[Tutorial: Install/Migrate DSM 5.2 to 6.1.x (Jun's loader)]

26 minutes ago, IG-88 said:

no way - dsm as we only can use it here is a x86-64 appliance that even needs to be "hacked" (protection to run on not synology build hardware) by the loader

your only way might be a "normal" arm based linux and configure that to use it the way you intend it to be, maybe omv's arm branche might be possible(?), but even getting this to start on your drobo hardware is more of a challenge then you might think and you might easily brick the drobo system on the way

much easier to build a small nas from scratch for 200-500 bug's (and with zero costs older hardware it can even be cheaper - depends on the performance goals)

 

really useful thanks! 

Ive already got a xpenology build on a HP box I just wondered if I could use the old drobo hardware better to make the most of the raid system but as the answer is no It'l free up some brain space thinking about it - thanks so much!

H

[Tutorial: Install/Migrate DSM 5.2 to 6.1.x (Jun's loader)]

On 9/28/2020 at 11:01 PM, IG-88 said:

beside of usb booting - does it have a x86 64bit cpu? i guess not

https://www.techrepublic.com/blog/cracking-open/drobo-b800i-san-storage-device-teardown-proprietary-motherboard-with-marvell-processor/

marvell is arm and thats it, our loader is based on x86 code and Bios/uefi

 

can it boot linux? maybe

https://drobocommunity.m-ize.com/t/drobo-bricked-out-of-warranty-read-me/142714/41

 

Really interesting, thank you! If I manage to get Linux on it, can I install DS straight on Linux? or would I have to use a bootloader and use linus to tell it to boot from usb?

 

thanks!!

 

(apologies if this is too far off topic!)

[The New Active Backup]

On 6/7/2020 at 3:35 AM, EXPLOit said:

Gentlemen. 

Just installed one more xpenology instance and succefully activate ABB but failed to activate ABO and ABG so i dug in my records and get this instructions. This is absolutely the same as OP but i want to point your attention to a few moments:

LOGIN FIRST - use uncommented link from my example

USE SERIAL NUMBER WITHOUT THE QUOTES

Here is mine own manual i created for myself it works for me without any issues. I tried it right now on two more fresh XPENOLOGY installs with ABB ABO ABG latest versions

 

Thanks so much for this - had no end of trouble getting mine activated, password had special characters - fixed, other commands didnt work on my install, yours did. Then had an invalid SN, updated from google images sn which worked a charm.

 

Does anyone know if QuickConnect should work? When I try to login to link I get a "the system failed to perform the requested operation, there is an unknown error"

 

I Struggled to get a NIC to work initially, the 3rd HP box I used worked first time - Kept reading about the extra.lzma file but couldnt for the life of me find where it is and how to use it (if someone can link me I'd appreciate it as I'd rather use a different box if i can get the nic to work).

Also tried to get it working on a FreeNAS VM but the VM crashes after boot, gets to the find.synology.com prompt and then the vnc connection drops and wont reconnect with nothing on teh network - but thats for another day if anyone has any advice.

 

But for now I'm up and running on a HP Elitedesk, i5, 8Gb RAM, 2x 1TB drives in Raid1

 

Generally thanks so much for this forun and project - so much fun and so useful to tset the 365 backup before a charity I help out jumps to purchase the original hardware.

 

thanks everyone

H

[Tutorial: Install/Migrate DSM 5.2 to 6.1.x (Jun's loader)]

Hey, is it possible to install this on a Drobo B800i? 

How would I install on a device without a monitor connected? can you ssh in?

 

thanks in advance!

 

H