jadehawk

Old hardware try: The Tutorials And Guides Section and you can watch this to give you an idea as well Good luck

If you had it working on DSM 5.x, by any chance you still remember what IP your router assigned your box? should still be in the routers DHCP table records... If you do maybe try to access the box with the IP address directly (once you are on the "happy hacking" screen) IP X.X.X.X:5000

If you can, just backup what you have now on the fileserver, and test XPEnology on your current hardware. I notice that once XPEnology is running I have no need to go into its OS and tinker.. It just works (like your current fileserver is doing right now). The only benefit I see (for me) to go with new hardware, is to be able to install new versions of XPEnology as they become available. Starting with the new Loader 1.04b requires you to have new architecture CPU to install the latest DSM 6.2.1.xxxxxx. And the benefits to go that high is to eventually maybe gain hw transcoding for videos. I would give your current hardware a try first. then decided to spend the money on newer, better hardware. Some ppl here have rigs that blow anything that Synology hardware has to offer, but since they are limited by what DSM can do, they have other ways to get things like transcoding done more efficiently. Test it out on your current hardware. Start from 1.03b DS3617xs and work your way down till it works, if it doesn't then you got your answer. good luck.

I made this video tutorial few days ago, it should help you to install 6.2. is for baremetal install, it just happens I was using an HPex485 in the video.

any reason why you need to use loader 1.02A when the Gen8 supports up to Loader 1.03b?

Not going to work. The hardware on the Gen8 is not compatible with the 918+. (CPU Architecture) We are currently topped out at DS3617xs on DSM 6.2-23739 Update 2.

Video tutorial on how to get XPEnology to run on an HP Microserver Gen8 via ESXi 6.7, and install DSM 6.2 on SSD drive on ODD port, and pass drivebays to VM with RDM (Raw Data Mapping) MANY Thanx go to the great tutorial already posted here by @luchuma [ Tutorial: Install/DSM 6.2 on ESXi 6.7 ] I just always prefer to watch a video

I currently have Plex installed on a separate PC and all my media in the Synology box. I don't see any downside and can easily handle almost 6 transcodes of 1080p H264 content down to 3Mb 720p to stream outside the home and zero issues direct stream to my home tv at full res. I am planning on moving SABnzdb , Sonarr, and Radar to the PC and see if my Synology box finally enters drive hibernation. As of now I have never seen my box enter that stage and drives are running 24/7.

definitely no expert here.. just a newbie, however if you say you do have access to LAN when using the hiren boot cd. have you tried manually trying to connect to the ex490 from the office at its ip address directly. x.x.x.x:5000 ? Sorry friend but I am not not of a help. since I just now learn to do this to my little mediaservers..

I made a tutorial in video form since I am more of a visual type of learner, I finally figure out what I needed ot get DSM installed and would have like to have found a video. So I made one. Hope this helps anyone, that wants to install DSM in practically any hardware, since the steps are the same. On the video I did do it on a HP EX485. Installation of DSM 6.2 on HP ex485 or ex490 - Step by Step

Hi.. Name is Paul from Miami,FL,USA. I fix airplanes for a living, and enjoy computers as a hobby. Learned about XPEnology after purchasing my first Synology box a few weeks ago (DS1817+). And since then I have repurposed my 2 old HP MediaSmart Servers to run as Backups for the DS1817+. Got both HP MediaSmart Servers EX485 and EX495 running XPEnology 6.2 on JUN's 1.03b Loader.

- Outcome of the update: UNSUCCESSFUL - DSM version prior update: FRESH INSTALL - Loader version and model: JUN'S LOADER v1.03b - DS3617xs - Using custom extra.lzma: NO - Installation type: BAREMETAL - HP MEDIASMART EX485 - Additional comments: Did not show up in network, rebooting made no difference.