Demote 17.x branches for rpi4

[Tom-Neverwinter]

Describe the issue you are experiencing

Rpi 4 builds are not stable and are not usable.

What operating system image do you use?

haos_rpi4-64-17.3.img.xz

What version of Home Assistant Operating System is installed?

17.3

Did the problem occur after upgrading the Operating System?

No

Hardware details

rpi 4. cant even complete installer.

Steps to reproduce the issue

1.burn image to flashdrive
2.begin install
3.make user
4. fail.
...

Anything in the Supervisor logs that might be useful for us?

never loads or completes user creation step

Anything in the Host logs that might be useful for us?

fails install

System information

fails install

Additional information

used multiple sdcards. wiped flashcard.

[Tom-Neverwinter]

[Tom-Neverwinter]

sudo apt update
sudo apt full-upgrade -y
sudo reboot

vcgencmd bootloader_version
sudo rpi-eeprom-update
rpi-eeprom-config | grep BOOT_ORDER

Debian GNU/Linux comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY, to the extent
permitted by applicable law.
Last login: Sat Jun 6 22:32:10 2026 from 2601:248:4981:7c40:61fe:515e:3c89:3a7d
user@rpi4-firmware:~ $ sudo apt update
[sudo] password for user:
Hit:1 http://deb.debian.org/debian trixie InRelease
Hit:2 http://deb.debian.org/debian trixie-updates InRelease
Hit:3 http://deb.debian.org/debian-security trixie-security InRelease
Hit:4 http://archive.raspberrypi.com/debian trixie InRelease
All packages are up to date.
user@rpi4-firmware:~ $ vcgencmd bootloader_version
sudo rpi-eeprom-update
rpi-eeprom-config | grep BOOT_ORDER
2026/01/09 16:12:13
version d76c460359ec31b2fadf3b48e44599673095326f (release)
timestamp 1767975133
update-time 1776730642
capabilities 0x0000007f

*** UPDATE AVAILABLE ***

Run "sudo rpi-eeprom-update -a" to install this update now.

To configure the bootloader update policy run "sudo raspi-config"

BOOTLOADER: update available
CURRENT: Fri 9 Jan 16:12:13 UTC 2026 (1767975133)
LATEST: Sun 17 May 19:13:18 UTC 2026 (1779045198)
RELEASE: default (/usr/lib/firmware/raspberrypi/bootloader-2711/default)
Use raspi-config to change the release.

VL805_FW: Dedicated VL805 EEPROM
VL805: up to date
CURRENT: 000138c0
LATEST: 000138c0
user@rpi4-firmware:~ $ sudo rpi-eeprom-update -a
*** PREPARING EEPROM UPDATES ***

BOOTLOADER: update available
CURRENT: Fri 9 Jan 16:12:13 UTC 2026 (1767975133)
LATEST: Sun 17 May 19:13:18 UTC 2026 (1779045198)
RELEASE: default (/usr/lib/firmware/raspberrypi/bootloader-2711/default)
Use raspi-config to change the release.

VL805_FW: Dedicated VL805 EEPROM
VL805: up to date
CURRENT: 000138c0
LATEST: 000138c0
CURRENT: Fri 9 Jan 16:12:13 UTC 2026 (1767975133)
UPDATE: Sun 17 May 19:13:18 UTC 2026 (1779045198)
BOOTFS: /boot/firmware
'/tmp/tmp.Or79K8JqCg' -> '/boot/firmware/pieeprom.upd'
Copying recovery.bin to /boot/firmware for EEPROM update

EEPROM updates pending. Please reboot to apply the update.
To cancel a pending update run "sudo rpi-eeprom-update -r".
user@rpi4-firmware:~ $ sudo rpi-eeprom-update -r
Removing temporary files from previous EEPROM update

sudo reboot

============================================================

user@rpi4-firmware:~ $ sudo rpi-eeprom-update
[sudo] password for user:
BOOTLOADER: up to date
CURRENT: Sun 17 May 19:13:18 UTC 2026 (1779045198)
LATEST: Sun 17 May 19:13:18 UTC 2026 (1779045198)
RELEASE: default (/usr/lib/firmware/raspberrypi/bootloader-2711/default)
Use raspi-config to change the release.

VL805_FW: Dedicated VL805 EEPROM
VL805: up to date
CURRENT: 000138c0
LATEST: 000138c0
user@rpi4-firmware:~ $

=============================================================

updating firmware did nothing