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  1. Hello Hussain,

     

    I sent a post the other day because i want to use DSM 5.0 on my Thecus N7700.

    I had problem to boot with synoboot so someone reply my post with a link to use you nanoboot

     

    Your file is an image file, how can i use it to boot my system ? i don't have cd/dvd drive attached

    can i use the img file to make USB thumb drive bootable?

    Is win32diskimager good to use?

     

    i am just curious but how do you boot your system from img file?

     

    Also you advise to modify the config file to use the correct mac address of the system you want to install but how do you do that?

     

    Well, thanks a lot for your help, and i will work on this install later...

     

    Thanks,

    Chris

     

    Hi cmorin38

     

    You'll have to download the latest Nanoboot img file which you can write on and boot from usb... My image is based on that.

     

    Once written on a usb, you can then modify the boot parameters as you prefer.

     

    Sent from my C6602 using Tapatalk

  2. To be even more precise, replace only these files:

     

    /usr/syno/synoman/webman/uistrings.cgi

    /usr/syno/synoman/webman/usersettings.cgi

    /usr/syno/synoman/webman/initdata.cgi

    /usr/syno/synoman/webman/modules/SystemInfoApp/LogViewer.cgi

    /usr/syno/synoman/webman/modules/PollingTask/polling.cgi

    /usr/syno/synoman/webman/modules/DSMNotify/dsmnotify.cgi

    /usr/syno/synoman/webman/modules/PkgManApp/PkgSynoMan.cgi

    /usr/syno/synoman/webman/modules/PkgManApp/PkgMan.cgi

    /usr/syno/synoman/webman/modules/StorageManager/volumehandler.cgi

    /usr/syno/synoman/webman/modules/StorageManager/storagehandler.cgi

    /usr/syno/bin/lspci

    /usr/syno/bin/scemd

    /usr/syno/bin/findhostd

     

    But I find this method is awful.

     

     

    i'll try to pack these files in .deb file... so we can install it on the server with dpkg command

     

    EDIT: finally.. it works.... so here is a tar file from 4458... just upload it to dsm and untar it as root with this command: tar -xz --directory=/ -f archive4458.tgz

     

    https://mega.co.nz/#!LtoAlA7Z!5TpTOg7lxOxldob6fMYncuvJkAnIwMeZhP9kRpccqYw

  3. Thanks for this!

    For me, booting from a USB attached CD and then removing CD player and disk would be practical.

    Having read & re read I am not clear on the following...

     

    I need to leave the CD in place after XPEn.. is running?

     

    Cheers

    MF

     

    The bootloader contains the kernel image, which is definitely needed at some point, otherwise it will throw a lot of errors and may break the system.. Never tested though

     

    Sent from my C6602 using Tapatalk

  4. hi all

     

    so this is a quick guide on how to make xpenology booting itself without usb bootloader, just like any other linux os.

     

    first you need two things:

     

    1- xpenology installed already

    2- ubuntu or any other live distro that has gparted and syslinux.. it's ubuntu gnome 13.10 in my case.

     

    now follow my steps:

     

    1- boot into ubuntu live and start gparted

    2- now choose the xpenology hard disk from the top right drop-down menu

     

    image.png

     

    3- now we need to select an unallocated space and create a fat32 partition like so

     

    image.png

     

    image.png

     

    4- now hit apply all operations

    5- now we need to manage flags on our new partition and enable boot flag

    6- make a note of our new partition, in my case it's /dev/sda4

     

    image.png

     

    7- now close gparted, and open terminal

    8- now we need to install syslinux on our new partition, so we type: sudo syslinux /dev/sda4

    9- now we need to mount the partition so we copy our config, kernel and ramdisk.

    i find the easiest way to mount a fat32 with read/write permission is by mounting it with disks in ubuntu:

     

    image.png

     

    10- now, once mounted, copy rd.gz and zImage which can be found in your usb loader into it

    11- and create a file named syslinux.cfg contains:

     

    default xpenology
    label xpenology
    menu label ^XPEnology
    kernel zImage
    append initrd=rd.gz root=/dev/md0 ihd_num=0 netif_num=1 syno_hw_version=DS3612xs mac1=080027649673 sn=A5GAN01967

     

    12- changing the mac address and whatever parameters that suites you, and that would be all!

    13- now reboot and boot from your harddrive.

     

     

    regards

     

    Hussain

  5. This also makes updating the boot drive impossible (except if you use a rewritable CD, or burn multiple ones).

     

    if you change your boot/config that often, then i can upload a version that boots the bootloader from the internal hard drive... and in this case, you'll have to put the bootloader files on the hard drive using ssh.. and then boot from the cd which will read those files.

  6. Sorry to ask what is probably a basic question, but if I want to use this with Trantor's build, do I also need to use his .img file or just his .pat file?

     

    there's no need to use the img file as it's included in this iso image.. so once you boot this image after you burn it.. use the pat file and you're set

     

    please remember that you have to change the mac address in isolinux.cfg to match your mac address before burning it to cd

  7. Hi all

     

    Just sharing with you my ISO edition of XPEnology.. if you're like me who doesn't like to dedicate a flash disk just for booting the system, then here it is..

     

    i'm not sure if this has been mentioned before, but anyway :???:

     

     

    Nanoboot 5.0.3.1

     

    32bit

    coming...

     

    64bit

    https://mega.co.nz/#!DwBXwZrJ!l57a2losqpnSBnstx8LUpL6OnE3sBrcH2xLimz940XU

     

     

    Nanoboot 5.0.2.4

     

    32 bit

    http://adf.ly/odnUm

     

    64bit

    http://adf.ly/odnHI

     

    please make sure you change the settings in isolinux.cfg to fit your needs before burning the image

     

     

    cheers

     

     

    Hussain

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