dean4109

I appreciate the response! So I had been going back and forth trying to do a bare metal install, but I actually was able to get DSM 7 working with esxi so I'm just going to run with that. VMware will give me some versatility if I want to use the server for something else down the road, and it's a bonus that I was able to get DSM 7 too. Now I'll spend the next week or so setting up my media server as docker is completely new territory for me lol. Maybe I'll learn something that I can put on my resume one day...

Hi everyone, I'm a relatively tech savvy person, but I've recently built my own server and keep getting tripped up trying to get Xpenology installed. Seemingly every step I go through, I run into some kind of problem and after an hour of googling, I'll figure it out only to have the cycle repeat... Here is the hardware I'm working with: CPU: Xeon e3-1265L v3 MB: Asus h81i-plus Memory: 8GB DDR3 HD: Three WD Red 4GB and 500GB WD Red NVME (for cache) NIC: Realtek RTL8111G I've gotten as far as creating the synoboot USB installer and am able to boot from it, but I can't find the machine on Synology assistant. If I had to guess, it's because of the NIC as it needs the Realtek drivers. My MB is a mini-itx with only one PCIe slot and so I'm resisting buying an Intel NIC because I'd like to use that slot for caching. I did find a post where you had to use OSF Mount to replace the NIC drivers for the Realtek ones, but that didn't seem to work as it's still not showing on Synology assistant. Anyways, I feel like I'm close but I'm a little overwhelmed and tired of troubleshooting. I'd be willing to pay someone $50 for an hour of their time to Zoom and connect with me to assist. It feels worth it to me at this point lol. I'm close to just using FreeNAS, but I own a DS216j and know DSM and would love to be able to keep using it. Thanks in advance! If anyone is interested in helping a noob, please let me know.

Hi everyone, I'm a relatively tech savvy person, but I've been struggling to get Xpenology set up on both bare metal and ESXi. I swear, every step I take I've run into some kind of error and spend an hour googling until I reach the next step and the process repeats... Anyways, I'm just a bit overwhelmed and tired of trying to troubleshoot and was hoping someone might be kind enough to connect with me and help walk me through the process. Here is the hardware I'm working with: CPU: Xeon e3-1265L v3 MB: ASUS h81i-plus Memory: 8GB DDR3 HD: 3 WD Red 4GB // 500GB WD Red NVME (for cache) I've gotten as far as creating the synoboot usb drive and it seems to be loading correctly, but I cannot find the device on Synology assistant. I think the issue might be the Realtek drivers, as my NIC is the RTL8111G. I found a post where you're supposed to replace some files on the bootable USB in order to install the drivers, but I'm still not seeing it on my network. So yeah, I'd pay someone $50 for an hour of their time this week if anyone is interested/willing. It's worth it to me at this point lol I normally like tinkering and learning something new, but I'd rather just be using my NAS at this point. I'm close to just using FreeNAS but I own a DS216j and would love to be able to keep DSM as I already know it. Thanks in advance!