samsung, Kingston etc what comes to ssd? =)
What about when you've got a working home assistant running off SD and you want to migrate that to an SSD that you've already installed in a RPI case?
again, thanks for your channel :)
can you maybe explain how to add a internal hdd (proxmox).... i am running out of space :/ today my HA reached limit and does weird stuff... but i cant find a tuturial how to add a second hdd... i would prefer use the os on my ssd and use a hdd fpr data (frigate and influxdb) is this possible?
Hi- Love your channel! Thank you! I have tried to install my new Kingston 120GB SSD with Sabrent USB 3.0 adapter to my RPi 4 4GB, but so far no success. Seems like the SSD and microSD both image properly using the RPi imager. But I have no luck getting the RPi to show up on my network with the SSD (or with bootloader microSD). So I am guessing it is not booting up? Everything works fine with my old microSD - so I am back to that for now... @Everything Smart Home any advice? THANKS!
Thanks! Jump in the discord I'm sure we can sort you out
Did you ever find a solution? I am having the dsame issue.
Excellent video. Saved my day. Thanks
Glad it was useful!
I'm not sure if I should get a Raspberry Pi 4 or try and wake up an old laptop. Now I'm running HA on my main computer in a VirtualBox, but I want my computer free from 24/7 stuff. I'm installing a Unify network so I will be able to power the Pi 4 with my switch over PoE so it should be a clean installation with an Argon sitting nicely on the wall beside the router and downstairs switch. Ahh, being a geek sure creates some hard decision-making normal people don't have to experience😂
Thank you! This was a great walk through.
Glad it was useful 🙏
Thanks for the great video, would that work to migrate from my HA installation on my synology to a rasp pi4? do a backup, get HA running on the pi and do a restore? my only concern is my usb stick for zigbee/zwave antenna.. . thanks again
Thanks! Sure it would be the same proceedure. It's hard to say with the ZigBee and z-wave stuff, the only thing you can do is try unfortunately
@@EverythingSmartHome thanks It worked! Now just a little problem with duckdns… thanks again
@@ellasso13 were you able to sort out duckdns?
Nope, never got it to work again :( finally went with casa and the 5$#month.. it’s been very reliable!
I’m a big fan from egypt. I need your opinion. I would like to install home assistant in docker and I’m using argon one m.2 with Samsung 1tb on raspberry pi 4 4gb also to install kodi. Is it stable and recommend ?
do you need to do anything to configure the fan on the Argon one or does it works straight out of the box?
I followed you clear advice and got a kinston 120gb ssd , cable and case from amazon. I'm using a Pi4 with Imager to set up the Ssd with Home Assistant - its solar taken 30 mins to get to 33%. Is this fast?
Hello, are you using the Pi to flash the SSD? You aren't using another computer? If so then possibly, I never tried to flash using a Pi. Do you have it plugged into a USB 3.0 port? Mine took about 2-3 minutes but I do have very fast internet
@@EverythingSmartHome changed from using the case supplied to using just the cable with interface. All completed in a couple of minutes. I’ve fibre running at 500mbs so it certainly wasn’t anything to do with my net access. Thanks for your concern, also I’ve learnt a lot from watching your TH-cam videos:-)
Glad you got it working! And thanks, Appreciate it!
@@EverythingSmartHome Despite taking a snapshot or two, none of them seem to want to install and I'm having to reimage the ssd :-(
Hop in the discord if your stuck sure someone can help you!
How much storage do you think is good for frigate?
Thanks from germany for your great videos on homeassistant. Isn' t it possible to store an image of the SD card and write that image on the SSD?
Thanks! You could but it's a bit overkill