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I give up. It's time to ask for help lol.

Yes, all indications point to an issue with the drive, as per Synology's advice - but I've now tried multiple drives, wiping them, and keep getting the same result.

It's a Supermicro chassis with an X9SRH-7F/7TF motherboard, almost identical to what you'd find in a Netgear ReadyNAS 4200 V2. I know this because I recently installed DSM 7 on a ReadyNAS 4200 V2, and it installed and ran great (ARPL 1.1-beta2a, DSM_DS3622xs+). I actually started with using a USB image of that completed install, I was hoping this would be a plug-n-play, but no dice.

I started with the image used on the ReadyNAS, it worked fine until it came time to install DSM - and no matter what I do, I keep coming back to the same error. DSM installer sees the drive/drives, but refuses to install. 
I though it might be the LSI SAS controller (LSI 9207-4i4e), I've updated the firmware and BIOS on the LSI, tried various configurations on the LSI, various BIOS settings (Legacy and UEFI), but again it just keeps coming back to not wanting to install on the selected discs.

Hopefully someone can point me in the right direction, I'm out of ideas.

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10 hours ago, Mao899 said:

I give up. It's time to ask for help lol.

Yes, all indications point to an issue with the drive, as per Synology's advice - but I've now tried multiple drives, wiping them, and keep getting the same result.

It's a Supermicro chassis with an X9SRH-7F/7TF motherboard, almost identical to what you'd find in a Netgear ReadyNAS 4200 V2. I know this because I recently installed DSM 7 on a ReadyNAS 4200 V2, and it installed and ran great (ARPL 1.1-beta2a, DSM_DS3622xs+). I actually started with using a USB image of that completed install, I was hoping this would be a plug-n-play, but no dice.

I started with the image used on the ReadyNAS, it worked fine until it came time to install DSM - and no matter what I do, I keep coming back to the same error. DSM installer sees the drive/drives, but refuses to install. 
I though it might be the LSI SAS controller (LSI 9207-4i4e), I've updated the firmware and BIOS on the LSI, tried various configurations on the LSI, various BIOS settings (Legacy and UEFI), but again it just keeps coming back to not wanting to install on the selected discs.

Hopefully someone can point me in the right direction, I'm out of ideas.

 

 

You are using an old, outdated loader.
ARPL 1.1 is already a deprecated loader.
Please try installing the latest version of mshell loader from the release link in my profile and let me know if you have any more issues.

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I'll give it a shot - but it's the exact same loader and files I used on the previous Supermicro install I did just a few weeks ago?

And sorry - "release link in my profile" - I'm not sure what you mean? I looked through your profile, but couldn't see anything like that other than thousands of posts. Never mind, I see it in your signature! Thanks!

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Went with the new loader and chose a different model this time around, had to make a couple of minor changes, but so far it's looking good! Thanks SO much @Peter Suh, you might just have put an end to a week's worth of fighting with this!image.thumb.png.23322fddae8c48591f04c756ffff9b74.png

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Weirdness happening now though - inserted 2 new drives to see how it'd handle SAS, and now the buttons and icons are showing up "incomplete" - not sure if that's something to be concerned about?


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Does the new loader mean my mshell?
The link on my profile is here in my signature, right below my answer.

https://github.com/PeterSuh-Q3/tinycore-redpill/releases

 

During the installation, it stops at 55% and doesn't proceed further?


The RS3621xs+ is one of the models that supports the most SAS controllers as a broadwellnk platform.

 

And there is a success story using a SAS controller like yours.
They said they used IT-Mode.
Is your controller IR-Mode?

 

 

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I did use the mshell once I saw it in your signature. Wasn't as pretty as ARPL, but it was easy to follow and apparently get it right. 

It fully installed, it was just now showing the buttons and icons properly when I repeated the DSM install on the 2 new drives.

I wish I knew about the RS3621xs+ on the last Supermicro I did, I was just following what seemed to be the right path and my first setup used the DS3622xs+. The RS3621 seems a lot more suitable.

I did install updated IT mode firmware, which might be worth knowing that the controller ships with IT mode by default.

Everything is running great, just that strange effect of the icons and buttons during install not showing up properly.

Thank you for all your hard work, and thank you for helping me! I was ready to give up, now I wish I reached out for help sooner!

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2 hours ago, Mao899 said:

I did use the mshell once I saw it in your signature. Wasn't as pretty as ARPL, but it was easy to follow and apparently get it right. 

It fully installed, it was just now showing the buttons and icons properly when I repeated the DSM install on the 2 new drives.

I wish I knew about the RS3621xs+ on the last Supermicro I did, I was just following what seemed to be the right path and my first setup used the DS3622xs+. The RS3621 seems a lot more suitable.

I did install updated IT mode firmware, which might be worth knowing that the controller ships with IT mode by default.

Everything is running great, just that strange effect of the icons and buttons during install not showing up properly.

Thank you for all your hard work, and thank you for helping me! I was ready to give up, now I wish I reached out for help sooner!

 

 

I have a Dell Perc H200 or H310 that doesn't have the same SAS controller as you, but uses the same mpt3sas module.

 

Of course, it's set to IT-mode.

 

I can try the same simulation as you, but I'm not sure if I'll get the same error.

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The disk format and install error went away once I switched to your mshell install. The only strange behaviour left was that lack of proper images on the buttons and icons during install when I installed a second time to a second set of disks. Everything installed perfectly, it was just that minor glitch that's left. Ignore the "55%" in the screenshot, I was just showing you what the icons and buttons looked like.

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