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Hi, everyone, Thanks for you patience. A new ds918 loader support 6.2/6.21 is uploaded. whats new: uefi issue fixed. i915 driver updated. link https://mega.nz/#F!Fgk01YoT!7fN9Uxe4lpzZWPLXPMONMA (for DS918+) - v1.04b ---Beginning of addition by polanskiman--- link https://mega.nz/#!OV4gVKyZ!dCgfXx1bgAOyvbFwFiov3s7RSNoFuqnAcNmSllLoUiw (for DS3615xs) - v1.03b link https://mega.nz/#!zcogjaDT!qIEazI49daggE2odvSwazn3VqBc_wv0zAvab6m6kHbA (for DS3617xs) - v1.03b Please read this topic to know what loader to chose: ---End of addition by polanskiman---

When setting up an XPEnology system, you must first select a DSM platform and version. XPEnology supports a few specific DSM platforms that enable certain hardware and software features. All support a minimum of 4 CPU cores, 64GB of RAM, 10Gbe network cards and 12-disk arrays. When you choose a platform and the desired DSM software version, you must download the correct corresponding loader. That may not be the "newest" loader available. The last 6.x version (6.2.4-25556) is functional only with the TCRP loader. TCRP is very different than the Jun loader. If you want to learn more, or if you are interested in deploying the latest 7.x versions, see the 7.x Loaders and Platforms thread. Be advised that installing 6.2.4 with TCRP is basically the same procedure as installing 7.x. Each of these combinations can be run "baremetal" as a stand-alone operating system OR as a virtual machine within a hypervisor (VMWare ESXi is most popular and best documented, but other hypervisors can be used if desired). Review the table and decision tree below to help you navigate the options. 6.x Loaders and Platforms as of 16-May-2022 Options Ranked DSM Platform DSM Version Loader Boot Methods*** Hardware Transcode Support NVMe Cache Support RAIDF1 Support Oldest CPU Supported Max CPU Threads Notes 1,3a DS918+ 6.2.0 to 6.2.3-25426 Jun 1.04b UEFI, BIOS/CSM Yes Yes No Haswell ** 8 6.2.0, 6.2.3 ok, 6.2.1/6.2.2 not recommended for new installs* 2,3b DS3617xs 6.2.0 to 6.2.3-25426 Jun 1.03b BIOS/CSM only No No Yes any x86-64 16 6.2.0, 6.2.3 ok, 6.2.1/6.2.2 not recommended for new installs* DS3615xs 6.2.0 to 6.2.3-25426 Jun 1.03b BIOS/CSM only No No Yes any x86-64 8 6.2.0, 6.2.3 ok, 6.2.1/6.2.2 not recommended for new installs* DS918+ 6.2.4-25556 TCRP 0.4.6 UEFI, BIOS/CSM Yes Yes No Haswell ** 8 recommend 7.x instead DS3615xs 6.2.4-25556 TCRP 0.4.6 UEFI, BIOS/CSM No No Yes any x86-64 8 recommend 7.x instead DS916+ 6.0.3 to 6.1.7 Jun 1.02b UEFI, BIOS/CSM Yes No No Haswell ** 8 obsolete, use DS918+ instead DS3617xs 6.0.3 to 6.1.6 Jun 1.02b UEFI, BIOS/CSM No No Yes any x86-64 16 6.1.7 may kernel panic on ESXi 4 DS3615xs 6.0.3 to 6.1.7 Jun 1.02b UEFI, BIOS/CSM No No Yes any x86-64 8 best compatibility on 6.1.x * 6.2.1 and 6.2.2 have a unique kernel signature causing issues with most kernel driver modules, including those included in the loader. Hardware compatibility is limited. ** FMA3 instruction support required. All Haswell Core processors or later support it. Only a select few Pentium, and no Celeron CPUs do. ** Piledriver is believed to be the minimum AMD CPU architecture to support the DS916+ and DS918+ DSM platforms. *** If you need an MBR version of the boot loader because your system does not support a modern boot methodology, follow this procedure. CURRENT LOADER/PLATFORM RECOMMENDATIONS/SAMPLE DECISION POINTS: 1. DEFAULT install DS918+ 6.2.3 - also if hardware transcoding or NVMe cache support is desired, or if your system only support UEFI boot Prerequisite: Intel Haswell (aka 4th generation) or newer CPU architecture (or AMD equivalent) Configuration: baremetal loader 1.04b, DSM platform DS918+ version 6.2.3 Compatibility troubleshooting options: extra.lzma or ESXi 2. ALTERNATE install DS3617xs 6.2.3 - if RAIDF1, 16-thread or best SAS support is desired, or your CPU is too old for DS918+ Prerequisite: USB key boot mode must be set to BIOS/CSM/Legacy Boot Configuration: baremetal loader 1.03b, DSM platform DS3617xs version 6.2.3 Compatibility troubleshooting options: extra.lzma, DS3615xs platform, or ESXi 3. ESXi (or other hypervisor) virtual machine install - generally, if hardware is unsupported by DSM but works with a hypervisor Prerequisites: ESXi hardware compatibility, free or full ESXi 6.x or 7.x license Use case examples: virtualize unsupported NIC, virtualize SAS/NVMe disks and present as SATA, run other ESXi VM's instead of Synology VMM Option 3a: 1.04b loader, DSM platform DS918+ version 6.2.3 Option 3b: 1.03b loader, DSM platform DS3617xs version 6.2.3 (VM must be set to BIOS Firmware) Preferred configurations: passthrough SATA controller and disks, and/or configure RDM/RAW disks 4. FALLBACK install DS3615xs 6.1.7 - if you can't get anything else to work Prerequisite: none Configuration: baremetal loader 1.02b, DSM platform DS3615xs version 6.1.7 SPECIAL NOTE for Intel 8th generation+ (Coffee Lake, Comet Lake, Ice Lake, etc.) motherboards with embedded Intel network controllers: Each time Intel releases a new chipset, it updates the PCI id for the embedded NIC. This means there is a driver update required to support it, which may or may not be available with an extra.lzma update. Alternatively, disable the onboard NIC and install a compatible PCIe NIC such as the Intel CT gigabit card.

All links below are provided for noobs and because I am a nice guy, but simply going to https://archive.synology.com/download/DSM/ or https://www.synology.com/en-global/support/download and then clicking the desired subsequent links will yield everything I am linking below. Seek and you shall find. Also keep in mind that I am not updating this post very often so you are better of learning how all this works. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DSM PAT files can be found here (Major updates): DSM 7.2.1U1 https://archive.synology.com/download/Os/DSM/7.2.1-69057-1-NanoPacked Read this to know which platform to select DSM 7.2U1 https://archive.synology.com/download/Os/DSM/7.2-64570-1-NanoPacked Read this to know which platform to select DSM 7.1.1U1: https://archive.synology.com/download/Os/DSM/7.1.1-42962-1-NanoPacked Read this to know which platform to select DSM 7.1U1: https://archive.synology.com/download/Os/DSM/7.1-42661-1-NanoPacked Read this to know which platform to select DSM 6.0.2: https://archive.synology.com/download/Os/DSM/6.0.2-8451 Chose .pat file DS3615xs DSM 6.1: https://archive.synology.com/download/Os/DSM/6.1-15047 Chose .pat file for DS3615xs or DS3617xs or DS916+ accordingly DSM 6.1.1: https://archive.synology.com/download/Os/DSM/6.1.1-15101 Chose .pat file for DS3615xs or DS3617xs or DS916+ accordingly DSM 6.1.2: https://archive.synology.com/download/Os/DSM/6.1.2-15132 Chose .pat file for DS3615xs or DS3617xs or DS916+ accordingly DSM 6.1.3: https://archive.synology.com/download/Os/DSM/6.1.3-15152 Chose .pat file for DS3615xs or DS3617xs or DS916+ accordingly DSM 6.1.4: https://archive.synology.com/download/Os/DSM/6.1.4-15217 Chose .pat file for DS3615xs or DS3617xs or DS916+ accordingly DSM 6.1.5: https://archive.synology.com/download/Os/DSM/6.1.5-15254 Chose .pat file for DS3615xs or DS3617xs or DS916+ accordingly DSM6.1.6: https://archive.synology.com/download/Os/DSM/6.1.6-15266 Chose .pat file for DS3615xs or DS3617xs or DS916+ accordingly DSM6.1.7: https://archive.synology.com/download/Os/DSM/6.1.7-15284 Chose .pat file for DS3615xs or DS3617xs or DS916+ accordingly DSM6.2: https://archive.synology.com/download/Os/DSM/6.2-23739 Chose .pat file for DS3615xs or DS3617xs or DS918+ accordingly DSM6.2.1: https://archive.synology.com/download/Os/DSM/6.2.1-23824 Chose .pat file for DS3615xs or DS3617xs or DS918+ accordingly DSM6.2.2: https://archive.synology.com/download/Os/DSM/6.2.2-24922 Chose .pat file for DS3615xs or DS3617xs or DS918+ accordingly DSM6.2.3: https://archive.synology.com/download/Os/DSM/6.2.3-25426 Chose .pat file for DS3615xs or DS3617xs or DS918+ accordingly DSM6.2.4: https://archive.synology.com/download/Os/DSM/6.2.4-25556 Chose .pat file for DS3615xs or DS3617xs or DS918+ accordingly Critical Updates for all DSM versions can be found here: http://download.synology.com/download/DSM/criticalupdate/update_pack/ or https://archive.synology.com/download/Os/DSM

thank you, @lemon55. i just got my xpenology online on Proxmox 7.0. somehow I cannot mount synoboot.img using the @fonix232 usb method. it seems does not work on Proxmox 7.0. maybe there are different arguments for proxmox 7.0. if there any other member that can mount using usb method on Proxmox 7.0, do share. ************************** Proxmox Version: 7.0-8 Jun's Loader version: v1.03b DS3615xs DSM: DS3615xs 6.2.3-25426 Update 3 ****************************

У меня HP Microserver N54L, проблема возникла с пятым хардом, не в корзине, он отдельно стоящий (или лежащий ))) , так вот начали харды Бэды выдавать.... Естественно поиски пошли по наиболее сложному пути. Правка кода, логи там всякие и прочая хренотень, ни разу не относящаяся к проблеме. И уже вытрахав себе мозг, решил проверить напряжение на Хардах. Так вот на этом, проблемном была просадка . В общем оказался переход Молекс - Сата. Заменил и всё в норме уже пару лет. На G8 схемотехника несколько иная, но если у вас проблема только в двух, конкретных слотах, то имеет смысл обратить внимание на провода, питание и прочую электрику. Чудес не бывает....))))

I've read it twice but can't see where he made anything different then usual, the hardware is from 2011 (nehalem) and has uefi bios, doesn't make it special in any way any chance to get more information or a dmesg log from that system?

I disagree... partly! Never used unraid and I installed only once freenas/truenas. The later was ok, but I was using mostly Openmediavault on x86s and Pis. They got the job done. Lately I got into synology with a DS220j for the family and rolled out a couple xpenology 6.2.3 for my needs. I think I'll stick with these configurations for the time being, until there is a working solution for 6.2.4 or DSM 7. I would be thrilled to update and get more active in this great community, but I won't hesitate to configure OMV on a spare pc, if needed. Setting up dockers (applications) for the less tech savvy is a lot more complicated than on a Synology/Xpenology. But there is a lot documentation and helping hands, if required. Let's wait and see. In the meantime I'll be contributing to my best knowledge and skills to continue building this great community of users. Hope others do the same... while waiting for a new bootloader! Cheers

May be someone will read this topic and my last post will usefull for him... 😂

I'm sorry, I messed up the usb and esata locations, it should have been like this: maxdisks="12" ... usbportcfg="0xfffff000" ... internalportcfg="0xfff" ... esataportcfg="0xfff00000000" 1111 1111 1111 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 ==> eSata ports (12 usb) fff00000000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 1111 1111 1111 ==> Sata ports (12 drives) fff 0000 0000 0000 1111 1111 1111 1111 1111 0000 0000 0000 ==> USB ports (20 drives) fff000

In fact, everything is much simpler! 1. Create HDD, I did SATA0, RAW format (because synology.img is a RAW disk) 2. Replace the resulting disk**1**.raw file with synology.img (where it lies) with renaming. 3. In the UI, we remove the disk (once!). It will become disabled. Then click on it two times - connect sata0, raw. It will be displayed as 50mb. 4. Profit!!! Only e1000, this has already been discussed - Virtio does not work!

From what I can see, he has been invited to join this forum, and share his knowledge. No reply, so maybe he was just trying to fake it