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hard stag May 13, 2025, 9:30 PM

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I'm trying to re-purpose a mini PC that has a Kingston mSATA 128GB SSD. I'm doing the generic X86-64 install process and I'm having issues with the file system mounting as read-only so docker never installs/runs cleanly hence I can't get HA installed. I know mSATA is not ideal but mSATA is the only option on this machine. Anyone have a recommendation for a brand/model of mSATA that is known to work?

little axle May 13, 2025, 10:03 PM

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I'd rather help you try to diagnose/fix the issue itself. Most of HAOS is read only by design. What is the issue exactly

hard stag May 13, 2025, 11:39 PM

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im not exactly sure where its failing. I do the ubuntu live boot and download the disk image and restore it to the ssd and reboot. After reboot I get to the "Waiting for the Home Assistant CLI to be ready..." and then nothing happens and the site never becomes available at http://<IP>:8123 When I open up another console and do a "ha info" it hangs and never comes back. I do a "ip a" and I have a valid IP and a "ping 8.8.8.8" works fine. When I do a "system status docker" I get a Dependency failed for Docker Application Container Engine

little axle May 13, 2025, 11:40 PM

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Check ha host logs and ha supervisor logs.

hard stag May 13, 2025, 11:41 PM

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all ha commands hang

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i suspect suppervisor is not running cause docker wont start

little axle May 14, 2025, 12:10 AM

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In that case enter login and check journalctl -fu docker.service and systemctl -fu hassos-supervisor.service and journalctl -fk.

hard stag May 14, 2025, 12:17 AM

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journalctl -fu docker.service ==== Dependency failed for Docker Application Container Engine

little axle May 14, 2025, 12:18 AM

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systemctl status docker.service and journalctl -ru docker service might reveal the issue. I probably need all the command outputs though.

hard stag May 14, 2025, 12:19 AM

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its tough cause i cant copy/paste since ssh isnt enabled...let me run the other commands

little axle May 14, 2025, 12:21 AM

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Pictures will have to suffice in this case. You can enable SSH but the system is probably too messed up for that. I also don't want to waste too much of your time.

hard stag May 14, 2025, 12:22 AM

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little axle May 14, 2025, 12:25 AM

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Can you scroll down a bit in the log with the arrow keys? There should be a cause somewhere before it repeats.

hard stag May 14, 2025, 12:25 AM

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let me look

little axle May 14, 2025, 12:31 AM

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I'm personally a big fan of running HAOS in a virtual machine. Much easier to recreate, backup and troubleshoot. I'd only buy a new SSD if you're sure the SSD is the culprit.

hard stag May 14, 2025, 12:31 AM

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i do a -b to see all logs from current boot but thats all the records i see

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yeah, I have a HA blue that ive had for years....runs fine but ive had a couple of cases of where its run out of memory and ive had to spend some time cleaning things up and removing some stuff ... i was hoping to get it one something with a little more head room

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my HA blue is currently running at 60% used memory and it soemtimes spikes to close to 90

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and ive had it crash a few times too

hard stag May 14, 2025, 12:56 AM

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maybe ill install proxmox on this mini PC fist then install HAOS in a virtual....hmm...

little axle May 14, 2025, 12:57 AM

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Worth a try but I'm very curious why it doesn't work bare-metal.

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