Here is my way to get it to work on an Fujitsu Esprimo P920 with 12GB ram
1.) Download QNAP-BOOT-EN-v1.00.img.zip from
https://mega.nz/folder/LJ4wyaDY#MxOC2UgNqC-Y6gQXu-IUFA
2.) I use HDDRawCopyPortable to beam it onto an USB Stick or a small SSD
3.) Place the ssd with the image on SATA Port 5
4.) and 2x 2,5" HDD on port 0 and 1
5.) in the BIOS I switch the sata ports all to hotswap
6.) Boot into the qnap menu while pressing the arrow key "down" to access the correct menuentry for modifying my qnap image
7.) I checked different QNAP Systems for INTEL and they all worked for me. Actually I use these 2
8.) Model Info
8.1) TS-X85
MODEL_TYPE="QY380_QY390_10_11"
#PATCHED_FIRMWARE="TS-X85_20200529-4.4.2.1320"
#PATCHED_FIRMWARE="TS-X85_20210923-4.5.4.1800"
#PATCHED_FIRMWARE="TS-X85_20211029-5.0.0.1837"
PATCHED_FIRMWARE="TS-X85_20211114-5.0.0.1853"
DOWNLOAD_URL="https://eu1.qnap.com/Storage/TS-X85/"
8.2) TS-X72 TVS-872X
MODEL_TYPE="Q0121_Q0160_17_10"
#PATCHED_FIRMWARE="TS-X72_20211029-5.0.0.1837"
PATCHED_FIRMWARE="TS-X72_20211114-5.0.0.1853"
DOWNLOAD_URL="https://eu1.qnap.com/Storage/TS-X72/"
9.) modifying the file my_create_qnap_boot with these infos
10.) sudo ./my_create_qnap_boot
11.) sudo reboot and thats it!
12.) now you can login to the qnap system with your webbrowser and setup the machine.
I'm also still failing on vmware workstation and ESXi, but as soon as I am successful, I will post that here
If there is a new firmware version for your qnap, you only have to reboot into the QNAP Install menu, and enter the info from point 8. to 11. again with the newer firmware info and thats it again!
Hope this helps
model.conf
my_create_qnap_boot