wow, sorry for the late reply, I've been on recently.
something simple to keep in mind with XPEnology.
most of the boot loaders we use here are for version specific, sometimes you might get lucky, and you can upgrade to another patch without problem, but as you have found out, sometimes it simply can not be done to preserve compatibility.
if your system is new enough, you might want to consider running XPEnoboot 5.2-5967.1
the 32bit is really meant for old machines that will not run any 64bit version, and as such it has long been ... "forgotten" per say, don't expect any updates to work asides the listed version supported.
It's good enough to make good use of old machines that are still more than capable of being a good file server for home use, or small business use (not for important files)
Thanks for your update. I will give up on the Thecus N5200's and re-use the disks in a new dual 64-bit setup (I really want to test/use the HA solution DSM offers to see if this surpasses the folder sync solution I'm currently using)
I really appreciate people such as yourself who take the time and effort to "educate" us noobs! Thank you AllGamer!
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