ARPL, Arc, RR

[Helloguys]

Hardware: QNAP TS-870 Pro (Intel® Core™ i3-3220 3.3 GHz Dual-core Processor).

 

I tried the following loaders.

• ARPL v1.1-beta2a
• Arc 23.12.23
• RR (rr_4GB-23.12.8)

 

APRL worked fine but it supports up to DSM 7.1.1-42962 Update 6 only.  If I want to go to DSM 7.2, I'll have to use Arc or RR.  But Arc and RR loaders always failed on DSM installation at 56%.  The message is "Failed to install DSM. Failed to install the file. The file is probably corrupted", regardless of DSM 7.1 or 7.2.  Any suggestion would be appreciated!

Edited December 27, 2023 by Helloguys

[DaoVanTrong]

Usually it's because the model you choose is not compatible with the CPU.
Choose another model like DS3622xs+ instead of DS918+

[Helloguys]

3 hours ago, DaoVanTrong said:

Usually it's because the model you choose is not compatible with the CPU.
Choose another model like DS3622xs+ instead of DS918+

 

Thank you!  I chose DS3622xs+ from the beginning. 

 

I found my answer from this post:

 

 

In summary, the USB port where the loader boots from was the trick.  Here's what happened:

1) The loader was successfully loaded

2) NAS was found (either with find.synology.com or Synology Assistant)

3) When trying to install DSM, it will trying to install the image to the first USB storage device (not necessarily the thumb drive where the loader is on), which may fail.

 

Solution:

Move the loader thumb drive to another USB port (that has lower number/high priority in lsusb) before initial DSM installation.  Once DSM is installed, the thumb drive can be plugged into any USB port (remember to chose the boot order from BIOS).

Edited December 28, 2023 by Helloguys