[TinyCore RedPill Loader (TCRP)]

I just successfully installed 920+ 7.0.1 42218, but had to overcome several obstacles. I am recording a pared down version here, to maybe help others in the future.

 

First tried to install 918+ 7.0.1 ... but was unable due to "bad ports" (DUMMY sata ports). These ports occupy the first index, so they prevent a successful install, and ./rploader.sh satamap can't help here. (To determine that I run 'dmesg | grep -i dummy', and lspci -nnq)

 

So I moved onto 920+. I kept getting to somewhere between 55 and 65% when it would go to recovery loop. I checked the logs and found

cat /var/log/linux*

Failed to AssertFileKeyValueEqual
  value1: /etc.defaults/VERSION:smallfixnumber -> 3
  value2: /tmpRoot/.syno/patch/VERSION:smallfixnumber => 5

 

Then I read in somewhere on this forum that a person got passed this error by unplugging the Ethernet wire server during installation. The reason is because the server was trying to download an update during mid-install. So I waited until it reached 55% (ie I waited until just after it finished uploading the pat file), and then I unplugged the Ethernet wire. I waited a while, plugged the wire back in, and found that the installation proceeded to completion.

 

Hope this helps someone