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  1. Legacy (Outdated) Tutorials

    These are outdated tutorials and left here for reference only.

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29 topics in this forum

  1. Tutorial: DSM 6.x on Proxmox

    By fonix232,   
    • 98 replies
    • 52,381 views

  2. Tutorial: Install/Migrate DSM 5.2 to 6.1.x (Jun's loader)

    By Polanskiman,   
    • 426 replies
    • 258,999 views

  3. Tutorial: setup a DDNS in DSM

    By Polanskiman,   
    • 26 replies
    • 10,975 views

  4. Tutorial: Install/Migrate DSM 5.2 to 6.0.2 (Jun's loader)

    By Polanskiman,   
    • 1,065 replies
    • 513,612 views

  5. Tutorial: How to access DSM's Data & System partitions

    By Polanskiman,   
    • 24 replies
    • 15,121 views

  6. How to build and inject missing drivers in jun loader 1.02a

    By IG-88,
    • 97 replies
    • 26,080 views

  7. memo: Disk Groups

    By AllGamer,
    • 11 replies
    • 8,627 views

  8. Create a Bootable USB on OS X

    By Moogs,
    • 8 replies
    • 16,660 views

  9. Downgrade from DSM 6.0

    By brantje,
    • 85 replies
    • 81,824 views

  10. Benchmarking your synology

    By Hostilian,
    • 25 replies
    • 626 views

  11. Virtualbox and phpVirtualbox on XPEnology

    By seba,
    • 539 replies
    • 411,287 views

  12. Tutorial - Install DSM 6.2 on ESXi 6.7

    By luchuma,
    • 49 replies
    • 14,001 views

  13. Tutorial: Install/DSM 6.2 on ESXi [HP Microserver Gen8] with RDM

    By jadehawk,   
    • 0 replies
    • 254 views

  14. XPEnology Tool for Windows x64

    By jensmander,   
    • 30 replies
    • 12,778 views

  15. Tutorial: Install DSM 6.2 on HP Mediasmart EX485 or EX490

    By jadehawk,   
    • 3 replies
    • 825 views

  16. Tutorial: How to downgrade from 6.2 to 6.1 - Recovering a bricked system

    By Porkchop,   
    • 13 replies
    • 5,009 views

  17. Tutorial: DSM 6.2 on VMWare Workstation Player 15

    By WhileDekker,   
    • 0 replies
    • 577 views

  18. Tutorial/Reference: 6.x Loaders and Platforms

    By flyride,
    • 0 replies
    • 863 views

  19. Tutorial - Install DSM 6.1.5 on ESXi 6.5

    By Digital,
    • 36 replies
    • 28,853 views

  20. Tutorial: Install 6.x on Oracle Virtualbox (Jun's loader)

    By kitmsg,
    • 15 replies
    • 15,879 views

  21. Quick & Easy way to change HDD (equal or greater capacity)

    By DHD,
    • 0 replies
    • 1,520 views

  22. Howto add package sources quickly & backup conf

    By endormmc,
    • 0 replies
    • 900 views

  23. Enabling serial port in ESXi for a VM

    By Balrog,   
    • 4 replies
    • 1,833 views

  24. DS disappears - "Recoverable" loop fix

    By toastboy,
    • 0 replies
    • 1,450 views

  25. Tutorial: How to replace volume 1 disk with bigger

    By repulse,
    • 0 replies
    • 1,225 views