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oak vigil Apr 6, 2025, 6:33 PM

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I currently have a RPI 4 32 bit.

ESP seems to have an upgrade now that requires a 64 bit architecture.

I have a Synology device that has x86_64. Should I consider migrating HA to my synology, Buy a new RPI or something else?

Should I worry about upgrading at all? I just started giving into ESP and I plan to do more with it but what I have so far is pretty basic.

Thoughts?

warm garnet Apr 6, 2025, 6:34 PM

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the rpi4 supports 64 bit. you should be able to switch over to a 64bit setup

oak vigil Apr 6, 2025, 6:34 PM

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More thoughts, I have ran HA in a VM before and there was some annoyances with it. the rpi has been super solid.

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@warm garnet is this a reinstall?

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brisk tendon Apr 6, 2025, 6:37 PM

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What annoyances? I consider it the best way to run things.

warm garnet Apr 6, 2025, 6:37 PM

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oak vigil <@354452014068924428> is this a reinstall?

yeah will have to reinstall to 64bit os

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a VM is good but i would only recommend doing it with a proper hypervisor though

oak vigil Apr 6, 2025, 6:38 PM

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brisk tendon What annoyances? I consider it the best way to run things.

I ran into some usb forwarding issues for a zwave dongle (this was ~ 6 years ago) and I also had some issues with my host as it was running a PFSense VM / Blue Iris VM as well

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@warm garnet Yeah I was just using virtual box headless and not esx or anything

warm garnet Apr 6, 2025, 6:38 PM

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proxmox is what i would recomend

oak vigil Apr 6, 2025, 6:40 PM

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when I run uname -m it says armv71 which I thought would not work?

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for 64 bit

warm garnet Apr 6, 2025, 6:42 PM

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the rpi4 is definetly 64bit. it may show strange things if your using 32bit version of os though

brisk tendon Apr 6, 2025, 6:42 PM

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Not sure if cat /proc/cpuinfo is useful here.

oak vigil Apr 6, 2025, 6:44 PM

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warm garnet Apr 6, 2025, 6:45 PM

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yeah it must just show up as arm7 if your using it in 32bit "mode"

brisk tendon Apr 6, 2025, 6:45 PM

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Quad-core Cortex-A72 (ARM v8) 64-bit SoC @ 1.5 GHz.
https://www.raspberrypi.com/documentation/computers/processors.html#bcm2711

oak vigil Apr 6, 2025, 6:46 PM

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ah

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ok

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let me try a reinstall, do you know if I can restore my config if I do that?

warm garnet Apr 6, 2025, 6:46 PM

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I would suggest making a backup of your HA install.
reimage your system with fresh haos 64 bit and restore

oak vigil Apr 6, 2025, 6:47 PM

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okay

warm garnet Apr 6, 2025, 6:47 PM

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yup the backup system saves all your config and history independant of install type

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long term i do recomend moving away from a rpi though. mini pc has alot of benifits. my thoughts on hardware are HERE. but definetly after reimaging and restoring you should be fine and esphome will work just fine

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