[how do I upgrade from dsm 5.2 instantly to dsm 6.2]

17 hours ago, IG-88 said:

 

So shall i just convert back to dsm 5.2? Sh*t all my files are unreadable from the could were all my files are because synology compressed it with an unknown codec

 

[how do I upgrade from dsm 5.2 instantly to dsm 6.2]

so what do i do now? My drives aren`t showing up after the bois update.

[how do I upgrade from dsm 5.2 instantly to dsm 6.2]

16 hours ago, IG-88 said:

afair it was about ide compatibility when using sata with older systems (WinXP and older?)

 

that does explain a lot as this pc was made for windows vista but you said win xp? btw last year in 2020 i tried it with windows 10 and it worked

[how do I upgrade from dsm 5.2 instantly to dsm 6.2]

3 hours ago, IG-88 said:

my point was that if going to enhanced there might be a sata setting where you can switch to ahci mode (never seen lenovo bios gui, bigger vendors like lenovo or hp have there own gui so its not much help to know where its in a standard ami or phoenix bios)

sorry, i already tried that and it tells you nothing except this crap about a IDE config which dose`t make sense when there`s no ide port

[how do I upgrade from dsm 5.2 instantly to dsm 6.2]

9 hours ago, IG-88 said:

try enhanced, save, reboot and go again into bios and look if options about sata have changed and if you see something about ahci

now reboot with the loader and see if the disk is recognized

 

that chipset uses ICH7 and that is capable of ahci when its set by bios

 

bios updates would be here (if you dont have the latest)

https://pcsupport.lenovo.com/de/en/products/desktops-and-all-in-ones/thinkcentre-a-series-desktops/thinkcentre-a57/downloads/ds003243-flash-bios-update-thinkcentre-a57-m57e

i already tried enhanced and it never worked and also, which bios version do i use?

[how do I upgrade from dsm 5.2 instantly to dsm 6.2]

in the bios in sata configuration there`s three options enhanced, compatible or disabled

[how do I upgrade from dsm 5.2 instantly to dsm 6.2]

1 hour ago, IG-88 said:

not to you maybe

i was talking about ahci not being in the bios as an option

[how do I upgrade from dsm 5.2 instantly to dsm 6.2]

39 minutes ago, 3 84 said:

there`s no option in bios, oops i accidentally thou u meant to turn it off in bois

crap does that mean i have to switch back to dsm 5.2 loader because theres only IDE mode?  (Edit: i feel like the non-emoji version is better)

[how do I upgrade from dsm 5.2 instantly to dsm 6.2]

i feel like i shoud bios flash to the latest bios version but idk which motherboard im using and there no bios flash option in bios

[how do I upgrade from dsm 5.2 instantly to dsm 6.2]

my cpu is a core 2 duo(2.8ghz) , 4TB seagate barracuda motherboard is a FRU Intel G31 all in a A57 lenovo thinkcenter

[how do I upgrade from dsm 5.2 instantly to dsm 6.2]

1 hour ago, IG-88 said:

no, change to ahci

there`s no option in bios, oops i accidentally thou u meant to turn it off in bois

[how do I upgrade from dsm 5.2 instantly to dsm 6.2]

1 hour ago, 3 84 said:

im not sure which option i should choose is IDE mode ok?

nope it didn`t work

[how do I upgrade from dsm 5.2 instantly to dsm 6.2]

fu*k i think i know were it is but i im not sure which option i should choose is IDE mode ok?

[suggestions for units to have a loader for with 7.0]

sorry i only do javascript and not c++ or whatever you use to make your boot loaders

[how do I upgrade from dsm 5.2 instantly to dsm 6.2]

 

16 hours ago, IG-88 said:

the mac does not matter when installing, if you want to use WOL then the hardware mac needs to be in grub.conf, the only important thing for installing is usb vid/pid

you did not mentioned the hardware, if sata onboard then it needs to be ahci mode (check in bios)

 

 it didn`t work until i used the pc`s mac address but whatever and it`s using the same ip address that was on the previous version, i already edited the pid and the vid from the start, i double checked and there is no ahci mode in bios, i know what it is though, probably its not a thing in this type of bios because this was made for windows vista (btw this is a custom built NAS)

[how do I upgrade from dsm 5.2 instantly to dsm 6.2]

yep, ahci it`s not in the bois, the motherboard must be really old, btw this is a custom built NAS

[how do I upgrade from dsm 5.2 instantly to dsm 6.2]

I can`t find it in the bios but i`ll try again, and it doesn't make sense, it was working in the previous versions and the drive is showing up in the bios so it hasn`t failed also, it didn`t work until i used the pc`s mac address and it`s using the same ip address that was on the previous version.

[how do I upgrade from dsm 5.2 instantly to dsm 6.2]

6 hours ago, IG-88 said:

what hardware are you using?

you can try 6.1 loader 1.02b for 3615 or 3617

and about how to ..., we have a dedicated section for this

https://xpenology.com/forum/topic/13333-tutorialreference-6x-loaders-and-platforms/

https://xpenology.com/forum/topic/7973-tutorial-installmigrate-dsm-52-to-61x-juns-loader/

 

halt I managed to do a fresh install of the 6.2 loader, I realised I had to use the mac address of the pc and not from a generator but now its not showing up the one hdd, my old files don`t matter cos it`s all backed up in the google cloud

[how do I upgrade from dsm 5.2 instantly to dsm 6.2]

wait...

 

[how do I upgrade from dsm 5.2 instantly to dsm 6.2]

i need help, as in my dsm isn`t showing up every time i try to upgrade. and when i try to boot to something like dsm 6.0.2 it shows up but after the dsm installation it flops and dose`t show up.