Install xpenology 6.0.2

Guide to install xpenology 6.0.2

Requirements

• 4GB USB stick
• Make sure harddrives are plugged in direct succession starting from the 1st SATA port.

Download:

• Official DSM 6.0.2
• Jun's v1.01 loader and unzip it.
• Synology Assistant

Install via Windows

Download

• Win32 Disk Imager

Preparation: VID/PID

• Mount the USB stick
• Open "Device Manager"
• Find the USB stick
• Right click, select "Properties"
• Select the "Data"-tab and, if necessary, choose from the drop-down list line “Device Instance Id”
• Find the VID_xxxx and PID_xxxx numbers
• Note down the numbers: VID (Vendor ID) will become 0x<number>, PID (Product ID) will become 0x<number>

Preparation: NIC Mac address

• Determine the mac address (using ifconfig or BIOS) of the xpenology host. Note down the mac address.

Preparation: Generate serial number

• Generate a serial number
• Select "DS3615xs", Generate. Note down the serial.

Preparation: write image to USB stick

• Insert the USB in the Windows machine
• Open Win32 Disk imager
• Select the "synoboot.img" and write the image.

Installation

• Insert the USB stick into your new Xpenology host; make sure the USB stick is the first boot device (adjust in BIOS)

• After the BIOS loaded, Jun's loader will only be shown for 1 second: quickly enter c.

• GRUB commandline will be shown, enter:

• vid 0x<number from previous step>

• pid 0x<number from previous step>

• mac1 <mac address from previous step>

• sn <serial number from previous step>

• Press esc to return to the boot menu

• Intel: Choose the first option: DS3615xs 6.02 Baremetal with Jun's Mod v1.01 and enter

• AMD: Choose the AMD option: DS3615xs 6.02 Baremetal AMD with Jun's Mod v1.01 and enter

• Xpenology will start up and will state Booting the kernel

• Return to your windows host and launch Synology Assistant

• Wait for it to find your Xpenology host (max. 1 minute)

• Choose install (when it is a new host) or migrate to migrate a previous installation.

• Next you will need to provide DSM 6.0.2 (DSM_DS3615xs_8451.pat)

• Follow the instructions, your host will reboot.

• After it comes back up, you can update to DSM 6.0.2-8451 update 11 only. Do not update any further unless you want to brick your installation