A couple of days ago I posted about trying to set up some Raspberry Pi computers for some home automation with Home Assistant.
I used me new micro SD card to boot up their system image. It is supposed to take some time to download the rest of the system an initialise itself, but two days later it seemed to be stuck. I did get a web page I could connect to saying it would take another 20 minutes, but it was just not happening.
I have tried resetting it a few times, but this is about as far as it gets. The actual last message can vary, but I cannot connect to the web page on my PC any more.
The Pi3 is connected to my network with a cable, so it cannot be a wifi issue. I have been looking at their forums, but it is hard to know exactly what to search for.
In theory this should just work, but when complex systems go wrong they can be hard to diagnose. I use Linux all the time at home, but do not usually have to delve into log files.
It is possible something on the card is corrupted, so I can try writing it yet again.
I have seen people on their forum say they gave up on the Pi and moved to a NUC (mini PC), but I think that was due to issues with the memory card filling up. That should not be the case with a fresh install.
I will have more of a play over the weekend. I know @bozz has also experienced some issues when he has tried this software this week. That makes me wonder if there is some general bug. I will have to ask around.
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