indyslim Posted June 21, 2020 Share #1 Posted June 21, 2020 (edited) Hello noob here, I read through a lot of the posts and it looks like the J4105 board is mentioned a lot as having no issues with installing and running DSM. However, I am stuck and have no clue how to proceed. System Details: MB: ASRock J4105 RAM: 1x16GB stick HDD: Seagate 2x2TB. Loader: 1.04b (no extras) DSM - 6.2.3 (25426) for 918+ I am able to boot into the boot loader and I can see the machine using Synology Assistant. Further I am able to install DSM to completion until it triggers the reboot. However, when I remove the install USB stick and reboot the machine now goes into the ASRock UEFI BIOS and can't exit since it can't find a boot device. The Hard Drives are listed in the SATA list, but don't show up in the boot options. Tried moving around the drives to different SATA ports, re-installing/migrating DSM - nothing has helped. On a side note - I was able to install FreeNAS and boot up from the same setup, so I do not think it is a hardware failure. Is there something I am completely missing? Any help would be appreciated. thank you. Edited June 21, 2020 by indyslim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jseinfeld Posted June 21, 2020 Share #2 Posted June 21, 2020 I think you'd need these extra files - 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
indyslim Posted June 21, 2020 Author Share #3 Posted June 21, 2020 Just now, Jseinfeld said: I think you'd need these extra files - Thank you for your pointer. I will try that. I thought these files were for encoding/decoding video so I did not pay much attention. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
indyslim Posted June 21, 2020 Author Share #4 Posted June 21, 2020 Thank you, Thank you. Yes, that was all it took - the modules from IG-88. I'm in business !!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyride Posted June 21, 2020 Share #5 Posted June 21, 2020 (edited) 4 hours ago, indyslim said: However, when I remove the install USB stick and reboot the machine now goes into the ASRock UEFI BIOS Driver extensions not required for J4105 (EDIT: possibly for transcoding but not for basic functionality). USB stick is not for installation. It IS the boot device. It has to stay in. Edited June 21, 2020 by flyride 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DerMoeJoe Posted June 21, 2020 Share #6 Posted June 21, 2020 The Boot Stick must be placed on the Board.The Boot Stick is Not o ly for the install of xpenology.Its also the Boot Stick for the Software! Gesendet von meinem Mi A3 mit Tapatalk 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
indyslim Posted June 21, 2020 Author Share #7 Posted June 21, 2020 Thank you for the clarification. I assumed this was similar to FreeNAS and you could remove the USB once the install is done. My bad - not reading carefully enough. So, does the USB flash drive have to stay on the NAS for ever? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DerMoeJoe Posted June 21, 2020 Share #8 Posted June 21, 2020 yes, the stick must stay in the NAS... so u can use any old 256mb usb stick for the loader... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
indyslim Posted June 21, 2020 Author Share #9 Posted June 21, 2020 Thank you.This is critical info. Then it is good to have a back up of my stick so that if this drive fails, I can replace and bring the NAS online quickly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyride Posted June 21, 2020 Share #10 Posted June 21, 2020 The backup is the image you used to build the stick. You can replace/overwrite the stick with that image anytime and the system will boot right up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
indyslim Posted June 22, 2020 Author Share #11 Posted June 22, 2020 If I understood the process correctly, going back to the original image would mean that I have to install DSM/migrate the install. It is not a drop-in transparent back-up. If that is correct, can I shut down my NAS, pull out the boot USB drive and make a couple of clones so that I can plug in and pretend like nothing happened if current stick fails for whatever reason? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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