PTBERRU

THANK YOU so much flyride. may god bless (but only if god is a mystery which it most certainly is in my reality)

HI there: Please forgive any questions that appear simplistic. IF this post belongs in a different Forum could you point me to it before deleting mine from this forum?? Hardware: MSI-Z77MA-G45 Intel I5-3570k purchased used without any install cd MB, CPU and memory config POSTS. . Three SSDs installed, a 120gb (intel) and two (2) 240GB Crucial MB has integrated realtek ethernet port and integrated graphics. Purpose of installing Xpenology: I have an aging DS1812+ running latest DSM 6.2.x which I believe is the latest DSM that the DS1812+ will update to. I have 24TB on that server and it works great. HOWEVER I notice that the CPU is simply not powerful enough to run all the DSM compatible packages that I want to run, such as a VPN Client, media server (emby), security software, office tools, web page serving, mail, etc. SO my hope is that I can create a more powerful XPEnology/DSM that will do all the crunching while it connects to the DS1812+ and allows that unit to do only the file serving for several Win 10 machines. To date I have created a bootloader utilizing Jun's Synoboot 103b for DSM 6.2a nd done so with all three paltforms 918,3615,3617 3617 (103b) partially boots and comes to the "happy hacking" "your screen will update shortly...." Then NOTHING (all night long) I used Grub cfg file, edited it for vid, pid, serial number, mac address. Used Rufus to create USB. Please realize I do not wish to be a nuisance here because of my lack of techincal ability regarding LINUX base solutions here so my first thought is to do this: Go through the headache of getting my new old MSI-Z77MA-G45 up and running with either Win10 or Ubuntu (or a diff linux shell) or both on USB sticks and run the machine from one of those to make sure all drivers and MB updates are applied that Juns loader would rely upon while running on the msi-z77ma-g45. In light of the fact I wish to do as much myself from research, links to other forums or other websites are most welcome, if indeed they address the question asked. 1) given what I want to do, what version of Jun's loader is best suited for my needs ? GIVEN that my DS1812+ is going to be stuck at 6.2x should I go with Juns 6.1x and live without the perks of DSM 6.2 on the machine that utilizes the many of the DSM applications. 2) IF I left 6.2x on my DS1812+ and went with a version of Jun's loader for DSM 6.1x would there be any issues with the two units talking to each other. 3) I am very familiar with Microsh_t Win 10 so is that a better choice than ubuntu??? (I installed ubuntu successfully on an AMD machine a few years ago but it took some pain.I'm used to the pain) Any suggestions about where to do research, given my MB and CPU and what it is I am trying to accomplish. THANK ANYONE for taking a moment, if possible, in order to point me where I need to look or to answer my questions. IF anyone has a simpler solutions(not involving boocoup $) to accomplish my needs I am open. This is my first Intel MB. I have extra MBs lying around supporting higher wattage AMD, AM3, AM+ CPUs but I at hoping to migrate to the more efficient Intel CPUs as they wane in price on the used market.. PS: Trust me if I were not living on a SS check I would be buying a new improved Synology Disk station with the HP needed. "If wishes were horses, beggar could ride"

Hello one and all. My name is Tom (( Paul Thomas Berry)) and I live in Southern Illinois, USA. Please don't hold that against me.....I've been around more blocks than I care to remember. One could say that I am a legacy and not only in my own mind which is how we logicians like to think of ourselves. I'm a legacy because of my age: soon to be 73. What I know about the post 2K world of technology is certainly NOT impressive. However , what I do know I have assimilated by my desire to make these Personal Computers serve me with as much effectiveness as their distributive nature does for networking across the globe. Please forgive me in advance if I ask very basic questions. My need to understand begins at the root in order that I may forge my ideas and my actions regarding what it is that with these fantastifc machines. I can state accurately that that the first computer I worked on could only be communicated with thru a card-reader. If anyone thinks that was challenging , it most certainly was. I went through so many cards at the key machine that I was a fire hazard because of the pile of cards on the floor. Which is why II I got out of the business for 20 years and went back in when the 'machines' had evolved to at least interact with them thru a real-time portal or video portal. SO these PCs and new technology fascinate me and aggravate the crap out of me at the same time. I have 40 or so TBs of HDD and Memory storage in my home. They are powerful and they are sophisticated but much of their evolution has been market driven as I see it. Markets that operate with freedom are prone to unforeseen problems and knee jerk reactions which in turn leads to a road map that sometimes looks more like spaghetti than an outline to a destination. I hope to contribute as well as ask but that may take a while. If I live long enough I might be able to answer questions from others on this forum. For now, soon, I will ask some bery basic questions and do so tainted by a paradigm of system architecture that is pretty much obsolete and yet which set the stage upon all this notion of Artificial Intelligence we now seem to take for granted. As a side note in the interest of semantics, I will state that the term "artificial intelligence" is an oxymoron. It is true that machines can think, but that is merely the definition of a concept. I now a lot of humans that cannot think. Intelligence, whatever it is has something to do with the esoteric, the mystical, and if we eliminate that from our reality then we will become little more than parasites scrubbing through the skin or veneer of civilized evolution. If I annoy anyone with my questions, please be gentle reminding me. As you can see I have a very big ego..... "survival in the 21st century demands a continual reinvention of one's self..." So here I am. Thank YOU for digesting my non-sense thoughts. ONE last thought. I am an non-discriminatory 'dick'. I don't care where your came from, what colors your eyes OR your skin, how you grew up or what culture shaped you. My respect for others hinges on whether or not they try to BS me as so many in our business turn into a profession. Ask me a question in order to understand my question and you will earn my respect. Saying "I don't understand" is NOT a question. One learns by forging questions that have merit to the subject at hand. At least in my world. Thx for our patience. Can you teach a dinosaur some neat tricks? If it is willing to ask questions, why NOT?