[Format 35 error in VMWare]

Try 20Gb. If you are short of real disk space and you keep the option not to allocate the disk space "now" then it will only allocate enough for the install.

I tend to create the disk as a single file - but I have no idea whether that makes any difference.

 

Did the 20 gigs and it worked! Thanks!

 

The GUI that Synology uses is pretty damn slick. BUT, spending $600 on the 5 bay DS1515 I was looking at is insane. XPEnology for me!!!!

[Format 35 error in VMWare]

increasing the disk size should help as billat29 says. Make it double or more allocated VRAM at least

 

Hmmmm, when creating the virtual disks, I did NOT pick the option to 'allocate the drive space now' (or whatever that option is called). Think that is what tripped me up?

[Format 35 error in VMWare]

I did have that problem once and it was because the virtual disks I was trying to install DSM on were too small.

What size have you used?

 

Tried a size of 1 gig then 2 ......same error.

[Format 35 error in VMWare]

Trying to get XPEnology up and running in VMWare 12 (just to test out and play around with) but no matter what type of virtual drive(s) I create in VMWare (IDE, SCSI, SATA).... I keep getting an "error 35, can't format disks" message when I select the PAT file in the assistant.

 

Any ideas?

 

PS The links to the Synology Assistant appears to be broken on all the xpenology.* sites. I had to grab the SA from Synology's web site. And since I'm a n00b and all, it's quite possible I'm doing something really dumb over here.

[Safe to try without harming my disks?]

I have an ASRock H97 Pro4 motherboard with an i5 4690K cpu stuffed with some hard drives. Was thinking about getting a Synology but the price for the enclosure is insane which lead me to XPEnology. Is it possible for me to put XPEnology on a USB drive and just make sure it works with my motherboard without harming my existing RAID 1 arrays on my motherboard. (Sort of like just taking it out for a test drive? Or should I disconnect my SATA drives first?)

 

Also, is the Plex Media Server free with XPEnology? How are Plex Media Server updates handled regarding XPEnology? Can I update as soon as PMS has a new version out in the Synology app store or must I wait for somebody to convert updates into a XPEnology package?