libre-computer OS Tool (LOST) is a firmware designed to deploy operating system distributions quickly over the internet. Our newer boards have it built-in and it supports booting from all storage mediums (MicroSD, eMMC, USB, NVMe).
Boards with onboard LOST
AML-S805X-AC
ROC-RK3399-PC - cannot deploy yet
Boards without onboard LOST
ALL-H3-CC-H3
ALL-H3-CC-H5
AML-S905X-CC
ROC-RK3328-CC
These boards can still boot from non-native storage mediums by having a blank MicroSD or eMMC flashed with the bootloader. You can use the following tool to install board-specific bootloaders on a MicroSD card. Leave it plugged in your board and it will be able to boot from non=native storage mediums like USB.
Should USB boot work without any modifications to usb image? Iâve tried HA image for rasp and Proxmox7 but they wonât even try to boot. Error message âCannoât find valid erofs superblockâ
What board do you have? Raspberry Pi Raspbian images donât work without running libretech-raspbian-portability first on the Raspberry Pi. If youâre just finding random images off the internet that might not be Raspbian or based on an old version of NOOBS, it most likely wonât work.
I just bought the AML-S905X-CC for HomeAssistant. First problem was that, HA OS will not boot on this board. Is there any tricks to get HA OS to boot on Le Potato? This would solve all problems at once.
Other problems Iâve encountered:
-Iâve been debugging HA Supervised install now for 10 hours and I canât get it to work on âlibre-computer-aml-s905x-cc-debian-stretch-headless-mali-4.19.55â image (âPreparing Home Assistantâ gets stuck on â[supervisor.plugins.base] Watchdog found audio plugin failed, restartingâ and error [supervisor.utils.dbus] D-Bus method org.freedesktop.DBus.Properties.call_get_all not exists!".
-I also tried to install KVM and VirtualBox to run HA OS in VM. But CPU doesnât support KVM and atleast âubuntu-22.04.1-preinstalled-desktop-arm64+aml-s905x-ccâ image canât install VirtualBox.
The image you are using is obsolete and 3+ years old. It will be replaced soon. I recommend starting off with Ubuntu or Raspbian from our site. Thatâs why youâre probably spending a ton of time and not having anything work.
I also tried to install KVM and VirtualBox to run HA OS in VM. But CPU doesnât support KVM and atleast âubuntu-22.04.1-preinstalled-desktop-arm64+aml-s905x-ccâ image canât install VirtualBox.
HomeAssistant and Klipper are two OSes on our todo list. KVM should work on Ubuntu 22.04.1 and 20.04.5 images. If it doesnât work, send us the logs and we will fix it.
What is the timetable with that HA in your todo list? Weeks or months?
KVM did work on raspbian, but CPU does not support virtualization:
âegrep -c â(vmx|svm)â /proc/cpuinfoâ outputs â0â. Quoting: " As long as it doesnât return 0 , then youâre good" from HomeAssistant Community.
Next I will try to install Debian 11 with your instructions (Debian11/Debian12) and try HA supervised installation again (HA Supervised).
Depending on the complexity. We have a lot of engineering tasks mostly to support commercial customers. It could be weeks or months. Currently a lot of users have gotten those things to work by just following standard Ubuntu instructions.
vmx and svm are x86 virtualization flags. They do not apply to ARM devices. Our kernel has virtualization enabled.
Recommend trying with Ubuntu as Debian install is cumbersome right now. We will have Debian images released in weeks.
Thanks for the great guide! However, you should post this as a new thread title so that people can find it. eg. âHow to install HomeAssistant Supervised on USBâ