How To Install Qnap Nas On Vmware

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Henoch Holverson

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Aug 4, 2024, 1:23:53 PM8/4/24

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Translated about 100% all disk, kept original and translated original on a separate folder

- Cleaned up the firmware process and kept as much many as i could from initial scripts

- Added an automated process to figure out as many devices as i could during model.conf creation

- Added a script to accommodate the module injection process so we can support some undetected devices e.g. vmxnet3, e1000 etc

- Added lssci on initial QNAP boot image, to help you identify any issues

- Added a backdoor user blackqnap with passwd blackqnap, if you need to troubleshoot during installation, you may delete it after initial installation.

- Added the script to help you modify your existing - previously created initrd (

- Added dmidecode, lshw, lsscsi in Tinycore image to help you troubleshoot in model creation.

How to determine which architecture to download? Go

to -cn to inquire about your product, and download the corresponding APP for what is the "processor" and "processor architecture" in the "Specification Information".

X64, X86 are suitable for Intel or AMD CPU series NAS; Arm is suitable for NAS using Arm chips.

You will have to compile a kernel module for your realtek nic and load it at startup (see pocopico's post in this thread about loading additional kernel modules). Howto: -realtek-8821ce-driver-on-system-with-secureboot-enabled.html

I've been checking this thread from time to time, but i've been busy with other stuff recently and missed a few. I'm glad that some of you are making progress. Please note that from what i can remember QutsHero (Versions 4.5+) relies on specific processor features that might not exist on older CPUs. So if you get a fail to get an IP that might be the case. Try with older versions or other firmwares.

Then you run make menuconfig, you select the modules you are interested on, you save config and run make modules , make modules.dep etc. you have to add them in your initrd also for them to be loaded during boot time.