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Probably somewhere between the time hell freezes over and when pigs will start to take to the air. [emoji14] On a more serious note, I hope someone sues the sh*t out of them! Apparently they are releasing the source code when version 6.0.2 drops. That's apparently their source code base. What do you mean by 'drops'? They're currently at 6.0.2.8451, I think. So, you mean they'll release it at 6.0.3? At least it's good news they're releasing *something*. I hope they'll do it soon! Thanks for the info. Oh really? I thought they were still at 6.0.1. Information I had was that 6.0.2 was going to be their source code base.

Probably somewhere between the time hell freezes over and when pigs will start to take to the air. [emoji14] On a more serious note, I hope someone sues the sh*t out of them! Apparently they are releasing the source code when version 6.0.2 drops. That's apparently their source code base.

I had the same issue. Change sn=xxxxxx to custom_sn=xxxxxx Then it should work. Sent from my SM-G928I using Tapatalk

Build details please

Awesome! I have USB devices showing in my baremetal install! Woot! One thing I have noticed though - the Serial number doesn't show in 'Info Center'. EDIT: I got the serial number working by editing the isolinux.cfg file and changing sn=XXXXXXXX to custom_sn=XXXXXXX All working now!

oh really? because with DSM 5.x I see all post messages till the login screen Yeah, that's right. This bootloader is a little different. Sent from my SM-G928I using Tapatalk

Hi m8, i'm trying your VM. I just changed CPU cores from 4 to 1 because I don't have so many cores available. I just start the VM after deploying OVF and let it run, but it hangs on "booting the kernel". any hint? It's not hung. That's just as far as the console goes. Open a browser to find.synology.com or use Synology Assistant and you should be able to discover it on your network. Sent from my SM-G928I using Tapatalk

Got DSM6 baremetal booting however external USB devices do not show. The console says the SCSI disk has been attached but it doesn't bring it into the DSM Ui. Bummer. Sent from my SM-G928I using Tapatalk

That's why I had to revert to DSM5. My USB drives weren't showing and I need them for my photos backup job. I could see that the drive was passed to the VM but DSM couldn't see it. I tried both USB2 and USB3 emulation but still didn't work.

I had it working on ESXi6 as well. However my CPU didn't support vt-d so I couldn't pass through my disks to the vm and I didn't want to create volumes using my disks. I didnt use an IMG to set it up though. I used the ovf files backbon page 7. It worked great (except for quickconnect). Everything else was working wonderfully. @substorm - interested to hear how you go with Dynax's boot IMG on baremetal. Sent from my SM-G928I using Tapatalk

What hardware do you have, Specifically NIC? What .img did you use on the boot USB? Also, What is 'Everything Works'? QuickConnect, Community Packages, etc?

From what stout has said, He has baremetal DSM6 working. This includes btrfs but only with MANUALLY mounting the Volume first (this would need to be done at every boot). It seems he has official packages installing however I'm not sure about community ones. Perhaps @cstout could post his steps including the .img and .pat files he used to get his working? I have a similar machine at home that I might try with - providing enough of it works.

If only the T20's were available in Australia. I'd hand over my cash right now! Haha. MN Instead I'll be having to do a custom build. Sent from my SM-G928I using Tapatalk

I was able to create the SHR using PCIe passthrough using 3-3TB SATA drives and 2 64 GB SSD drives I used for cache. Can I ask what sata card you have for PCIe pass through? Also, did you have to create a RAID group first before creating the Volume? It seems I have to create a raid group and then can create a volume from there. But there is no SHR option. Sent from my SM-G928I using Tapatalk I just used a cheap 4-port marvell card. No I did not have to create a RAID group. The volume manager wizard created the SHR. Can you link me the card? All I can find are over $100. Sent from my SM-G928I using Tapatalk

That's odd. I don't get the choice. I have to create a raid group and then volume second. Did you use the ova/ovf or install manually with the ISO? Sent from my SM-G928I using Tapatalk

Has anyone got external USB HDD's attached to their DSM6 on ESXi? I can't seem to get mine to mount. I've added the USB device into the VM settings but it doesn't mount in the DSM interface.

Hey wenlez, Where'd you get the u-nas case from? I've been searching for one for a while now! Sent from my SM-G928I using Tapatalk

Hey berwhale, Any reason I wouldn't be able to create and SHR array with DSM6? When installed I don't get the option to choose SHR. I am forced to create a raid group first and then volume after that. But irs only standard raid groups I can create.

Thanks for the replies! So the general gist is that if I want to move my disks to a physical Symbology server (or to another physical Xpenology BareBones server) I need to use RDM or Pass through. And if I want SMART data I need to use Pass through. If, however, I plan on staying with ESXi for good virtual disks are fine? Sent from my SM-G928I using Tapatalk

No ETA. We are still waiting on Symbology to release the DSM6 source. Sent from my SM-G928I using Tapatalk

Hi all, I'm going to rebuild my server to be an ESXi machine and run DSM on top of that. I won't be running any other VM's except for maybe a home automation VM or something. I'm trying to figure out what will be the best disk configuration going forward, whether I create datastores from the disks in ESXi, map the disks as RDM disks to the DSM vm, or buy a sata controller and do pci-e pass through. Any insight into pros/cons would be great. Ideally I'd like to not spend any more money but open to suggestions. Thanks everyone!

Okay cool. Thanks for that. I'll give it a try without vhosts for the SANs and see what happens. I'm just trying to alleviate using port numbers in my URLs for various services running on DSM. Now if I could only get vmware to allow me to add RDM disks I'll be set (I dont have a data controller). Sent from my SM-G928I using Tapatalk

Ah. Maybe that's it. Do I need to add a vhost for each SAN or just the domain name? For example, do I need a vhost for mail.example.com;webmail.example.comDSM.example.com I'd these are in the Subject Alternative Name field in the LetsEncrypt wizard? Or do I just need a vhost for example.com? Sent from my SM-G928I using Tapatalk

See: https://stefandingemanse.nl/how-to-use- ... ology-dsm/ Hint: [Create a port forward for port 80 from you router to the IP of your Synology NAS. I don’t know for sure but I think this is because of the automatic approval and is used for installing the certificate.] Actualy letsencrypt creates a token, which will be tried to access via using the dns name you provided. If the token can't be accessed, the certificate doesn't get created. This is killing me. I've got port 80 forwarded and have web station installed. I've also made sure I have A records in my DNS to point to my external IP address. But I still can't get the bloody thing working. When I hit apply, It thinks for a sec and then says "The operation failed. lease login again to dsm and retry"/

Is someone able to help me with Let's Encrypt? I can't get it working and not sure why. It just tells me that it doesn't work and to log back in to the DSM interface.