DSM instal on old PC : which loader version should I take ?

[Cubitus]

Hi ,

 

Thank you all for this realy interesting NAS system. I am looking for installing xpenology on an old PC that is now dedicated to file server

but the version I tried : loader 1.04b / DS918+ is not working at all : the PC is not found neither by the assistant nor through find.synology.com.

The PC is an old Packard Bell Imedia from 2009 with 6GB RAM, Pentium QuadCore 2.3GHz, 2 SATA ports (3GB) and an additional 2 SATA PCIE board able to do RAID 0 or RAID 1.

It is working Linux (Debian 5) without problem.

The loader seems to work correctly : there is the boot message for further action on find.synology.com but that's all : no way to have the PC found.

I have modified the grub.cfg file to match the PID/VID of my USB stick

I have also tried several different SN

 

Now I wonder if I took the right loader version ?

Could anybody instruct me on how to go further ?

 

Many rhanks in advance;

C.

[bearcat]

@Cubitus Your CPU is too old to use with the 918+ setup, (look it up).

Now, the question is, what make/model is the NIC you have, and what driver does it support?

 

Best choice for you, is to start with the 3615+ and DSM 6.1.x (Jun's 1.02b and manually supply the .pat file).

If that works, great  you may then try with the 6.2.x if you want to test if it's compatible.

 

Edit:

do not use any RAID options on your SATA ports/cards, only AHCI, let DSM do any RAID you want/need.

 

Edited April 15, 2020 by bearcat
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[Cubitus]

@BearCat

Thank you for your advices ; I took loader version 1.02b which is working fine with the 3615xs config in 6.1-15047.

 

I have another question : is there any root account on Synology servers ? I have been asked for 'admin' acount and password but nothing for root itself.