bodhi Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Sounds like the DSM built for the 2 boxes you > mention will run on this NSA325, but likely with > limitation. Hello bodhi, I didn't come further with DSM on the NSA325v2, so I was looking for alternatives and found this one https://rockstor.com/linux-btrfs-nas-server.html. It is open source and the &qby barroshelder - Debian
@bodhi, In the mean time I have also checked if it could be possible to change the ZyXEL NSA325v2 software with the QNAP software, because they still update their software for older NAS models. I have found that QNAP has a model (TS-220) that is very similar in hardware with the ZyXEL (mainboard picture and hardware comparation between both found on this link): https://www.smallnetbuilder.cby barroshelder - Debian
> Can you advise how you came to find that > there were two versions? I know this thread is a little bit old, but it seems that the U-Boot user AMD talked about, was a compilation from Synology source code, see here https://community.synology.com/enu/forum/17/post/59925 and here https://community.synology.com/enu/forum/17/post/59598by barroshelder - uBoot
Hello bodhi, If we download the DS213 firmware (https://global.synologydownload.com/download/DSM/release/6.2.4/25556/DSM_DS213_25556.pat?model=DS213&bays=2&dsm_version=6.2.4&build_number=25556), we can extract kernel (zImage) and bootloader (rd.bin) with 7zip. I was thinking something like the steps mentioned on step 3 (Boot from USB) of this debricking guide for the DS414 (https:by barroshelder - Debian
> But the best out there does not mean it's > good enough. DSM usually runs an old kernel, and > so for internet facing server it's not worth > keeping because it will be insecure at some point > after. This is not true, if you check the links of my first post, Synology released this year (2024) a new DSM version for the mentioned old model (DS213) that includes paby barroshelder - Debian
Hi bodhi, What I would like to do is install DSM on NAND (overwriting the old ZyXEL OS from NAS), like it was done on the Western Digital NAS (see link on my first post). On the WD instructions, the user must flash a BIN file (I suppose it is a new bootloader that will make the WD behave like a Synology NAS: https://wd.hides.su/fox_exe/WDMyCloud-Mirror-Gen2/DSM/_Info_en.txt) and boot from it tby barroshelder - Debian
Hi bodhi, Thanks for the link, do I need Debian running before installing DSM software from Synology?by barroshelder - Debian
Hello @all, I have an almost new ZyXEL NSA325v2 NAS (used only for a couple of hours) with 2x3TB HDD that I would like to give a new life (the old firmware is lacking security updates and SMBv2 per example). I saw that someone "ported" the Synology DSM operating system to a WD NAS (https://wd.hides.su/fox_exe/WDMyCloud-Mirror-Gen2/DSM/). I also saw that some older Synology NAS (likby barroshelder - Debian