kazuni

That is the correct size. After all Synology requires a couple GBs of overheads for OS related settings and partitions.

I have the same machine. three things. 1) make sure your USB stick's VID and PID is correct 2) make sure your boot device is set to AHCI 3) use UEFI on 1.04, BIOS on 1.03a/b

Correct. 1.04b (which only works with 918+) works with UEFI and VMXNET3.

Please use this as the base settings. Items highlighted in red are important.

how many disk do you have?

No, only 1.03a which works with latest DSM with intel NICs

- Outcome of the installation: SUCCESSFUL   - DSM version prior update: None. This is a fresh install on 6.2.1 (23824) - Loader version and model: JUN'S LOADER v1.03b - DS3617xs - Using custom extra.lzma: NO - Installation type: BAREMETAL - QNAP TS-853A, 16GB RAM - Additional comments: All 4 NIC works OOTB - I used a proper set of SN/MAC, don't know if this affects the installation or not.

- Outcome of the installation: SUCCESSFUL  - DSM version prior update: None.. This is a fresh install on 6.2.1 (23824) - Loader version and model: JUN'S LOADER v1.03a - DS918+ - Using custom extra.lzma: NO - Installation type: VM - VMware ESXi 6.7u1 Oct 16 release on Optiplex 7020 (8 Core/8GB RAM) - Additional comments: Must use E1000E as NIC, VMXNET3 no longer works. Must use 50mb vmdk lead disk as SATA 0:0 Second and above vmdk must sit in SATA0:1~11 (12 disk config) I used a proper set of SN/MAC, don't know if this affects the installation or not.

I was lucky enough to find the package that Pigr in the forum posted actually would work fine out of the box with ESXi 6.7. I'd write up in more details tonight to give a step by step on the installation method.

Thank you so much Pigr, this is the only image that works on my ESXi 6.7, much appreciated!

Do you see the list of disk before pondering if the disk can be passed through or not? # ls -l /vmfs/devices/disks if they are visisble, all you need to do is make a virtual vmdk linked to the disks using vmkfstools -z

Sorry but just to update on the actual issue, I've successfully run DS916+ Loader on the hardware:

Agreed on using DS3615xs, as I am having similar issues on my TS-853A and ended up using said bootloader instead.

- Outcome of the update: SUCCESSFUL - DSM version prior update: DSM 6.1.7-15284 - Loader version and model: Jun's loader v1.02b - DS3615xs - Using custom extra.lzma: NO - Installation type: BAREMETAL - QNAP TS-853A /w 16GB LPDDR3 - Additional comments: REBOOT REQUIRED, no extra config needed.

- Outcome of the update: SUCCESSFUL - DSM version prior update: DSM 6.1.6-15266 Update 1 - Loader version and model: JUN'S LOADER v1.02b - DS3615xs - Using custom extra.lzma: No - Installation type: QNAP TS-853A 8 Disk /w Internal Apacer Boot Drive (no usb needed) - Additional comments: Updated through Control Panel, reboot required.