Installation Won’t Start on Pi 4

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I successfully set up one Raspberry Pi and wanted to set up a second one. I’ve installed the OS several times and even tried a different SD card, but the installation just won’t start — nothing happens.

admin@X:~ $ bash <(curl -sL https://install-anthias.srly.io)

admin@X:~ $ cat /etc/os-release

PRETTY_NAME=“Debian GNU/Linux 12 (bookworm)”

NAME=“Debian GNU/Linux”

VERSION_ID=“12”

VERSION=“12 (bookworm)”

VERSION_CODENAME=bookworm

ID=debian

HOME_URL=“https://www.debian.org/”

SUPPORT_URL=" Debian -- User Support "

BUG_REPORT_URL=“https://bugs.debian.org/”

admin@X:~ $ cat /proc/cpuinfo | grep Model

Model : Raspberry Pi 4 Model B Rev 1.5

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The installation was successfully completed using the images from the releases.

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@Lump1k, I tried to run the installation script on my Pi 4 running Raspberry Pi OS Lite (Bookworm) and I didn’t have an issue where the installation won’t start.

Have you reached this part of the installation?

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You’ve mentioned that nothing happened. Does it mean that it didn’t have any console output?

I’m glad that you have it working via the release images. If you’d like to have more control, you can go back to trying to install it using the script.

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Unfortunately, I can’t get any further.
I connect via SSH, and after I enter the installation path, nothing happens.

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After a while, the prompt just reappears.

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I’ve set up several Raspberry Pis this way before, and it always worked. Maybe this device is faulty.

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@Lump1k, thanks for confirming that. It really is not generating outputs.

You can download the install script by running:

curl -sL https://install-anthias.srly.io > install_anthias.sh

After downloading, edit install_anthias.sh with the editor of your choice (e.g., nano or vim).

You’ll see set -euo pipefail. Change that line to set -euox pipefail. Adding -x increases the verbosity of the script’s output. Let’s see if we can get something from it.

Thanks.

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I found the problem: The internet access for this Raspberry Pi had been blocked by the firewall. After re-enabling it, I started receiving output again.

:man_facepalming:

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Glad you figured it out @Lump1k. Yes, it’s important that you modify your firewall settings before you proceed.