remy Posted September 4, 2018 Share #1 Posted September 4, 2018 I was told that I formed my last post badly. I will attempt to ask the question another way. I have a 4.2 server I am attempting to upgrade to at least v5. I currently keep the Compact Flash drive in the computer because I am thinking it is needed to boot the system. Is this true? Does the OS reside on each of the drives in my array? If I created a new compact flash drive with the new OS, will it see the older volume? The array is managed by the controller not the OS. Model Name: DSM3612xs Current DSM Version: DSM 4.2-3211 DSM date: 2013/04/16 System Specs: FM2 motherboard Athlon A6 CPU 8 gigs DDR 3 RAM Vantec 6-Port SATA II 150 PCI Host Card with RAID 3 Terabyte RAID 6 4 disk 64g compac flash Standard VGA Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bearcat Posted September 5, 2018 Share #2 Posted September 5, 2018 (edited) Some A's to your Q's: (if I'm wrong, someone else jump in and correct it). 1 - Yes, your device with a bootloader (either it's USB or CF) is needed every time you boot the computer, so leave it in. 2 - Yes, each drive will have at least 3 partitions: System, Swap, and Data, the first 2 are identical on all the drives. 3 - The new bootloader will see your current config, and let you know that you have "Moved your disks from a 3612xs to a 3615xs" and tell you that you can do a migration. You can select to only migrate your data, and reset all setting, or migrate all. 4 - The tricky one ... not sure if your controller managed array will work this way, as the most common way to do this with DSM is to let the OS (if it has the drivers) do the raid work. Before you do anyting, make sure you have backup of all important files. Edited September 5, 2018 by bearcat 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
remy Posted September 5, 2018 Author Share #3 Posted September 5, 2018 Bearcat, THANKS! This is great information! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
remy Posted April 24, 2019 Author Share #4 Posted April 24, 2019 I am hoping to revive this topic. I never did get any assistance last time. I am back in the mode now of trying yet again to get some answers. Any assistance would be appreciated. I think I can create another disk with 4.2 on it and boot it up instead of the 4.2 disk, but not sure. The attached pic is of the error that I keep getting regardless of how I attempt the upgrade. Model Name: DSM3612xs Current DSM Version: DSM 4.2-3211 DSM date: 2013/04/16 System Specs: FM2 motherboard Athlon A6 CPU 8 gigs DDR 3 RAM Vantec 6-Port SATA II 150 PCI Host Card with RAID 3 Terabyte RAID 6 4 disk 64g compac flash Standard VGA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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