RedPill TinyCore Loader Installation Guide for DSM 7.1 BareMetal

Peter Suh · July 11, 2023

56 minutes ago, Joewydiart said:

Thy thanks for the clarification. When I run the command this is what I get:

it simply stays like this and do nothing.

I want to point out that my issue is when I am writing to the server that my speed is around 75 mbs:

But when I am sending a file from server to my PC the speed drastically change:

still 100 mbs short of what I normally get with a different OS, but definitely 100mbs above what I get when I am sending files to the NAS right now.

I am running Raid 5 on my nas. I dont know if that affect the speeds on my server or if its a configuration thing, or even something with the driver.

Regradrles of that I do appreciate you taking from your time to help me.

I wanted to try Xpenology because I though it was going to be a more pleasant experience than Truenas, oh boy this been a headache 😅

I should have explained exactly how to use iperf3 from the beginning, but I think it was not enough.
iperf3 needs to be run on both the server and the client.

On the server side, just listen with iperf3 -s
On the client side iperf3 -c 192.168.x.y

This is download link of iperf3 for windows.

https://iperf.fr/iperf-download.php#windows

to check the communication speed with the server.

The result will come out like below.

[Client]

(synogear) root@NVMe_DTC_TEST:~# iperf3 -c 192.168.0.3
Connecting to host 192.168.0.3, port 5201
[ 5 ] local 192.168.0.4 port 60368 connected to 192.168.0.3 port 5201
[ ID] Interval Transfer Bitrate Retr Cwnd
[ 5 ] 0.00-1.00 sec 1.16 GBytes 9.92 Gbits/sec 4 830 KBytes
[ 5 ] 1.00-2.00 sec 1.15 GBytes 9.90 Gbits/sec 0 830 KBytes
[ 5 ] 2.00-3.00 sec 1.15 GBytes 9.90 Gbits/sec 0 830 KBytes
[ 5 ] 3.00-4.00 sec 1.15 GBytes 9.90 Gbits/sec 0 830 KBytes
[ 5 ] 4.00-5.00 sec 1.15 GBytes 9.89 Gbits/sec 0 830 KBytes
[ 5] 5.00-6.00 sec 1.15 GBytes 9.90 Gbits/sec 0 830 KBytes
[ 5 ] 6.00-7.00 sec 1.15 GBytes 9.90 Gbits/sec 0 830 KBytes
[ 5] 7.00-8.00 sec 1.15 GBytes 9.90 Gbits/sec 0 830 KBytes
[ 5 ] 8.00-9.00 sec 1.15 GBytes 9.89 Gbits/sec 0 830 KBytes
[ 5] 9.00-10.00 sec 1.15 GBytes 9.90 Gbits/sec 0 830 KBytes
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
[ ID] Interval Transfer Bitrate Retr
[ 5] 0.00-10.00 sec 11.5 GBytes 9.90 Gbits/sec 4 sender
[ 5 ] 0.00-10.00 sec 11.5 GBytes 9.90 Gbits/sec receiver

iperf Done.
(synogear) root@NVMe_DTC_TEST:~#

[server]

(synogear) root@TENGB_TEST:/# iperf3 -s
-------------------------------------------------- ---------
Server listening on 5201 (test #1)
-------------------------------------------------- ---------
Accepted connection from 192.168.0.4, port 60366
[ 5 ] local 192.168.0.3 port 5201 connected to 192.168.0.4 port 60368
[ ID] Interval Transfer Bitrate
[ 5 ] 0.00-1.00 sec 1.15 GBytes 9.90 Gbits/sec
[ 5 ] 1.00-2.00 sec 1.15 GBytes 9.90 Gbits/sec
[ 5 ] 2.00-3.00 sec 1.15 GBytes 9.90 Gbits/sec
[ 5 ] 3.00-4.00 sec 1.15 GBytes 9.90 Gbits/sec
[ 5 ] 4.00-5.00 sec 1.15 GBytes 9.90 Gbits/sec
[ 5 ] 5.00-6.00 sec 1.15 GBytes 9.90 Gbits/sec
[ 5 ] 6.00-7.00 sec 1.15 GBytes 9.90 Gbits/sec
[ 5 ] 7.00-8.00 sec 1.15 GBytes 9.90 Gbits/sec
[ 5 ] 8.00-9.00 sec 1.15 GBytes 9.90 Gbits/sec
[ 5] 9.00-10.00 sec 1.15 GBytes 9.90 Gbits/sec
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
[ ID] Interval Transfer Bitrate
[ 5 ] 0.00-10.00 sec 11.5 GBytes 9.90 Gbits/sec receiver
-------------------------------------------------- ---------
Server listening on 5201 (test #2)
-------------------------------------------------- ---------

RAID on the NAS is helpful in increasing the SMB transfer speed.
Also, the fragmentation of the file to be transferred becomes a variable, and the location where the file is stored also becomes a variable.
So, there is another way to check the average number in the transmission rate measurement.
Mount one of the shared folders on the NAS as a network drive on your Windows PC
The speed measurement is performed with Crystal Disk Mark on this mounted drive letter.
It will probably periodically send file chunks of about 1G to measure the average speed.

Edited July 11, 2023 by Peter Suh

Joewydiart · July 11, 2023

1 hour ago, Peter Suh said:

I should have explained exactly how to use iperf3 from the beginning, but I think it was not enough.
iperf3 needs to be run on both the server and the client.

On the server side, just listen with iperf3 -s
On the client side iperf3 -c 192.168.x.y

This is download link of iperf3 for windows.

https://iperf.fr/iperf-download.php#windows

to check the communication speed with the server.

The result will come out like below.

[Client]

(synogear) root@NVMe_DTC_TEST:~# iperf3 -c 192.168.0.3
Connecting to host 192.168.0.3, port 5201
[ 5 ] local 192.168.0.4 port 60368 connected to 192.168.0.3 port 5201
[ ID] Interval Transfer Bitrate Retr Cwnd
[ 5 ] 0.00-1.00 sec 1.16 GBytes 9.92 Gbits/sec 4 830 KBytes
[ 5 ] 1.00-2.00 sec 1.15 GBytes 9.90 Gbits/sec 0 830 KBytes
[ 5 ] 2.00-3.00 sec 1.15 GBytes 9.90 Gbits/sec 0 830 KBytes
[ 5 ] 3.00-4.00 sec 1.15 GBytes 9.90 Gbits/sec 0 830 KBytes
[ 5 ] 4.00-5.00 sec 1.15 GBytes 9.89 Gbits/sec 0 830 KBytes
[ 5] 5.00-6.00 sec 1.15 GBytes 9.90 Gbits/sec 0 830 KBytes
[ 5 ] 6.00-7.00 sec 1.15 GBytes 9.90 Gbits/sec 0 830 KBytes
[ 5] 7.00-8.00 sec 1.15 GBytes 9.90 Gbits/sec 0 830 KBytes
[ 5 ] 8.00-9.00 sec 1.15 GBytes 9.89 Gbits/sec 0 830 KBytes
[ 5] 9.00-10.00 sec 1.15 GBytes 9.90 Gbits/sec 0 830 KBytes
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
[ ID] Interval Transfer Bitrate Retr
[ 5] 0.00-10.00 sec 11.5 GBytes 9.90 Gbits/sec 4 sender
[ 5 ] 0.00-10.00 sec 11.5 GBytes 9.90 Gbits/sec receiver

iperf Done.
(synogear) root@NVMe_DTC_TEST:~#

[server]

(synogear) root@TENGB_TEST:/# iperf3 -s
-------------------------------------------------- ---------
Server listening on 5201 (test #1)
-------------------------------------------------- ---------
Accepted connection from 192.168.0.4, port 60366
[ 5 ] local 192.168.0.3 port 5201 connected to 192.168.0.4 port 60368
[ ID] Interval Transfer Bitrate
[ 5 ] 0.00-1.00 sec 1.15 GBytes 9.90 Gbits/sec
[ 5 ] 1.00-2.00 sec 1.15 GBytes 9.90 Gbits/sec
[ 5 ] 2.00-3.00 sec 1.15 GBytes 9.90 Gbits/sec
[ 5 ] 3.00-4.00 sec 1.15 GBytes 9.90 Gbits/sec
[ 5 ] 4.00-5.00 sec 1.15 GBytes 9.90 Gbits/sec
[ 5 ] 5.00-6.00 sec 1.15 GBytes 9.90 Gbits/sec
[ 5 ] 6.00-7.00 sec 1.15 GBytes 9.90 Gbits/sec
[ 5 ] 7.00-8.00 sec 1.15 GBytes 9.90 Gbits/sec
[ 5 ] 8.00-9.00 sec 1.15 GBytes 9.90 Gbits/sec
[ 5] 9.00-10.00 sec 1.15 GBytes 9.90 Gbits/sec
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
[ ID] Interval Transfer Bitrate
[ 5 ] 0.00-10.00 sec 11.5 GBytes 9.90 Gbits/sec receiver
-------------------------------------------------- ---------
Server listening on 5201 (test #2)
-------------------------------------------------- ---------

RAID on the NAS is helpful in increasing the SMB transfer speed.
Also, the fragmentation of the file to be transferred becomes a variable, and the location where the file is stored also becomes a variable.
So, there is another way to check the average number in the transmission rate measurement.
Mount one of the shared folders on the NAS as a network drive on your Windows PC
The speed measurement is performed with Crystal Disk Mark on this mounted drive letter.
It will probably periodically send file chunks of about 1G to measure the average speed.

Ok here we go:
-----------------------------------------------------------
Server listening on 5201 (test #1)
-----------------------------------------------------------
Accepted connection from 192.168.1.27, port xxxx
[ 5] local 192.168.1.120 port 5201 connected to 192.168.1.27 port xxxxx
[ ID] Interval Transfer Bitrate
[ 5] 0.00-1.00 sec 75.4 MBytes 632 Mbits/sec
[ 5] 1.00-2.00 sec 75.1 MBytes 630 Mbits/sec
[ 5] 2.00-3.00 sec 77.5 MBytes 650 Mbits/sec
[ 5] 3.00-4.00 sec 77.4 MBytes 649 Mbits/sec
[ 5] 4.00-5.00 sec 77.6 MBytes 651 Mbits/sec
[ 5] 5.00-6.00 sec 78.0 MBytes 654 Mbits/sec
[ 5] 6.00-7.00 sec 77.1 MBytes 647 Mbits/sec
[ 5] 7.00-8.00 sec 76.5 MBytes 642 Mbits/sec
[ 5] 8.00-9.00 sec 77.5 MBytes 650 Mbits/sec
[ 5] 9.00-10.00 sec 77.5 MBytes 650 Mbits/sec
[ 5] 10.00-10.00 sec 370 KBytes 617 Mbits/sec
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
[ ID] Interval Transfer Bitrate
[ 5] 0.00-10.00 sec 770 MBytes 646 Mbits/sec receiver
-----------------------------------------------------------
Server listening on 5201 (test #2)
-----------------------------------------------------------

Im no expert but this does not looks good, right...?

Edited July 11, 2023 by Joewydiart

Joewydiart · July 11, 2023

By running command as localhost this is what I get:

Connecting to host localhost, port 5201
[ 4] local ::1 port xxxxx connected to ::1 port 5201
[ ID] Interval Transfer Bandwidth
[ 4] 0.00-1.00 sec 3.12 GBytes 26.8 Gbits/sec
[ 4] 1.00-2.00 sec 3.36 GBytes 28.9 Gbits/sec
[ 4] 2.00-3.00 sec 3.77 GBytes 32.3 Gbits/sec
[ 4] 3.00-4.00 sec 3.08 GBytes 26.5 Gbits/sec
[ 4] 4.00-5.00 sec 3.80 GBytes 32.6 Gbits/sec
[ 4] 5.00-6.00 sec 3.91 GBytes 33.6 Gbits/sec
[ 4] 6.00-7.00 sec 3.83 GBytes 32.9 Gbits/sec
[ 4] 7.00-8.00 sec 3.94 GBytes 33.8 Gbits/sec
[ 4] 8.00-9.00 sec 3.90 GBytes 33.5 Gbits/sec
[ 4] 9.00-10.00 sec 3.94 GBytes 33.8 Gbits/sec
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
[ ID] Interval Transfer Bandwidth
[ 4] 0.00-10.00 sec 36.6 GBytes 31.5 Gbits/sec sender
[ 4] 0.00-10.00 sec 36.6 GBytes 31.5 Gbits/sec receiver

iperf Done.

___________________________________

I want to mention that I am using a Qnap switch: QSW-M2108-2C

Edited July 11, 2023 by Joewydiart

Peter Suh · July 11, 2023

4 minutes ago, Joewydiart said:

By running command as localhost this is what I get:

Connecting to host localhost, port 5201
[ 4] local ::1 port xxxxx connected to ::1 port 5201
[ ID] Interval Transfer Bandwidth
[ 4] 0.00-1.00 sec 3.12 GBytes 26.8 Gbits/sec
[ 4] 1.00-2.00 sec 3.36 GBytes 28.9 Gbits/sec
[ 4] 2.00-3.00 sec 3.77 GBytes 32.3 Gbits/sec
[ 4] 3.00-4.00 sec 3.08 GBytes 26.5 Gbits/sec
[ 4] 4.00-5.00 sec 3.80 GBytes 32.6 Gbits/sec
[ 4] 5.00-6.00 sec 3.91 GBytes 33.6 Gbits/sec
[ 4] 6.00-7.00 sec 3.83 GBytes 32.9 Gbits/sec
[ 4] 7.00-8.00 sec 3.94 GBytes 33.8 Gbits/sec
[ 4] 8.00-9.00 sec 3.90 GBytes 33.5 Gbits/sec
[ 4] 9.00-10.00 sec 3.94 GBytes 33.8 Gbits/sec
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
[ ID] Interval Transfer Bandwidth
[ 4] 0.00-10.00 sec 36.6 GBytes 31.5 Gbits/sec sender
[ 4] 0.00-10.00 sec 36.6 GBytes 31.5 Gbits/sec receiver

iperf Done.

Testing with localhost makes no sense.
I tried to test iperf3 on my NAS too,
There was a problem installing the synogear package.
The time here in Korea is 2 AM. I think I have to go to bed for work tomorrow.
The rest of the issues will be answered later.

Joewydiart · July 11, 2023

1 hour ago, Peter Suh said:

Testing with localhost makes no sense.
I tried to test iperf3 on my NAS too,
There was a problem installing the synogear package.
The time here in Korea is 2 AM. I think I have to go to bed for work tomorrow.
The rest of the issues will be answered later.

ok.

Just want to let you know how my synology sees my nic:

An just in case you want to know here is a screenshot of my Store Manager:

I was not able to run Crystal Disk test but manage to Run AJA to my Mapped Synology drive:

Let me know if you need something else.

Thanks!!

Edited July 11, 2023 by Joewydiart

Peter Suh · July 12, 2023

10 hours ago, Joewydiart said:

ok.

Just want to let you know how my synology sees my nic:

An just in case you want to know here is a screenshot of my Store Manager:

I was not able to run Crystal Disk test but manage to Run AJA to my Mapped Synology drive:

Let me know if you need something else.

Thanks!!

Yesterday, I wanted to test the speed equivalent to 2GB with the Intel I211, I219-V dual NIC configured as multi-channel on the first NAS system listed in my profile.
It seems that 120MB/s ~ 140MB/s came out during normal Windows and file transfer, but I did not remember exactly, so I planned the test again.

I'm going to use 2 MOBOs with 2.5 GB to configure the environment most similar to yours.
One is Intel NIC and the other is Realtek.

I want to configure the Realtek side with Synology and keep the Intel NIC as a Windows client.
The two MOBOs are connected directly with a CAT 7 RJ45 cable.

When these preparations are complete, I will share the results using AJA or other speed test utilities.

Joewydiart · July 12, 2023

1 hour ago, Peter Suh said:

Yesterday, I wanted to test the speed equivalent to 2GB with the Intel I211, I219-V dual NIC configured as multi-channel on the first NAS system listed in my profile.
It seems that 120MB/s ~ 140MB/s came out during normal Windows and file transfer, but I did not remember exactly, so I planned the test again.

I'm going to use 2 MOBOs with 2.5 GB to configure the environment most similar to yours.
One is Intel NIC and the other is Realtek.

I want to configure the Realtek side with Synology and keep the Intel NIC as a Windows client.
The two MOBOs are connected directly with a CAT 7 RJ45 cable.

When these preparations are complete, I will share the results using AJA or other speed test utilities.

Excellent. Thanks Peter. I will be waiting.

Peter Suh · July 12, 2023

7 hours ago, Joewydiart said:

Excellent. Thanks Peter. I will be waiting.

These are my 2.5GB NIC transfer speed test results.
Synology DS3622xs+ used 80G INTEL SATA 6Gbp/s SSD instead of HDD.

Joewydiart · July 12, 2023

Interesting. Well I have 3x 14 tb hdd Sata drives. And when I was using TrueNAS transfer speeds were similar to yours, that's no the case using xpenology. Any idea why?

Peter Suh · July 12, 2023

39 minutes ago, Joewydiart said:

Interesting. Well I have 3x 14 tb hdd Sata drives. And when I was using TrueNAS transfer speeds were similar to yours, that's no the case using xpenology. Any idea why?

You mentioned that your Nic is RTL8125BG
My NIC is also the same chipset.
If so, it seems that the nic module of henology has been verified.

Do you ever use Windows 11?
In the case of Windows 11, there was an issue of slowing down SMB for a while.
Between Windows <-> Synology, the SMB protocol causes problems

I don't know if TrueNas also communicates with the same SMB, but isn't there a difference in this part?

Are you switch booting TrueNas and Synology with the same MOBO and NIC and CAT 6 or higher cable?

If it is neither this nor that, I am lost.
I can't really think of any ideas.

pocopico · July 12, 2023

3 hours ago, Joewydiart said:

Interesting. Well I have 3x 14 tb hdd Sata drives. And when I was using TrueNAS transfer speeds were similar to yours, that's no the case using xpenology. Any idea why?

Is this a network test or a disk benchmark test ? I'm asking cause in both cases you were both able to reach the throughput limit of the 2.5Gb card (read or write).

I like to use diskspd (https://github.com/microsoft/diskspd) for storage benchmarks. In order to test throughput you set the block size to large numbers e.g. 1MB and in order to test IOPS you can use smaller numbers e.g. 4K or 8K

so you can map your drive in a windows machine and check the below cmd line examples.

https://github.com/Microsoft/diskspd/wiki/Sample-command-lines

Joewydiart · July 12, 2023

6 hours ago, Peter Suh said:

You mentioned that your Nic is RTL8125BG
My NIC is also the same chipset.
If so, it seems that the nic module of henology has been verified.

Do you ever use Windows 11?
In the case of Windows 11, there was an issue of slowing down SMB for a while.
Between Windows <-> Synology, the SMB protocol causes problems

I don't know if TrueNas also communicates with the same SMB, but isn't there a difference in this part?

Are you switch booting TrueNas and Synology with the same MOBO and NIC and CAT 6 or higher cable?

If it is neither this nor that, I am lost.
I can't really think of any ideas.

1- I do use Win11. Truenas also use SMB and I had no issues with speed.

2- Right now I am only using Xpenology, I completely wiped out Truenas from my build. Everything stays the same, Qnap Switch, same cable, Same nic and Mobo, nothing changed.

3- I been thinking to change the loader, but all previous attempts to use different loaders were not successful. Every single one got stuck at login with the IP provided by loader. As a mater of fact my router saw a different IP from the one assigned by the loader but neither one worked for me.

I want to try different loader without wiping data from my pool.

Joewydiart · July 12, 2023

3 hours ago, pocopico said:

Is this a network test or a disk benchmark test ? I'm asking cause in both cases you were both able to reach the throughput limit of the 2.5Gb card (read or write).

I like to use diskspd (https://github.com/microsoft/diskspd) for storage benchmarks. In order to test throughput you set the block size to large numbers e.g. 1MB and in order to test IOPS you can use smaller numbers e.g. 4K or 8K

so you can map your drive in a windows machine and check the below cmd line examples.

https://github.com/Microsoft/diskspd/wiki/Sample-command-lines

I am doing a network speed test, my speed sending data to my nas is super slow.

I dont understand your question, how is it that I reached the limit of my nic? Xpenology wont go faster that that?

My confusion here is that same buil, same everything, nothing changed, in Truenas i was getting speeds over network of 250+ mb's and that is not the case here. No I want to state that I am deeply grateful of you guys trying to help me out with this, but my knowledge here is very limited.

I am going to take a look at those links and try it.

Edited July 12, 2023 by Joewydiart

Peter Suh · July 13, 2023

6 hours ago, Joewydiart said:

1- I do use Win11. Truenas also use SMB and I had no issues with speed.

2- Right now I am only using Xpenology, I completely wiped out Truenas from my build. Everything stays the same, Qnap Switch, same cable, Same nic and Mobo, nothing changed.

3- I been thinking to change the loader, but all previous attempts to use different loaders were not successful. Every single one got stuck at login with the IP provided by loader. As a mater of fact my router saw a different IP from the one assigned by the loader but neither one worked for me.

I want to try different loader without wiping data from my pool.

Apart from the speed of the network status shown in Synology Network Interface Information
I want to check the link up speed once again with the command below.

I've searched for e1000 as an example.

admin2@DS920p:~$ dmesg |grep e1000
[ 16.717955] e1000: Intel(R) PRO/1000 Network Driver - version 7.3.21-k8-NAPI
[ 16.756475] e1000: Copyright (c) 1999-2006 Intel Corporation.
[ 19.111789] e1000 0000:02:01.0 eth0: (PCI:66MHz:32-bit) 00:50:56:2f:15:6b
[ 19.114986] e1000 0000:02:01.0 eth0: Intel(R) PRO/1000 Network Connection
[ 91.773846] e1000: eth0 NIC Link is Up 1000 Mbps Full Duplex, Flow Control: None

I am curious about the result of the command below.

dmesg |grep 8125

Edited July 13, 2023 by Peter Suh

pocopico · July 13, 2023

19 hours ago, Joewydiart said:

I am doing a network speed test, my speed sending data to my nas is super slow.

I dont understand your question, how is it that I reached the limit of my nic? Xpenology wont go faster that that?

My confusion here is that same buil, same everything, nothing changed, in Truenas i was getting speeds over network of 250+ mb's and that is not the case here. No I want to state that I am deeply grateful of you guys trying to help me out with this, but my knowledge here is very limited.

I am going to take a look at those links and try it.

No you are mistaken. its 260MegaBytes and not 260megabits. A 1Gb link will normally have a throuput rate of 100MB/s so a 2.5G will have 250MB/s.

Edited July 13, 2023 by pocopico

blue max · July 14, 2023

Hope someone may be able to help - I really am struggling!

I have a Microserver N54L and it has an Intel Network Card installed e1000e (four port). I've followed the ARPL guide and all goes well until I ask it to reboot. It seems to hang. I am able to build, which is successful, but never moves on to the reboot. I've tried so many times using DS3622xs. I even tried the 920 one, but same thing. I also tried the other type of installer (with friend?), but couldn't make any sense of it.

When it's done, Synology finder actually sees it and the only field that is populated is the IP address. I can't get to point it to an OS.

Do you think it may be the NIC? I have found a driver (attached) (I think - I"m a mac user, so this is all new to me).

e1000e-3.8.4.tar.gz

Joewydiart · July 14, 2023

On 7/13/2023 at 12:46 AM, pocopico said:

No you are mistaken. its 260MegaBytes and not 260megabits. A 1Gb link will normally have a throuput rate of 100MB/s so a 2.5G will have 250MB/s.

Noted.

But Im still getting slow transfer speeds, sending significantly slower than receiving. And I would like to see if theres a possibility to correct this. If not, Im good. Its no the end of the world. I really appreciate your feedback.

Peter Suh · July 15, 2023

7 hours ago, blue max said:

Hope someone may be able to help - I really am struggling!

I have a Microserver N54L and it has an Intel Network Card installed e1000e (four port). I've followed the ARPL guide and all goes well until I ask it to reboot. It seems to hang. I am able to build, which is successful, but never moves on to the reboot. I've tried so many times using DS3622xs. I even tried the 920 one, but same thing. I also tried the other type of installer (with friend?), but couldn't make any sense of it.

When it's done, Synology finder actually sees it and the only field that is populated is the IP address. I can't get to point it to an OS.

Do you think it may be the NIC? I have found a driver (attached) (I think - I"m a mac user, so this is all new to me).

e1000e-3.8.4.tar.gz 311.63 kB · 1 download

It may be helpful to read after the post below where N54L is mentioned on page 34 of this topic.

And, C1E of N54L must be disabled.

Older AMD CPUs such as the N54L require FRIEND's GNU kernel or
ARPL's GNU kernel is not supported.
So, in the case of TCRP, the kernel for JOT is an alternative.

blue max · July 15, 2023

5 hours ago, Peter Suh said:

It may be helpful to read after the post below where N54L is mentioned on page 34 of this topic.

And, C1E of N54L must be disabled.

Older AMD CPUs such as the N54L require FRIEND's GNU kernel or
ARPL's GNU kernel is not supported.
So, in the case of TCRP, the kernel for JOT is an alternative.

Thank you for your assistance Peter, true legend!

In fact, I actually managed to get it to work. I found a menu to boot into the installer and after that change, I noticed when I searched with finds.synology.com that there were two instances. Scrolling to the second allowed me to update and now I'm on 7.1.1 Update 6. It thinks that is up-to-date, so I guess I can't go beyond.

In order to try to get to 7.2, I will try your v0.9 loader. Do I choose source code for a bare metal installation? And do I only need to use the top right window? Is there a guide I can follow?

If that goes smoothly, I will try and update my gen8. You guys are awesome!

Peter Suh · July 15, 2023

42 minutes ago, blue max said:

Thank you for your assistance Peter, true legend!

In fact, I actually managed to get it to work. I found a menu to boot into the installer and after that change, I noticed when I searched with finds.synology.com that there were two instances. Scrolling to the second allowed me to update and now I'm on 7.1.1 Update 6. It thinks that is up-to-date, so I guess I can't go beyond.

In order to try to get to 7.2, I will try your v0.9 loader. Do I choose source code for a bare metal installation? And do I only need to use the top right window? Is there a guide I can follow?

If that goes smoothly, I will try and update my gen8. You guys are awesome!

Perhaps you are using pocopico's original TCRP.
https://github.com/pocopico/tinycore-redpill/releases

My M SHELL for TCRP has the latest version at the location below.
https://github.com/PeterSuh-Q3/tinycore-redpill/releases/tag/v0.9.4.3-2

Both loaders support Jot from 7.2.
Version 7.2 starts with 7.2-64570 Update 1.
7.2-64570 Update 0 Needs some tweaking regarding skipping.

M SHELL has recently made adjustments to this area.
Without this adjustment, you may encounter recovery during DSM update process.

This recovery is not critical, but
If you don't want to encounter recovery, we recommend switching to rebuilding the loader with M SHELL.

pocopico · July 15, 2023

23 hours ago, Joewydiart said:

Noted.

But Im still getting slow transfer speeds, sending significantly slower than receiving. And I would like to see if theres a possibility to correct this. If not, Im good. Its no the end of the world. I really appreciate your feedback.

If the switch supports jumbo frames you should enable that end to end . Also test transfer rate using large block sizes and big files. E.g a big iso image

Edited July 15, 2023 by pocopico

blue max · July 15, 2023

I have taken your advice Peter and tried a fresh install using your v0.9.4.3-2 loader. I do all the steps, but afer reboot it gets as far as 'booting the kernal' and leaves a blinking curser. But nothing further happens and I can't find it on the network. I've tried a number of times, but the result is the same. Any ideas what may be happening?

Cheers.

apriliars3 · July 15, 2023

I have taken your advice Peter and tried a fresh install using your v0.9.4.3-2 loader. I do all the steps, but afer reboot it gets as far as 'booting the kernal' and leaves a blinking curser. But nothing further happens and I can't find it on the network. I've tried a number of times, but the result is the same. Any ideas what may be happening?

Cheers.

Test it with ARC loader.

I know that use this loader with any issue on DSM 7.2 with N54L.

blue max · July 16, 2023

17 hours ago, apriliars3 said:

Test it with ARC loader.

I know that use this loader with any issue on DSM 7.2 with N54L.

Sadly I'm having no luck with this. Tried many times. Using finds.synology.com finds it and takes me through two pages of terms and then won't progress any further. I've done the C1E and direct boot things too. I'm at a loss! It's so frustrating as you are not the only one who has success. I would love to have a eurika moment!

Actually, do you need a hard drive in the machine when you do this? I took my drives out because I was worried about losing data.

Edited July 16, 2023 by blue max

apriliars3 · July 16, 2023

Sadly I'm having no luck with this. Tried many times. Using finds.synology.com finds it and takes me through two pages of terms and then won't progress any further. I've done the C1E and direct boot things too. I'm at a loss! It's so frustrating as you are not the only one who has success. I would love to have a eurika moment!

Direct boot option?

Please set Arc - Advanced - Direct Boot - "true"

If you have problems to start the DSM
If your Hardware will not be found while boot to DSM
If you have other problems while booting (especially on HP Clients and Microserver)

https://github.com/AuxXxilium/AuxXxilium/wiki/Arc:-Direct-Boot-Option

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