derrickang Posted February 12, 2017 Share #1 Posted February 12, 2017 Hi guys, I am a newbie with Expenology so do forgive me if my questions seem naive. Well, I installed Xpenology quite smoothly on my PC as a virtual machine but when I tried installing Xpenology on a bare metal server I am getting a continuous loop of DSM asking me to migrate/reinstall. I have spent hours, actually weeks, reading various forum posts so I know a bare metal install is possible but I can't figure out what I am doing wrong. I have used the USB method, editing the PID, VID, serial number and Mac address in the.cfg file I am trying to install DSM 5.2 5644 Can I seek some help here? My baremetal server specs are as follows: Supermicro motherboard X8DTN+ CPU: 2 x Xeon E5645 RAM: 24GB ECC Backplane: BPN-SAS2-826EL1 826 backplane with single LSI SAS2X28 expander chip Raid Controller: LSI 9211-8I JBOD HBA CARD Hard drives: Tried various HGST HDDs and Samsung SSDs with same result Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elpee Posted February 13, 2017 Share #2 Posted February 13, 2017 Bring all your HDDs to a Windows PC and re-format it all. Done! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
derrickang Posted February 13, 2017 Author Share #3 Posted February 13, 2017 Hi Elpee, Thanks for the reply! I tried what you suggested: formatted 1 drive with Windows, reinserted that 1 drive. Booted that 1 drive with Bootloader USB and the same issue occurred again. What should we do next to avoid this 'migration loop of death'? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billat29 Posted February 13, 2017 Share #4 Posted February 13, 2017 I'm a bit confused about what you are doing, but then if you have been struggling with this for a while, then you have tried "everything". So. In your searches, have you found that your LSI card is supported? What version of the bootloader are you using and where did you source it? I just found the USB stick I was previously using for 5644.5 and I seem to have been running the unmodified cfg file. So you shouldn't need to modify anything. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billat29 Posted February 13, 2017 Share #5 Posted February 13, 2017 Ah wait. Are you trying to install DSM5.2 with jun's loader? That won't work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
derrickang Posted February 13, 2017 Author Share #6 Posted February 13, 2017 Hi bilat 29, Well, regarding what I am doing: I am really trying to get a working install of DSM on my server. Yes, I'm just like most people here, who will of course 'try everything' that possibly comes to mind to solve the issue. Regarding your question of LSI card, there are 2 answers to this: a. I have already tried the install without the LSI card, and ended up with the same 'migration loop of death'. b. LSI card seems to be working well for our forum user: snoopy78 as you can read from: viewtopic.php?f=2&t=6772 Version of bootloader: XPEnoboot 5.2-5644.5 DS3615xs Download source: http://xpenology.me/downloads/ Pat file: DSM_5.2-5644 Download source: http://download.synology.com/download/D ... s_5644.pat Am I doing something right/wrong? Anything I should be adding or modifying? Thanks again for helping me look into the this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chege Posted February 13, 2017 Share #7 Posted February 13, 2017 Im not 100% sure but as i remember some people got this problem before. Try with different pendrive Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billat29 Posted February 13, 2017 Share #8 Posted February 13, 2017 Im not 100% sure but as i remember some people got this problem before. Try with different pendrive Good suggestion Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bglf83 Posted February 14, 2017 Share #9 Posted February 14, 2017 Prior to Juns loader I considered 5.2-5592.2 to be my stable loader. I did not use 5644, there were documented issues. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
derrickang Posted February 26, 2017 Author Share #10 Posted February 26, 2017 Thanks bglf83 and billat 29, I went through all my steps again and realized I was not using the matching Pat file with the lead bootloader. After correcting that, my baremetal Install went smoothly with version 5.2 5644. I noted you tried version 5.2 5592 to be stable. *May I ask where can I download the bootloader and it's matching pat file? *Some of the well known Xpenology sites that provide download repositories are not always online. I also tried Jun's loader but the DSM's internal IP was never found so later I checked that the onboard supermicro NIC or Ethernet chipset, Intel 82576 may not have it's driver included in Jun's bootloader. Oh man, look like I may have to either: A. Use a stable version of 5.2 that includes my existing Ethernet chipset drivers. OR B. Buy a new Ethernet PCI-E card with a supported chipset and then use version 6 with Jun's bootloader. **If I go with option B. , do I need to disable the onboard Supermicro NIC during the install? Or will Jun's bootloader automatically detect all available NICs and use the one with supported drivers to put out DSM's internal network IP? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salah Posted February 26, 2017 Share #11 Posted February 26, 2017 Supermicro's have issue with UTC bios time and tend to boot corrupt bios. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
derrickang Posted February 26, 2017 Author Share #12 Posted February 26, 2017 Thanks Salah, I agree that Supermicro doesn't have the best BIOS out there. However with the server accepting version 5.2 5644, I would have to say it's still pretty acceptable, right? What's your experience like? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bglf83 Posted February 27, 2017 Share #13 Posted February 27, 2017 I have a supermicro board and use a PCIe Intel PT 1000 single NIC with DSM 6. My onboard was not picked up either. No need to disable onboard for DSM 6 though. Never had a BIOS corruption issue. Xpenology.me for downloads. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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