joshua.harms

I downloaded USBDevew and checked the drive. It's calling it a serial number. Will this work as a unique identifier for UnRaid? Thank you all again for your quick and helpful replies!

Thanks for the quick reply! So the bootable USB would need to remain plugged into the NAS for the entirety of it's operation then, correct? I have a very old USB adapter which holds a micro SD card. Would this work as the USB bootable drive? Is there a risk of a USB boot drive failing under this use case? It seems rather harsh; constant reads for months/years of continuous use.

Sorry if this is a dumb question but how are you able to configure/install UnRaid if you can't see the BIOS screen? If you have the install medium on a USB stick plugged into the NAS, won't it just ignore the USB stick and boot from QNAP's proprietary software that comes in the box? Even if you remove the DOM with the QNAP software, how can you do the rest of the setup without a display? If the system uses the USB as it's boot disk permanently, aren't there concerns with using a USB flash drive non-stop for many months (like durability or heat or whatnot)? I tried plugging in a USB-C to HDMI adapter but it's an AMD chip without integrated graphics so I don't know why I thought that would work. I guess I could temporarily install a GPU in the PCIe slot while I do the install but you all seem to have done something else.