motorola Posted December 14, 2016 Share #1 Posted December 14, 2016 Hello Forum, i am on DSM 5.2 beacause i want to stick with phpVirtualBox due to the incompability to DSM 6.0.2. I have a Baremetal installation on my Intel NUC. Very fast and stable but i want to have DSM recognize my USB HDD as internal drive, so i can make custom shares and time machine backup (which is not available if it is recognized at the USB Port). I played around with the Hex config at synoinfo.conf, but it doesn't change anything (even if i set everything to zero). I followed this guide where some people having the "problem" to see internal as external but i want to see external as internal: https://hedichaibi.com/fix-xpenology-problems-viewing-internal-hard-drives-as-esata-hard-drives/ I tried esxi for vm but it is barely slow in comparison with a bare metal installation, so this is not my way to go. Would be nice to "trick" DSM that my USB My Book 6TB will be recognized as internal drive! Hope you can help me! Edit: Another solution can be an NGFF to 4x Sata Controller like the DELOCK 54668: https://www.amazon.de/dp/B019QJOQS2/ref=olp_product_details?_encoding=UTF8&me= But then i have to power the hard drives externally i think. Thanks in advance! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billat29 Posted December 14, 2016 Share #2 Posted December 14, 2016 Why not take the HDD out of the enclosure and connect it as a SATA drive? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
motorola Posted December 14, 2016 Author Share #3 Posted December 14, 2016 Because the intel Nuc only hast one 2,5" internal slot. If there is not "software" solution i have to to the "hardware" solution, making the m.2 port to an Sata port and point out a cable into the external enclosure... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diverge Posted December 14, 2016 Share #4 Posted December 14, 2016 You should re-read that article, and re-try it. Because I've been doing the same thing for years, and it works fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
motorola Posted December 15, 2016 Author Share #5 Posted December 15, 2016 I dont know if you understand it correctly: The article posted above is not what i want to achieve. I want the "problem" what some people have: My External Drive recognized as an internal drive. I retried it but doesnt work. If you understand my post correctly: What was your way to detect the external USB as an internal drive? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diverge Posted December 15, 2016 Share #6 Posted December 15, 2016 You're right. I read it wrong. Sorry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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