### Unverified 3rd party drive limitations and unoffical solutions
### Unverified 3rd party drive limitations and unofficial solutions
| Action | Works | Result | Solution |
|--------|--------------|--------|----------|
@ -25,21 +25,23 @@ ### Setting up a new 2025 or later plus model with only unverified HDDs
DSM won't install on a 2025 or later series plus model if you only have unverified HDDs. But we can get around that.
1. Start telnet by entering `http://<NAS-IP>:5000/webman/start_telnet.cgi` into your browser's address bar.
- Replace `<NAS-IP>` with the IP address of the Synology NAS.
3. Open a telnet client on your computer and log in to telnet with:
- `root` for the username
- Replace `<NAS-IP>` with the IP address of the Synology NAS.
2. Open a telnet client (powershell, PuTTY etc) on your computer and connect to the Synology with 'telnet <NAS-IP>`.
- Replace `<NAS-IP>` with the IP address of the Synology NAS.
3. Log into telnet with:
- `root` for the login
- `101-0101` for the password
5. Execute the following command: (using a while loop in case DSM is running in a VM)
4. Execute the following command: (using a while loop in case DSM is running in a VM)
```
while true; do touch /tmp/installable_check_pass; sleep 1; done
```
7. Refresh the web installation page and install DSM.
8. Then in the telnet window, or via SSH, execute the following command:
5. Refresh the web installation page and install DSM.
6. Then in the telnet window, or via SSH, execute the following command:
```
/usr/syno/bin/synosetkeyvalue /etc.defaults/synoinfo.conf support_disk_compatibility no
```
9. If Storage Manager is already open close then open it, or refresh the web page. If refreshing the page or restarting Storage Manager is not working, try restarting your Synology NAS.
10. You can now create your storage pool from Storage Manager.
7. If Storage Manager is already open close then open it, or refresh the web page. If refreshing the page or restarting Storage Manager is not working, try restarting your Synology NAS.
8. You can now create your storage pool from Storage Manager.