I just bought RPi5 with an SD card and took for granted that I would be able to install HAOS onto the SD card with a USB-stick loaded/formatted with HAOS on it. I did not purchase a SD card reader.
Do I really need a SD card reader for this?
#Installing RPi5 with USB flash drive?
quick sparrow
signal kite
I just bought RPi5 with an SD card and took for granted that I would be able to ...
the rpi5 can boot from usb so you could probably boot rpi-os from usb stick then insert and flash thee sd card with haos from there...
but something to note: for initial testing and stuff its fine but you should not plan to use a SD card for home assistant long term.
fallen matrix
You should you not use a SD card for long term?
quick sparrow
Ok I see, that might work.
I was under the impression that SD card is recommended for long term. Are you saying it's the other way around and I'm better off with booting from USB?
signal kite
Ok I see, that might work.
I was under the impression that SD card is recommend...
getting an SSD hat for the rpi and using a nvme drive is the best option but ssd connected via usb is also fairly common.
sd cards are slow and ware out and die pretty quickly when used for the kind of database storage that HA uses.
in general I don't recommend a rpi at all these days, because once you get the rpi/case/psu/ssd-hat/ssd there are better options.
I have some notes on the subject HERE
tawdry hearth
signal kite
but this said, if you already have the rpi then making use of it can make sense. sometimes the best hardware is the hardware you already have.
fallen matrix
Thank you
quick sparrow
Thanks for the replies