#Installing Home Assistant on Old Laptop

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robust falcon
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Is there any way to install HASS OS without using VMs, docker and such on an old Laptop without UEFI boot?

mint sluice
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No. Everything but core uses docker in some way. Why are you against VMs and docker?

robust falcon
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i don't like them because I'd like to have a computer fully dedicated to Home Assistant instead of it having to run Debian and the VM

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I think it's more stable when it's fully dedicated to one thing only

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I might be wrong

mint sluice
robust falcon
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I'll let you know how it goes if you want

mint sluice
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Of course.

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The only way to have the OS without virtualization on non UEFi would be supervised but I don't recommend that. And as said, supervised, HAOS and docker are all based on docker containers.

robust falcon
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Docker also doesn't give me add-on access

mint sluice
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Addons are docker containers. You can just spin up your own ones.

robust falcon
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i like to install them directly from the hass interface

mint sluice
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Depends on the viewpoint. Addons tend to annoy me because they are very restrictive. They are easier to install and integrate, of course.

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But that's the fun. There's choice. What laptop model is it?

robust falcon
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it's a HP Compaq Presario CQ57

robust falcon
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my second HASS installation

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i’m gonna test it out and transfer it to where it belongs tomorrow

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and then imma get some sleep since it’s almost 3AM