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Tutorial: Install DSM 7.x with TinyCore RedPill (TCRP) Loader on ESXi


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On 1/1/2023 at 1:09 PM, smt311 said:

I get a problem when add the TCPR vmdk.

I am using ESXI 7.0.3 (20842708), I have followed all the steps. After I added the TCPR vmdk, the disk info shown blank and I cannot change the setting.

 

Please help!

 

 

 

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Hello ! I have the same problem. Managed to solve it in the meantime ? Could anyone help ? 

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В 21.01.2023 в 02:58, mr.zombori.tamas сказал:

Hello ! I have the same problem. Managed to solve it in the meantime ? Could anyone help ? 

Hello Friend! Use StarWind V2V Converter. (https://www.starwindsoftware.com/starwind-v2v-converter). With it, I loaded the ARPL image (arpl-1.0-beta13.vmdk-flat) into the created virtual machine on ESXi 8.0.

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15 hours ago, Espada said:

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Hello Friend! Use StarWind V2V Converter. (https://www.starwindsoftware.com/starwind-v2v-converter). With it, I loaded the ARPL image (arpl-1.0-beta13.vmdk-flat) into the created virtual machine on ESXi 8.0.

Thank you ! No success yet, i got an error message. 

esxi 7.0, free licensed. What could be the problem ? :D

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On 1/20/2023 at 9:58 PM, mr.zombori.tamas said:

Hello ! I have the same problem. Managed to solve it in the meantime ? Could anyone help ? 

 

Have you attempted to convert it on the ESXi machine via the SSH shell with the following, vmkfstools -i arpl-dyn.vmdk MyNewNAS-TCRP.vmdk

 

Or just use the flat files, both are needed, arpl.vmdk and arpl-flat.vmdk.

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  • 2 weeks later...

I’m trying to set up a VM from scratch and have followed these steps as closely as I can…but whatever I try I can not seem to get the bootloader to update to include the two RedPill options. I update, serialgen, satamap, build, backup, etc, and all I ever get is TinyCore in the GRUB menu.

 

Does anyone have any ideas why this would happen?

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On 2/18/2023 at 8:35 PM, tigs said:

Setting a VM DVA3221 is fairly easy. However, I have been unable to access the device from Windows 10 explorer/network. It always tells the username and/or password are incorrect. Does anyone else have this issue?

 

I cannot even SSH into the VM. Any idea? 

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SATA Controller 0: SATABOOT (SATA0:0) - tinycore redpill
SATA Controller 1: DSM Data DIsk (SATA1:0) - 30GB - Volume1
 

What is holding the actual OS? I deleted SATA1:0 and system still boots. How it is possible, it is installed on SATABOOT?

 

 

Anyone knows how to reinstall/factory reset without losing data on RAID volumes?

 

 

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  • 4 weeks later...

Since I did not find any recommendations for installing VMware Tools (Open VMTools) here, I will add:

  • download the desired version from here: https://github.com/AuxXxilium/synology-dsm-open-vm-tools
  • install the package manually, do not run
  • "After installation, perform code Repair Using SSH connection
    sudo sed -i 's/package/root/g' /var/packages/open-vm-tools-12/conf/privilege
    "
  • start the package
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Hi all, thanks for an excellent tutorial!

 

I am having a strange issue though which I can't get past. For some reason my ESXi 7 does not like the TCRP vmdk file, and the new disk won't be imported to the system.

 

Here's a screenshot of the VM edit view, for some reason all the fields of the new disk are blank, and it's size is not recognized correctly either.

https://pasteboard.co/M60wEN0EDhk9.png

 

All file sizes are correct though. The space in the file naming seem not to make any difference. Tried with and without.

 

[root@Microserver-vmware-mgmt:/vmfs/volumes/6398a133-61e70cd4-de98-b47af133998a/Synology NAS] ls -lh
total 34721856
-rw-------    1 root     root        1.0G Apr 14 21:54 Synology NAS-TCRP-flat.vmdk
-rw-------    1 root     root         470 Apr 14 21:59 Synology NAS-TCRP.vmdk
-rw-------    1 root     root       32.0G Apr 14 21:15 Synology NAS-flat.vmdk
-rw-------    1 root     root        8.5K Apr 14 21:38 Synology NAS.nvram
-rw-------    1 root     root         452 Apr 14 21:15 Synology NAS.vmdk
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root           0 Apr 14 21:15 Synology NAS.vmsd
-rwxr-xr-x    1 root     root        2.9K Apr 14 21:57 Synology NAS.vmx


Best regards,

Erik

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3 часа назад, Erik Finskas сказал:
I am having a strange issue though which I can't get past. For some reason my ESXi 7 does not like the TCRP vmdk file, and the new disk won't be imported to the system.

You need to update the ESXi version, see here:

  • workaround
  • suitable versions
    • ESXi 7.0U3l, Client version: 2.9.2
    • 8.0.0 ESXi build number: 21203435 (Client version: 2.10.1 Client build number: 20925449)
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anyone else having trouble running two instances at once on esxi 8? running esxi 8 with truenas core, debian, and two instances of tcrp dva1622

 

only seem to be able to run one instance at a time, the second instance to start up will not receive a network connection

i've tried setting up both from scratch and as well as exporting one and importing it back with a new name with no chance in behaviour

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3 минуты назад, idyllik сказал:

've tried setting up both from scratch and as well as exporting one and importing it back with a new name with no chance in behaviour

Most likely, you are doing something wrong.

Perhaps both DSMs have the same SN/MAC?

I have been running 4-5 virtual DSMs at the same time without any problems

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yeah there's got to be something to it, i just can't figure out what i'm missing

 

both have different mac addresses, the user_config reflects the individual mac addresses properly

will need to plug this to an actual ethernet port to troubleshoot this properly, currently plugged into an apple airport express to get a network connection wirelessly as the bench i'm testing on doesn't have a port in close proximity

 

edit; nevermind all is well, had them both powered up and reboot the airport express and both are up and running now :)

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just an update on this, appears to be a bug specific to my system with esxi 8

any vm's active after the 3rd won't get network connectivity

vm1. truenas core - network ok

vm2. debian w/portainer running vdsm - network ok

vm3. dva1622 - network ok

vm4. dva1622 - no network connectivity

 

confirmed by staggering the vm's startup, first the two tcrp's, then truenas, then debian

first 3 will have connectivity and the debian vm won't have any even after setting a static ip

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On 4/16/2023 at 12:55 AM, dj_nsk said:

possible - restrictions in the router settings?

nope doesn't look like it, more messing about with the setup with reinstalls of esxi and changing ethernet controller types i'm starting to suspect the intel nic might be bad on this board

either that or esxi just doesn't like the bga>lga chip i've got in it

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42 минуты назад, idyllik сказал:

i'm starting to suspect the intel nic might be bad on this board either that or esxi just doesn't like the bga>lga chip i've got in it

No, the type of NIC or the type of chip should not affect this. Still, you need to look at the ESXi settings.

Try SSH and enter command: 

esxcli network vswitch standard list

You should see something like this:

vSwitch0
   Name: vSwitch0
   Class: cswitch
   Num Ports: 2280
   Used Ports: 6
   Configured Ports: 128
   MTU: 1500
   CDP Status: listen
   Beacon Enabled: false
   Beacon Interval: 1
   Beacon Threshold: 3
   Beacon Required By:
   Uplinks: vmnic0
   Portgroups: VM Network, Management Network

 

Pay attention to the number of ports.

Check this:

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[UPD:] perhaps it would be better to ask questions on specialized esxi forums, not TCRP

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^yeah i thought it may have been a tcrp thing, guess not

 

isolated to esxi at the moment, regardless of nic used(either onboard i219-v or usb3) or cpu (tested 9950hk and 7500t)

will have to try an older build and see if things improve

 

good news is whenever i had dva1622 working i was able to passthrough the igpu to use the dva features(though very limited with only 2 dva tasks or one facial recognition task), now to find a cheap gtx1650 to passthrough to the dva3221 😉

thanks a bunch for the help guys

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  • 1 month later...

Hello!

Sorry by advance for the noob question but... I'm looking for a step-by-step upgrade guide to upgrade my DSM (I'm on DSM 7.1.1-42962 Update 1, and I guess 7.2 is now supported by TCRP?) but I can't find how to upgrade it without crashing my server and start again ^^' I really need to test this on a preprod server, I know...

Could you point me to the right direction? 😅😅😅

Thaaaanks!

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