ROCK installation failure on ASUS NUC14pro with no continuation after USB to SSD write (ref#132GNX)

[Bo_Eriksson]

Hi! What’s not quite right with Roon?

· None of the above quite fits

None of the above quite fits

· None of these quite match

Tell us what's going on

· I fail to install ROCK on an ASUS NUC14pro. Tried every BIOS setting, It just wont do anything but write from USB to M.2 SSD. Never continue after that. I got this NUC specifically and only for ROCK since ARC does not work on Windows anymore.

Tell us about your home network

· Router is a Netgear Nighthawk X6R8000 complex Internal Gigabit network. Gigabit Fiber connection to internet.

[mjw (See you in the major leagues, Jack.)]

@Bo_Eriksson, the ASUS NUC 14 Pro isn’t officially supported by Roon, so l have moved your post to Tinkering where the community may assist.

Roon Optimized Core Kit

Searching the Internet suggests that it is difficult, but possible to install Roon OS on this model.

The following thread may be helpful.

NUC14 ROCK support

I was overly optimistic and assumed ROCK will support the new NUC I just purchased during the Black Friday / Black November campaign : ASUS NUC 14 Pro+ NUC14RVSU5000R2. Now I know I made a mistake and learnt the hard way that NUCs are supported until version 13 and there is no trick or workaround to get ROCK installed on 14 yet. Patience is my only hope which will heal my soul So my only question is when can I / we expect NUC 14s to get ROCK support ?

[Bo_Eriksson]

So I realized that nuc14pro is way to new for ROCK, but I have it, so I put [Proxmox] on the NUC and then made a container with suitable hardware support onto which I installed the latest Roon server for Linux. The result is a very lightweight roon server completely headless and reboot on powerloss safe. It was not super easy, it took several days of tinkering. But I think this was an excellent solution.

[mjw (See you in the major leagues, Jack.)]

I’m pleased to hear you’re up and running. I assume you mean Proxmox? Anyway that’s one way to go, and I certainly recommend using a container.

My prefered route for a NUC is a minimal installation of Ubuntu Server with SSH, Podman and Cockpit. Up and running in around twenty minutes.

[Bo_Eriksson]

Yes I meant Proxmox. I have no Idea why it came out that way in my comment. I won’t edit it post. I need to learn to live with my brain disability when it comes to visual letter separation. I am relearning.

I sometimes forget to re-read what I wrote before hitting send/reply even though I know my problem,

Anyway, I am actually amazed about the servers snappiness and respons after install, especially in the ARC department.

[mjw (See you in the major leagues, Jack.)]

I’ve amended your post. Yes, running on Linux is very efficient, and containers are perfect for Roon. I’m very happy that these are now officially supported.

If you want to tinker, you may want to take a look at Glances/Grafana.

Monitoring containers using Glances and Grafana

I’ve had a quick play and spun up containers for Glances, InfluxDB, and Grafana, which are all running. But, getting communication with InfluxDB working is proving a challenge – getting unauthorized message. Any tips? PS. If this gets a little off-topic, I’ll create a linked topic for setting up the containers.