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  1. Hi All, Currently I have got Xpenology and other operating systems running on my spare DS1511+ Synology diskstation. It seems that other diskstations like the DS1010+ , DS710+ and some others also have a fully working VGA port which let's you acces the bios and use it as a normal pc. I have carefully made an back-up of the flash drive module (which contains the grub bootloader) , which is inside the diskstation, and mounted directly on a internal USB header on the motherboard. See picture for more info about the Flash module. I want to experiment further with Xpenology, (which run's fine btw) I made an back-up with acronis (sector by sector), aswell as with CloneZilla before messing with the system. Right now I have also disconneted and removed the Synology Flash drive module, and tried running it on my own usb flash key. When restoring the back-up to my own usb flash drive, so far so good. The diskstation starts up, and can be seen with the synology assistant, but unfortiontly when installing DSM I always get error (13), saying that the files are corrupted. When searcher online, I can accros that it might be the VID / PID valeus that are different and need to be changed in the grub boot loader. Please see following example of my current GRUB config file, I have added my own USB flash drive VID and PID Valeus to id. title SYNOLOGY_1 root (hd0,0) hw_model kernel /zImage root=/dev/md0 ihd_num=0 netif_num=1 syno_hw_version=DS1511+ vid=0x0930 pid=0x6544 l initrd /rd.gz title SYNOLOGY_2 root (hd0,1) cksum /grub_cksum.syno vender /vender show hw_model kernel /zImage root=/dev/md0 ihd_num=0 netif_num=1 syno_hw_version=DS1511+ vid=0x0930 pid=0x6544 l initrd /rd.gz How many of you are expermineting with this ? Thanks in advance for your time and support, With kind regards, Floris from the Netherlands
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  2. Hi everyone, This is a quick tutorial about installing DSM 6.1.5 on ESXi 6.5. I spent quite some time trying to make it work and I had to use different tutorials to find the match working on my system. That is why I uploaded this tutorial. One of the main problem I got was making my virtual interface getting an IP from my DHCP, I realised it was because of a mismatch between the mac address in the grub.cfg and the mac address of the virtual interface. The second issue, during the install, no disks were shown, it is because they were tagged to a scsi controller and it only work in IDE or SATA. (I choose IDE) The third issue was an error message I was getting during the installation of DSM: ”Failed to install the file. The file is probably corrupted. (13)”. This one because I was using the vmdk of V1.01 for DSM 6.0.2 from this link: ” https://mega.nz/#F!yQpw0YTI!DQqIzUCG2RbBtQ6YieScWg!LAZmSagJ” The tutorial: First, we need to download these 3 files: 1. DS3617xs 6.1 Jun’s Mod V1.02-alpha.zip https://mega.nz/#F!BtFQ2DgC!JgomNP3X8V9EuwxL4TXbng!5kcjyJ7R 2. synoboot.img https://mega.nz/#F!BtFQ2DgC!JgomNP3X8V9EuwxL4TXbng!R4VmQbaC 3. DSM_DS3617xs_15254 (Last DSM version) https://archive.synology.com/download/DSM/release/6.1.5/15254/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Unzip DS3617xs 6.1 Jun’s Mod V1.02-alpha.zip and open the folder. Then, replace the file synoboot.img with the specifically downloaded before (It is 1.02b version) Remove the files DS3615.ovf and ds3615.vmx as we don’t need them. Upload the two files synoboot.img and synoboot.vmdk to the esxi. Create a new VM. The setting are : 2 CPU 2 GB Remove the default HDD and add an existing Hard Drive And select the synoboot.vmdk previously uploaded and put it as IDE Controller 0 and as Master Add a new Hard Drive, 16 GB, IDE Controller 1 as Master and with Thick provisioned, Eargerly zeroed (For better performances) Make sure your Network Adapter is mapped to your network. Click Next and finish. Wait for the VM to be created as it needs to setup a Thick HDD. We will need to power on the VM to get an IP and Mac Address. From now, you shouldn’t have a network working on the VM, the reason is because the mac address in your grub.cfg doesn’t match the one from your interface. We will need to edit this file. Go to the options after powered on and check the Mac address of the adapter. In our case: 000C29FD75B1 Shutdown the VM, go to your windows and install OSFMount: https://www.osforensics.com/tools/mount-disk-images.html Mount new, select the synoboot.img from the folder used before on the windows. Mount Partition 0, 15MB Make sure to uncheck Read-only drive Go to the mounted drive, Grub folder and edit grub.cfg with notepad++ We will need to input the mac1 address with the interface we got previously. Save Dismount the virtual disk and upload the new edited version of your synoboot.img to the esxi. Power on the VM. From your windows, open http://find.synology.com or install the synology assistant. https://www.synology.com/en-us/support/download/DS3617xs#utilities You should be able to find your DSM and process the installation. Select manual install and use the .pat previously downloaded. And that’s it. Your Synology should restart once and you should be able to setup your personal settings. The tutorial is finished. I hope it was enough clear for you and it will help. Kind regards, Digital
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  3. hi, I was experimenting as well with this on my spare DS1511+ Diskstation. I made an back-up of the USB Flash drive, and got Xpenology and other operating systems running on the diskstation. It's very funny... the DS1512+ as well as for example the DS1010+ and DS710+ and some other models, have a fully working VGA port which let's you acces the bios and boot from usb drives etc. If anyone is interessted, I can share some info about my flash module..
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  4. да, у поланского всё есть: 1.02b_iso
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  5. AWESOME!!! You saved my day! After couple of hours of testing with different guides. Love you man
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  6. Hi there, assuming one would have an original Synology USB flash module where the DSM is hosted, can that be transferred to another PC and then booted? (It could simply be connected to any mainboard USB 2.0 socket) Every synology box has a usb flash like this hosting the DSM:
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