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    Trial of Nanoboot (4493) - 5.0.3.1

    in DSM 5.2 and earlier (Legacy)

    Posted

    thanks for the heads up.

    ...time to refresh Ole Faithful (Trantor 4.3-3810) with new TBs and power off the NANOBOT. I didn't need two of these things anyway. blocking the IP 124.173.114.175 is good for about 3 seconds. If NANOBOT has the same taste in Porn then he/she/they should be pretty pleased, I dare say there is not a torrent file NB doesn't already have. I have not and never will go Quick Connect whether I own a SYNOLGY box or XPENOLOGY, at least not until I have 2 separate networks in house.

     

    Good Luck and have fun storming the Castle

    MF

    Is XPEnology hardware hungry?

    in Archives

    Posted

    This is one of the two cards I use:

    IO Crest 2 Port SATA III PCI-Express x1 Card (SY-PEX40039)

    The other is a 4 port. both came with mini bracket for smaller case. I use tower cases to accommodate HDD's

    original build had 4X1TB WD RED 2.5 drives. Very low power and very reliable (at least for me)

    Is XPEnology hardware hungry?

    in Archives

    Posted

    I was a WHS user too, welcome to what should have been.

    ZOTAC Atom Dual-Core 1.6GHz/MCP7A-ION/DVI&HDMI/A&V&GbE/Mini ITX Motherboard IONITX-G-E with 2GB RAM barely breaks a sweat, GIGe network moves data at around 65MBs easily. 5x2TB(soon to be 4x2) + 1x3TB(soon to be 2x3TB) drives plus a 4port PCI-E card, the mobo only has 4xSATA. This tiny rig has not been found wanting for anything. Adding drives pushes CPU to about 50% during rebuild/recalc for about 5hours. it was a $60 mobo/CPU combo, use your $$ for storage. It is on24x7.

    [Guide] How to expand the volume if DSM doesn't want to

    in Legacy (Outdated) Tutorials

    Posted

    Thinking out loud:

    might help if we post configurations to aid with the trouble shoot process. VM's are obviously different to physical boxes. I have swapped out smaller disks for larger, swapped bad disks for good, added SATA cards and added disks to the cards, added and removed disk while system is running, across versions of gnoBoot and Nanoboot all without issues on Intel based systems.

     

    System -

    ZOTAC Atom Dual-Core 1.6GHz/MCP7A-ION/DVI&HDMI/A&V&GbE/Mini ITX Motherboard IONITX-G-E x2

    2x1GB DDR2

    SATA Card IO Crest 2 Port SATA III PCI-Express x1 Card (SY-PEX40039)

    HDD of all types

     

    I have had mixed results with other boards/chipsets, some ok, others not so much, tend to avoid AMD systems

    Intel based systems seem to provide most stable experience.

    No experience with VIA, ARM or VM's even though I run VM for other purposes.

    The ZOTAC Atoms are 24x7 systems

    Annoying BIOS reset issue is really bugging me!!!

    in DSM 5.2 and earlier (Legacy)

    Posted

    For shits & giggles this is what I have observed:

     

    my systems over time have been or are:

     

    ZOTAC Atom Dual-Core D510/Intel NM10/WiFi/A&V&GbE/Mini DTX Motherboard Mini ITX Motherboard s NM10-B-E (NM10-DTX WIFI) -

    ZOTAC Atom Dual-Core 1.6GHz/MCP7A-ION/DVI&HDMI/A&V&GbE/Mini ITX Motherboard IONITX-G-E (I have two of these and they are "production" systems)

    ASUS M3A78-EM

    Foxconn A7GM series

     

    The two ZOTAC production boxes are solid, there stay up 27x7. My only test was both systems are attached to UPS systems (two different UPS systems of different types, 1 an APC, the other a Cyberpower)

    the Cyberpower based system recognizes the UPS via USB connection, when I try the APC unit via USB connection, the system freezes.

    Recently we had an extended power (~2.5hrs) outage while we were away. Both systems drained their respective UPS, Cyberpower based unit was shutdown automatically. APC just died.

    When I restarted both systems the cyberpower based unit reported the shutdown and was fine. The APC based unit reported an improper shutdown but was fine all the same.

    Both systems booted without issue. the APC based unit is DSM4.3-3810 Trantor, The Cyberpower was DSM4 Trantor, now gnoBoot 5-4458, the USB to UPS connection has worked across DSM releases without issue

    The D510 mobo appears to have BIOS reset issues is not suitable for DSM at all

    The AMD based mobos appear to have BIOS reset issues but there is a workaround, the Foxconn eventually died of old age and general abuse.

    From gnoboot-alpha10.5 to nanoboot-5.0.3.1

    in Archives

    Posted

    a couple of other observations.

    DSM SYS info shows CPU as Intel Core i3 2.5GHz despite it being a lowly AMD

    Serial number is already populated, no need for manual update

    the issues with the re imaging the USB stick came about because of the BIOS reset issue as per

    viewtopic.php?f=2&t=3289

    There was no need to re image the USB stick but at each attempted boot the boot sequence was reset to boot from HDD not USB

    .......proceed accordingly

    From gnoboot-alpha10.5 to nanoboot-5.0.3.1

    in Archives

    Posted

    Part 2 - Upgrade to Nanoboot 4493 update 1 from gnoBoot as above

     

    Shutdown Diskstation

     

    Source for instructions and D/L xpenology.nl

    D/L DSM 5.0-4493

    D/L DSM 5.0-4493 Update 1

    D/L Nano Boat 5.0.3.1 DSM 5.0-4493 X64

     

    build USB Stick using NB_x64_5031_DSM_50-4493_Xpenology_nl.img

    Insert USB stick

    Boot

    Select 4493 upgrade

    Rescan using Synology Assistant from installing machine, new Diskstaion is shown as Migratable status

    select install

    point to DSM_DS3612xs_4493.pat and enter

    ...and this is where things go a bit pear shaped again

    Synology Assistant shows progress and at the point of rebooting bang

    system msg invalid reboot disk etc. etc.

    Syno Assistant still counting down, I pull USB stick, reimage, re insert and reboot manually

    Syno Assistant continues to count down and continues to write config files.

    Synology Assistant then presents screen and I can now logon

     

    Logon to new Diskstation

    Success

    ....sort of

    1 of the old 160GB disks dies and system presents as degraded.

    insert a 500GB drive in place of failed drive and rebuild underway.

     

    All installed packages from initial build are still in place

    All copied data from initial build still in place

    All Users defined from initial build still in place

    Control Panel shows DSM 5.0 - 4493 update 1 available

     

     

    Make up you own mind as to whether you want to go through this with live data.

    The target of my upgrade is small enough to run a backup and restore if things really go pear shaped

    As long as I can repeat the goofy reimage, reboot steps I'm ok but I would not call this definitive or solid

    in anyway....Good luck and have fun storming the castle

    From gnoboot-alpha10.5 to nanoboot-5.0.3.1

    in Archives

    Posted · Edited by Guest

    Part 1 - Build gnoBoot 5 alpha - 4485 from scratch on new hardware

     

    Using left over parts -

     

    assemble pc

    AMD Athlon X2 4850e - ADH4850IAA5DO (ADH4850DOBOX)

    ASUS M3A78-EM mobo

    2x2GB ADATA

    2x160GB Seagate but only 1 drive connected at time of initial build

     

    boot pc

    set bios to boot from USB

    set to ACHI

     

    build boot image per instructions from cyanlabs http://cyanlabs.net/tutorials/install-x ... thout-esxi

    D/L

    winimage

    gnoboot 1.5.alpha

    4458 file

     

     

    ReBoot PC and follow instructions as per cyanlabs (link above)

    start Synology Assistant

    I already have 2 other Syno rigs (Trantor DSM4.3-3810 & gnoBoot DSM5.0-4458 <- ultimately I want to upgrade this)

    Select unit to be installed and select - DSM_DS3612xs_4458.pat

    ...and this is where things go a bit pear shaped

    boot stick still in place, update starts, at appropriate point PC attempts to reboot but msg says improper boot image etc

    I pull stick and re image (all while install continues according to Synology Assistant)

    re insert stick and manually Cntl,Alt,Delete to boot again

    Select gnoboot.me

    Select 4485 upgrade/downdrage

    PC boots

    Synology Assistant continues to show countdown as if nothing has changed

    Synology Assistant then presents screen and I can now logon

    Logon into Syno with admin.

    success

    Attempt to add second drive but knock cable to first drive and straight away goes into parity check mode.

    I press on

    Add new user

    Add a couple of packages

    Anti virus

    Media server

    Add second drive and expand volume

    success

    All working as designed

    Map Drive and test copy about 7GB....connection fails

    change port on switch

    test copy again but smaller files

    success

    start lager file copy from DSM4 to new DSM5 getting 40-60MB/s

    success.

     

     

    Part 2 - Upgrade to Nanoboot 4493 update 1 from gnoBoot as above ....stay tuned

    New User Need Advice

    in Archives

    Posted

    wow, swatting flies with a sledge hammer. That a lot of fire power to commit a SYN. 70MB/s xfer across wired GIGe LAN. my limiting factor is the crap router. Intel ATOM D510 with 2GB ram and 6x2TB HDD is base build. But have fum storming the castle!

    First time install.

    in Archives

    Posted

    You might need to provide a little more information:

    Which version you are installing, there are now 3. NANOBOOT, Trantor & GNOBOOT

    Hardware, including CPU type 32 or 64bit, HDDs and or SSD.

    As for actual problem, something a little more descriptive other than doesn't work.

    The steps you are taking to install.

    Plenty of folks here willing and happy to help but help us help you.

    Cheers

    MF

    gnoboot & DSM 5.0-4482 - Experiences?

    in AMD

    Posted · Edited by Guest

    Well that was easy but...

    ____________________________________

    Model name:

    DS3612xs

    Current DSM version:

    DSM 5.0-4482

    DSM date:

    2014/04/18

    Status:

    Your DSM version is up-to-date.

     

    ______________________________________________

    GNOboot image to new USB stick

    edit as per post above this one

    boot, upgrade from PAT file

    (upgraded from a trantor 4.3 build)

    all data, users, apps intact (only had 2 apps installed anyway)

    -Storage Manager - Overview shows No Volume information

    -Storage Manager - Shows info on capacity used/available accurately

    -Storage Manager HDD/SDD - blank

     

    System Notification says - Abnormality detected all volumes unmounted

    [SOLVED] DSM5 update 2 with gnoboot 10.5 success

    in General Post-Installation Questions/Discussions (non-hardware specific)

    Posted

    Worked...but...

    bought = ZOTAC Atom Dual-Core D510/Intel NM10/WiFi/A&V&GbE/Mini DTX Motherboard Mini ITX Motherboard s NM10-B-E (NM10-DTX WIFI) = $60

    I have two Trantor based DSM at 4.3 (current) and decided to try GNOboot DSM 5. Followed instructions and all worked as described (in the many and various posts scattered all over the place). the above MB combo had 2x400GB HDD from a previous DSM 4.3 experiment with real data and a couple of packages installed. At the conclusion of the GNOBOOT install the data was intact but packages were not. Attempted to update to update 2 as per instructions in this thread but 5 mins into update it stopped with an error msg (that I ignored and promptly went to bed)

    Powered up system following day expecting to start the troubleshooting process but it was up to date with DSM dated 4/9/14.

    The DSM fairies must have come in the night and fixed it.

     

    Thanks to all who contribute time, effort & skill to this project!

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