Home Assistant Setup That Even Your Nan Could Follow
Think Home Assistant is only for coders and server nerds? Think again. In this video, I take a regular old PC and transform it into a smarthome powerhouse—without using Docker, VMs, or even advanced brain cells. Just me, a BIOS menu, and a dream. (SmartHomeTech from Bare Metal)
💡 What You’ll See:
Hardware prep for bare-metal glory
Step-by-step Home Assistant OS install
BIOS tweaks that don’t involve fear or fire
A walkthrough that even your nan could follow (maybe)
Zero fluff, plenty of tech, served with snark
Command and other things you will need
sudo dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sda bs=1M status=progress
https://www.onporpoise.co.uk/new-rec/
👀 Watch next: Beginning Home Assistant Playlist — • Installing MQTT in home assistant - This i...
You'll never have a successful relationship with a woman if you can't tell the difference between a smile and a warning.
💬 Chat with me — https://www.onporpoise.co.uk/recommen...
📸 Instagram — / wrongwordsonporpoise
🗨️ Facebook Group — / 1478616899489122
🐦 Twitter (X) — https://x.com/WWOnPorpoise
📱 TikTok — https://www.tiktok.com/@wrong.words.o...
❤️ Patreon — / usingthewrongwordsonporpoise
🧠 Every time someone calls me fat I get so depress I cut myself... a piece of cake
#HomeAssistant #BareMetalBuild #SmartHomeTech #AutomationDIY #HomeAssistantTutorial #WrongWordsOnPorpoise #IQTestNegative #installation #install #home assistant #bare-metal #smarthome
Chapters
00:00:00 Intro - What You need
00:01:43 Credits
00:02:01 Backing up Home Assistant and the encryption key
00:05:32 Boot from USB key
00:07:35 Start the HA install
00:09:02 Get the Home Assistant image
00:10:18 Check the disk, and in my case, wipe
00:14:58 Install the Home Assistant Image
00:16:39 Home Assistant starting up
00:18:22 Home Assistant First Boot and uploading Backup
00:20:20 The worst acting you will ever see