I have an MBOX model super Z that has a Amlogic 912 chipset, 3G ram, and 32 G of ROM. I have a msd card that is 256 GB to use with it. The box has HDMI, 4 USB, LAN, WiFi. Its OS is Android 7. I am praying I can repurpose this box to run Home Assistant so I can use my Insteon 2245-222 hub, now that it is useless without the servers. Any installation advise would be appreciated. I can only assume that following the ODroid route would be the correct way, but since this is not an ODroid I don't know what pitfalls or extra steps I have to take to make this box run HA. Please help.
#Installation of HA onto Android TV Box Question
pulsar nexus
modern lance
The only way it'll work is if you can either get HAOS on it (seems unlikely), or flash Linux to it (with it able to run Docker)
pulsar nexus
I have been able to load Umbuntu on it and was hoping maybe I could load HA on it
modern lance
HA with add-ons, no
HA in Docker (aka Container) ... maybe
HA as Core (in a Python venv) ... yes
pulsar nexus
I have limited Linux experience, it has been years since I played with it. The only reason I am here at all is out of desperation due to Insteon bailing on its customers. I have a lot of items running, or used to be running in my house. My hope is to get HA working somehow on anything so I can have functionality of the items I have lost. The "kodi" TV box I mentioned looked to have a lot of the same spec.'s as the boards stated on here. So, do I load "docker" onto the SD card and then load it into the TV box? Then do the same for the HA OS?
modern lance
HAOS is a case of flashing an image to the box... it replaces the OS
The odds of that working are low
modern lance
Hell no
Supervised is only an option on Debian anyway
It's also a trap
(for Docker and Linux experts)
pulsar nexus
ok
modern lance
You need to find out if:
- Docker can be installed
- It uses the same CPU architecture as existing HA Docker images
If not then a Python venv, and lots of Linux learning, is the only option... though a better one is likely to be to buy something that can run HAOS
pulsar nexus
I have seen the Amlogic 912 chipset mentioned a lot, so I figured the architecture would be similar, if not the same. If you had to load the docker to the box how would you go about it?
modern lance
Well, the starting point would be the Docker documentation
Do also give thought to how you're going to back this up
pulsar nexus
damm, this sucks...LOL Would it make sense to load Python onto the box and run HA native?
I was thinking I might be able to VM an platform on the box that would be friendly to HA
modern lance
HA native would be Core, which is fine, but you're going to have to learn how to build Python from source - it's not hard though