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I have managed to mount the drives on a ubuntu install and everything is getting copied across to a external drive. Once thats done my plan was to do a new install and wipe the drives, which bootloader, etc would you recommend for my HP microserver (HP54L 2014)?

ha ha errrr, well i dont know, i followed this video... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cp6ijKqhDN0 and used the ones spec'd and it worked on a single HD. With the bit before, im not sure which pat file got uploaded, i think it was DSM_DS3615xs_23824.pat and ive pasted the wrong one in my previous post. It only would accept one of them, so i couldnt install any other.

So above is what happened to your question. Then i gave another bootloader a go v1.02b for dsm 6.1 (current), it has a note on it that its an alpha build. I have used DSM_DS3617xs_15152.pat and put the serial number in, etc and its installed it on to a drive i had. So, should i insert the drives with 5.0 or 5.2 (i cant remember) and see if it works? I need to migrate as they have data on i want to keep (or need to due to the backup going a bit wrong )?? or do i need to try and recover the data and wipe the drives and start from scratch?

I am pretty sure it would only let me install.... DSM_DS3615xs_23824.pat I used the Jun's loader v1.02b DS3617xs with MBR partition, i didnt put a mac address in, serial number and the pid/vid as i did all that on the other loaders and nothing worked. Using the above loader works the first time, then it wont work when its tried installing so if i reboot it wont appear in synology assist.

ahhh, that didnt work. Would anyone have any ideas of how i could get of this mess?

Disabling C1E worked, it did a install, put up 10mins for waiting, rebooted and NAS just went back in to hiding. I had a 5.x version running before with data on my HD's, so i am guessing they didnt like to migrate. I put my old bootable usb in to see what happen and it it booted to the install screen saying there was a problem and lets carry on. I've not carried on because i wasnt sure if my old boot-able usb would get messed up as it was a nanoboot for 5.x. Is there a way to get it out of the migration and go back to what i had? At the moment i am going to try this method and hope it all goes to plan...

I put the 1.02b on a stick (i took it from below), it got to the screen "waiting to update and typing find.synology" and it just stayed on loading kerns and nothing happened. Do i need do disable C1E to make that work?

Thanks Blue Max, that guide helped out massively. I have the boot loader on the usb stick, it loads up and the screen stops at the message "the screen will stop updating shortly...." , so i try to search for the synology with the synology assistant or find. but there is nothing to be found, what am i doing wrong?? I have tried bootloader 1.02, 1.03 and 1.04 and i am running a HP54L....

Hello Has anyone managed to create the USB bootloader using a mac? Every time i try to mount the 1.03b boot .img file it says "no mountable file systems". Is 6.1.3 with the V1.03b stable on a HP microserver (HP54L 2014)?? I dont have access to a PC so i am a little bit stuck at the mo. Thanks

So just follow this guide you created...

Hello I have a HP54l and i am running DSM 5.0-4493 Update 2. Whats the best way for me to update to the latest DSM? Can i do a new install on a different USB stick without wiping all the data on my drives? or is it easy enough to update? Thanks

Hello all I have two 2tb HDD's and two 3tb HDD's. I understand if I put them in my hp server with xpenology and use RAID1 It will mean I have 4tb's in total. Is there anyway to partion the HDD's so I don't loose 2tbs but keep a raid 1 setup So it's spread across all HDD's (correct me if that's the wrong raid number) and I have a separate drive on the server for the spare 2tbs, if that makes sense?? Thanks

fair enough, thanks for answering the questions!

Oh right, i thought i read some where that it would install everything across the HD's so you wouldn't need a usb stick. As USB sticks dont last forever and have a habit of dieing

Ok, so what would you suggest i do to make it all load from a HD?

Hello So, i have just successfully installed XPEnology on my HP54l and its running all ok, quite an achievement seeing as im a total noob at all this! I followed this guide.. http://cyanlabs.net/Thread-Install-Syno ... i-Non-ESXI What I would like to know is if there is anyway for the OS on the USB to run on the HD in the HP54l instead of running off the USB stick? thanks