vladiwan Posted September 17, 2017 Share #1 Posted September 17, 2017 Dear community, I am a new user of xpenology. I have installed version DSM 6.1.3-15152 Update 4 on my old laptop. The internal drive is an old 120 Gb hard drive. I attached 2 USB hard drives - 500 Gb and 320 Gb. Today I installed photo station and all of my pictures on my USB1 volume went to the internal drive. How can I solve this problem. I don't want all of my files to be copied to my internal drive. Is there an option to modify my usb drives to so xpenolody can detect them as a regular violume2, 3 and so on. Thanks. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abced Posted September 17, 2017 Share #2 Posted September 17, 2017 (edited) I don't think that's possible with USB. You can make that with esata. Edited September 17, 2017 by abced Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IG-88 Posted September 17, 2017 Share #3 Posted September 17, 2017 maybe you can use the (internal) cdrom/dvd connector with a adapter for a hdd? also i would have said the same as abced but then i found this: https://hedichaibi.com/fix-xpenology-problems-viewing-internal-hard-drives-as-esata-hard-drives/ that guys intension was to correct the numbering on his sata drives (a "gap" seems prevented the normal numbering in a row), but if you have a look to the last picture he kind of accidently made his usb flash drive a intern hdd (disk21), so you might be able to convince dsm that a usb drive is internel (even if no one would recommend doing it) i'm still not getting it why the flash drive is a hdd, from the configuration data it looks ok, only "mistake" i can spot is that he did not set the "maxdisks" drive numer (if not changed it will be 12 so the flash drive is number 13 and above the maxdisks) @vladiwan as you are new i dont think you should try this, if things go wrong or you make mistakes you can easyly mess up your system 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antihrist2002 Posted September 18, 2017 Share #4 Posted September 18, 2017 (edited) You can use symlink. stop package and do: ln -s /volumeUSB1/usbshare/photo /volume1/photo It is dangerous to store photos on external drive. Edited September 18, 2017 by antihrist2002 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FreakerFlow Posted November 16, 2017 Share #5 Posted November 16, 2017 Thank you IG88!!! I had to reboot the NAS but it worked great for me! My external enclosure with two SATA disks in JBOD mode is now the internal disk 21. these is my configuration now.. 0000 0000 1111 1111 1111 1111 1111 1111 internalportcfg "0xffffff" 1111 1111 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 usbportcfg "0xFF000000" 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 esataportcfg "0x00000000" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sbv3000 Posted November 16, 2017 Share #6 Posted November 16, 2017 8 hours ago, FreakerFlow said: Thank you IG88!!! I had to reboot the NAS but it worked great for me! My external enclosure with two SATA disks in JBOD mode is now the internal disk 21. these is my configuration now.. 0000 0000 1111 1111 1111 1111 1111 1111 internalportcfg "0xffffff" 1111 1111 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 usbportcfg "0xFF000000" 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 esataportcfg "0x00000000" Be aware that some version upgrades of DSM will overwrite your edited synoinfo.conf and reset it to 12 drives and the default esata/usb, which will make any volume with > 12 drives crash and your extended (disk 21) drive will disappear. After that upgrade you will need to re-edit the synoinfo.conf for your settings and repair volumes, but your extended disks will probably reappear ok. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FreakerFlow Posted November 17, 2017 Share #7 Posted November 17, 2017 On 9/17/2017 at 7:05 PM, IG-88 said: maybe you can use the (internal) cdrom/dvd connector with a adapter for a hdd? also i would have said the same as abced but then i found this: https://hedichaibi.com/fix-xpenology-problems-viewing-internal-hard-drives-as-esata-hard-drives/ that guys intension was to correct the numbering on his sata drives (a "gap" seems prevented the normal numbering in a row), but if you have a look to the last picture he kind of accidently made his usb flash drive a intern hdd (disk21), so you might be able to convince dsm that a usb drive is internel (even if no one would recommend doing it) i'm still not getting it why the flash drive is a hdd, from the configuration data it looks ok, only "mistake" i can spot is that he did not set the "maxdisks" drive numer (if not changed it will be 12 so the flash drive is number 13 and above the maxdisks) @vladiwan as you are new i dont think you should try this, if things go wrong or you make mistakes you can easyly mess up your system 15 hours ago, sbv3000 said: Be aware that some version upgrades of DSM will overwrite your edited synoinfo.conf and reset it to 12 drives and the default esata/usb, which will make any volume with > 12 drives crash and your extended (disk 21) drive will disappear. After that upgrade you will need to re-edit the synoinfo.conf for your settings and repair volumes, but your extended disks will probably reappear ok. Tks sbv300. I will simulate the change by going back the synoinfo.conf to its default and see what happens with the disk. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T-REX-XP Posted January 13, 2020 Share #8 Posted January 13, 2020 Guys, can i use this tweak for installing Xpenology on usb hdd ?? As i understand, i need to patch loader before installing. isn't it?? Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T-REX-XP Posted January 13, 2020 Share #9 Posted January 13, 2020 On 11/16/2017 at 2:22 AM, FreakerFlow said: 0000 0000 1111 1111 1111 1111 1111 1111 internalportcfg "0xffffff" 1111 1111 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 usbportcfg "0xFF000000" 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 esataportcfg "0x00000000" Guys, can i use this tweak for installing Xpenology on usb hdd ?? As i understand, i need to patch loader before installing. isn't it?? Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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