kenysc Posted February 10, 2019 #1 Posted February 10, 2019 Just a quick guide from my installation of DSM 6.2.1 Update4, before I forget it. The process was much easier than I expected, thanks to all the contributions and sharing in this forum. *** This guide required MODDED BIOS and a HP NC360T NIC *** Hardware Setup Flash kamzata's modded bios, use attached file to burn an USB with the modded bios, boot the server from it and let it complete the bios flashing Install the HP NC360T NIC, I bought a used one in Taobao for 14 bucks Load "Optimal Defaults" from BIOS, then In Advance page, disable C1E Support In Chipset page, disable the onboard NIC Atheros AR8132M NIC DSM Installation Download Jun's Loader v1.03b DS3615xs (Synoboot_3615.zip | 17.3 MB | MD5 = e145097bbff03c767cc59b00e60c4ded) Download PAT file DS31615xs DSM 6.2.1-23824 Update4 (263MB) Prepare the USB boot drive, I followed Polanskiman's tutorial to write the generated SN, USB vid and pid in to grub.cfg boot image then burned it to my USB drive (below steps also come from Polanskiman's tutorial, really recommended to read it through) Boot the USB drive, select the 1st option (or just let it timeout in a sec), wait for 10mins then run Synology Assistant, your Microserver should be found as a "Not Installed" DSM Right click on the found DSM and select install, browse to the download PAT file above. Installation will take some time (30mins for my 8TB drives) Post Installation Enable SSH login Update packages Add SynoCommunity package sources - http://packages.synocommunity.com/ WIP Using Webcam as an IPcam with Surveillance Station Kamzata Modded BIOS - run HPQUSB.rar 2 Quote
Der_Sparsame Posted February 10, 2019 #2 Posted February 10, 2019 Is it really necessary to flash the bios to get 6.2.1 running? Quote
kenysc Posted February 13, 2019 Author #3 Posted February 13, 2019 On 2/11/2019 at 12:55 AM, Der_Sparsame said: Is it really necessary to flash the bios to get 6.2.1 running? Don't think modded bios is a must as the official having options to disable C1E and internal NIC. However, modded bios gives 6 SATA ports, 3GBps SATA and hot plugging. Also a DSM 6.2 compatible PCIe NIC is obviously required. Quote
ravi Posted December 20, 2019 #4 Posted December 20, 2019 Once the install is complete, do you remove the usb and boot it from the hard drive? Quote
polanskiman Posted January 3, 2020 #5 Posted January 3, 2020 On 12/21/2019 at 12:36 AM, ravi said: Once the install is complete, do you remove the usb and boot it from the hard drive? You should never remove the usb key else you will not be able to boot the machine if you reboot DSM. Quote
spyer Posted February 10, 2020 #6 Posted February 10, 2020 (edited) Hello, thank you very much for the tutorial. But the app „moments“ had some problems with my n54l. They can not find the faces and can not show the iPhone pictures. I can only see the jpeg. Is it a serial oder mac issue? Can you help me to solve the problem ? Best regards Edited February 10, 2020 by spyer Quote
spyer Posted February 10, 2020 #7 Posted February 10, 2020 2 hours ago, spyer said: Hello, thank you very much for the tutorial. But the app „moments“ had some problems with my n54l. They can not find the faces and can not show the iPhone pictures. I can only see the jpeg. Is it a serial oder mac issue? Can you help me to solve the problem ? Best regards Hello guys, I have solved this problem with this script and it works! https://github.com/likeadoc/synocodectool-patch Quote
Slimboyfat Posted May 10, 2020 #8 Posted May 10, 2020 (edited) Hi, I followed these instructions, my N54L is discovered and I upload the PAT file, it installs and reboots the box - but it then "disappears" from my network and I'm unable to reconnect to it - any suggestions? Edited May 10, 2020 by Slimboyfat Quote
billat29 Posted May 10, 2020 #9 Posted May 10, 2020 I would strongly recommend that you download the latest version 6.2.3 for DS3615xs from the Synology download centre and try again. You are much more likely to have success with that version. Come back if you are still having problems 1 Quote
Slimboyfat Posted May 16, 2020 #10 Posted May 16, 2020 HI Billat29, thanks for the tip - it worked a treat and I now have a working NAS Much appreciated!! Quote
Tobias Claren Posted December 8, 2021 #11 Posted December 8, 2021 (edited) On 2/10/2019 at 4:19 PM, kenysc said: T NIC, I Hello. Do I currently need an extra network card? The Gbit port of the N54L was supported . Is it possible to install "DS916p" on the N54L? Edited December 8, 2021 by Tobias Claren Quote
billat29 Posted December 9, 2021 #12 Posted December 9, 2021 13 hours ago, Tobias Claren said: Hello. Do I currently need an extra network card? The Gbit port of the N54L was supported . Is it possible to install "DS916p" on the N54L? The onboard nic works with 1.03b DS3615xs (and '17xs) and 6.2.3. At the moment, that's the "latest" it will do Quote
Tobias Claren Posted December 18, 2021 #13 Posted December 18, 2021 (edited) I now own an HP NC360T NIC. But I generally can't install a DS916p on a N54L? Edited December 18, 2021 by Tobias Claren Quote
Eliy1970 Posted January 4, 2022 #14 Posted January 4, 2022 The link to the pat file is invalid, in directory 6.2.1 Update 4 is invalid, the link is broken And the file was not found in the directory https://archive.synology.com/download/DSM/release/6.2.1/23824/DSM_DS3615xs_23824.pat I would be happy for any help Quote
Richtw Posted February 3, 2022 #15 Posted February 3, 2022 (edited) followed all the great advice here, and my N54l is free of WHS2011 and running Synology 6.23!!! I had one question - I do see in the desktop that an update to 6.24 is available. Searching all over I see no references to 6.24 in connection with N54L, so for now I am not updating. I wanted to check to see if this should be avoided or if it was safe to update? Edited February 3, 2022 by Richtw Quote
billat29 Posted February 3, 2022 #16 Posted February 3, 2022 Avoid. The loader you are using will not work with 6.2.4 or 7 and you will break your DSM. There is a new loader being tested but it is too early to say that you should upgrade 1 Quote
Richtw Posted October 27, 2023 #17 Posted October 27, 2023 It occurs to me my server has been chugging along, using the thumb drive as the boot device for 2 years....that usb drive may be the single point of failure. is there a suggested way to back up or image it so that I can make a new one if it ever fails? Quote
Richtw Posted December 29, 2024 #18 Posted December 29, 2024 Just a quick update to close the loop. You can run a more recent version of the OS on an N54l. I started at this blog post https://tomvanveen.eu/installing-synology-dsm-7-x-on-a-hp-n54l-in-2022/?unapproved=15825&moderation-hash=28e554d5caa9ee359566ab62b0cdc625#comment-15825. which pointed me to these two forum posts I used TinyCore Redpill, followed the blog and am now up to version 7.2 Quote
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