IMPORTANT NOTE: IF YOU HAVE OR BUY A 4 GB RAM ALLWINNER H6 TVBOX, REMEMBER, KERNEL WILL SEE ONLY 3 OF 4 GB OF RAM. REMENBER!!!
how to install HomeAssistant Supervised on Allwinner H6 TvBoxes
repeate, only Android TVBOXES with Allwinner H6 CPU are comatible with this system!
ok let's go!
you can:
-----> 1) compile theese sources from original armbian githib
or
-----> 2) download reasy2go system with Homeassistant Supervised installed. ( based on: Armbian 22.11.0-trunk Bullseye with Linux 5.15.69-sunxi64 )
1-) you need:
an HDMI LCD and an USB keyboard to 1st time configure system;
balenaetcher tool to flash system into a microSD
use the system (arbian.img file compiled)
flash microSD with balenaetcher, choose the .img file, and flash it
connect the TVBOX to a LAN CABLE...
insert microSD into Allwinner H6 CPU TVBOX and power on it... it boots on armbian...
configure system, set password for root user and new user (I suggest pi name!)
into shell type:
sudo armbian-config, menu 2; manage wifi and choice your own wifi (SSID), insert password and connect to it (and can also set static IP!)
winscp and putty to: configure all needed to install docker and homeassistant supervised as next explained
open winscp, new connection and inser tvbox ip, usenrname and password, connect
now open shell, putty, (2 pc icon on top/left of winscp window)
type:
sudo apt update
sudo apt upgrade
###this is permanent command
sudo echo -e "\noverlay\nnft_chain_nat\nnft_counter\nnft_compat\nnf_tables\n" >> /etc/modules-load.d/modules.conf
###this is temlorary command
sudo modprobe overlay && sudo modprobe nft_chain_nat && sudo modprobe nft_counter && sudo modprobe nft_compat && sudo modprobe nf_tables
from this link
https://github.com/home-assistant/supervised-installer
ans this one
https://github.com/home-assistant/os-agent/tree/main#using-home-assistant-supervised-on-debian
choice the .deb file for you archotecture (aarch64), so:
os-agent_1.3.0_linux_aarch64.deb
copy it using winscp into /tmp folder of your tvbox (from tab on left to the tab on right selectin the tmp folder before copy)
so into shell type:
wget https://github.com/home-assistant/os-agent/releases/download/1.3.0/os-agent_1.4.1_linux_aarch64.deb
sudo dpkg -i os-agent_1.4.1_linux_aarch64.deb
continue to follow also this guide:
https://github.com/home-assistant/supervised-installer
and in graphic window choice the target system to instll HA: raspberry4-64bit (is good even debian system is.....)
***if that window doesn't appear, use theese commands:
sudo apt --fix-missing update
sudo apt-get update --fix-missing
sudo apt-get install jq wget curl avahi-daemon udisks2 libglib2.0-bin network-manager dbus apparmor -y
sudo dpkg -i homeassistant-supervised.deb
now...
wait for 20/30 minutes and finally, connect to:
2-)
download ready2go system from releases in thi github
and you need also:
an HDMI LCD and an USB keyboard to 1st time configure system;
balenaetcher tool to flash system into a microSD
use the system (arbian.img.gz image)
flash microSD with balenaetcher, choose the .img.gz system file, and flash it
connect the TVBOX to a LAN CABLE...
insert microSD into Allwinner H6 CPU TVBOX and power on it... armbian starts...
into shell type:
sudo ifconfig so you can see the assigned IP.
now by winscp you can connect and have 2 user ready:
root (password: root)
pi (passwor pi)
new connection on winscp, insert tvbox ip
usenrame:pi; password:pi
open remote shell
and type:
sudo passwd root
(insert as asked pi password, so pi)
insert new root password twice,
repeat:
sudo passwd pi
insert new pi password twice
ok, you now changed default root and pi password, write them somewhere ro remember if needed
sudo armbian-config, menu 2; manage wifi and choice your own wifi (SSID), insert password and connect to it (and can also set static IP!)
if you have wrong feee space on microsd, by shell write:
sudo bash /etc/init.d/resize2fs start
sudo reboot
now...
write on shell:
sudo armbian-config,
menu 2; manage wifi and choice your own wifi (SSID), insert password and connect to it
sudo reboot, wait 20/30 minutes and then you go to:
http://TVBOX-IP:8123 and enjoy
to configure homeassistant.
in both 1 and 2, you can trasnfer system into internal EMMC, but if you overwrite internal emmc, you lost Android preinstalled system.
so cute:
sudo armbian-config
and menu 1, choice to write system into internal emmc, voice nr:2, wait 5 minutes and then shut down system, remove microsd
and power on tvbox, now it boots on internal emmc (some devices have NAND flash and not emmc, so, cannot boot from internal HHD, continue to use microsd to boot armbian)
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