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  1. Legacy (Outdated) Tutorials

    These are outdated tutorials and left here for reference only.

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36 topics in this forum

  1. XPEnology Tool for Windows x64 1 2 3

    By jensmander,   
    • 68 replies
    • 41,740 views

  2. Guide to Native Drivers: DSM 6.2.1 on DS918

    By flyride,
    • 2 replies
    • 9,265 views

  3. Tutorial: Install/Migrate DSM 5.2 to 6.1.x (Jun's loader) 1 2 3 4 20

    By Polanskiman,   
    • 476 replies
    • 395,966 views

  4. How to build and inject missing drivers in jun loader 1.02a 1 2 3 4 5

    By IG-88,
    • 100 replies
    • 32,530 views

  5. Tutorial/Reference: 6.x Loaders and Platforms 1 2

    By flyride,
    • 49 replies
    • 38,920 views

  6. Tutorial: DSM 6.x on Proxmox 1 2 3 4 7

    By fonix232,   
    • 163 replies
    • 73,749 views

  7. Guide to Native Drivers: DSM 6.1.7 and 6.2.1 on DS3615

    By flyride,
    • 11 replies
    • 11,736 views

  8. Tutorial: How to access DSM's Data & System partitions 1 2

    By Polanskiman,   
    • 26 replies
    • 19,078 views

  9. Tutorial: setup a DDNS in DSM 1 2

    By Polanskiman,   
    • 28 replies
    • 15,516 views

  10. Tutorial: Install/Migrate DSM 5.2 to 6.0.2 (Jun's loader) 1 2 3 4 43

    By Polanskiman,   
    • 1,066 replies
    • 540,016 views

  11. memo: Disk Groups

    By AllGamer,
    • 11 replies
    • 9,215 views

  12. Create a Bootable USB on OS X

    By Moogs,
    • 8 replies
    • 18,305 views

  13. Downgrade from DSM 6.0 1 2 3 4

    By brantje,
    • 85 replies
    • 84,409 views

  14. Tutorial: Install DSM 6.2 on ESXi 6.7 1 2 3 4 8

    By luchuma,
    • 175 replies
    • 69,445 views

  15. Virtualbox and phpVirtualbox on XPEnology 1 2 3 4 23

    By seba,
    • 557 replies
    • 423,671 views

  16. tutorial: 4 camera on surveillance station (legally)

    By le.pipo007,
    • 21 replies
    • 1,946 views

  17. Tutorial: How to downgrade from 6.2 to 6.1 - Recovering a bricked system 1 2

    By Porkchop,   
    • 29 replies
    • 11,289 views

  18. Tutorial: installing 918+ 6.2.X DSM on 1.04b loader (transcoding) 1 2 3 4 5

    By Olegin,   
    • 104 replies
    • 22,335 views

  19. Tutorial: Install/DSM 6.2 on ESXi [HP Microserver Gen8] with RDM 1 2 3

    By jadehawk,   
    • 70 replies
    • 10,981 views

  20. Benchmarking your synology 1 2

    By Hostilian,
    • 34 replies
    • 3,017 views

  21. Enabling serial port in ESXi for a VM

    By Balrog,   
    • 8 replies
    • 3,207 views

  22. Tutorial - Modifying 1.04b Loader to Default to 24 Drives

    By autohintbot,
    • 1 reply
    • 698 views

  23. Tutorial - Install DSM 6.1.5 on ESXi 6.5 1 2

    By Digital,
    • 38 replies
    • 41,432 views

  24. Tutorial: Fix skipped HDD numbers

    By The_Mole,
    • 0 replies
    • 350 views

  25. Tutorial: HP MicroServer GEN8 Upgrade From DSM 6.1.7-15284 Update 3 To DSM 6.2-23739 Update 2

    By Vodka2014,
    • 3 replies
    • 1,696 views