Synology OS on WD my Cloud - new Hope

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DSM install on V1, was only possible as external usb HDD on a linux machine, ssh/tftp didn’t work (worked for OMV) Any how, works now with your instructions Fox_exe.

For tested i can add:
Network file access:
Apple: Ok
* Read: 40-50MBps
* Write: 20-30MBps
Timemachine backup ok

What don’t work for me is USB printers and USB HDD don’t show up in external devices?
Thanks for the great work!!!

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USB not work - not support in kernel (Need edit USB drivers).
If someone have Gen1 and UART adapter - i can try make new kernel and DSM6 for test.

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I have a Gen1, without HDD and only a USB2Serial adapter.
But isn’t shipping to expensive?

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Does anybody know if the gen1 and gen2 are both 64k pagesize?

RAC

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Gen1: MMU / harware support “Huge pages” (Memory page size = 64kb).
Gen2: Sofware-emulated 32kb support. Compatable with default 4kb apps.

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Will this work with any WD MyCloud device? I have a DL4100 and would be interested in running something other than the limited buggy MyCloud firmware.

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Nope. For DL4100 need different kernel.
Buy UART and call me in Skype - i try to make kernel for this device.

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UART? What is that and what is your skype UID?

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UART (Universal Asynchronous Receiver/Transmitter)

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Thanks SectorGZ for the information. Greatly appreciated!

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http://www.aliexpress.com/wholesale?catId=0&initiative_id=SB_20160606055302&SearchText=uart

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Thanks for all your effords Fox_exe! Looks very promising. As soon as a USB drive will work with this DSM Port I’ll give it a shot :slight_smile:

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Great work from Fox_exe, Thank you. I have a 8TB Mycloud Gen2. It works booting with the USB, but then fails to initialize the Harddisk (e.g. should erase previous myCloud partitions). Error 35 . It seems that the WebAssist from the USB Stick is not capable of handling my harddrive. The error comes BEFORE the upload of the *.pat file , therefor something in the USB “Web Assistent” must be causing this.

So I tried to get into TELNET , with the Password Generator… I had to load the *.PAT file via the Synology Assistent, then it claims I should open a port 23 (Telnet) for the Support. Telnet now works. Unfortunately it does not accept User “root” and the generated Password or the 101-0101 for “no date”. Todays password would be 707-0b01 .

Is there something in the USB-Image changed, so that the default date is not 1st Jan 1970 , or the user / password combo is changed? Will there be a DSM6 USB Bootstick Option some day? It would probably be able to handle my 8TB drive. My device is seen as DS115 , which seems ok for Gen2 MyCloud.

BTW. I want to change my drive to DSM so I can use iSCSI for ESXi VMware.

UPDATE

In another thread I found it! “User / Password for login (WebGui, SSH, etc…) is root/mycloud or admin/mycloud” . It worked! It tried to mount /dev/sda1 , which did not work. So I “dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sda count=1024 bs=1M” and it went on with installation, asking whether I want to migrate my data or make a fresh install. I choose “fresh”.

Thank you!.

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Does it work on MyCloud EX2 (non ultra) ?

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Is there a way to upgrade DSM 5.2 running on WD MyCloud Gen1 to DSM 6.x without reformatting drive currently?

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Hi,
I have tried to install the DSM on my WD my book gen1. I followed the insctruction but when I reached the tftp command the system says:
-sh tftp not found
Can you advise why this happenening?
Thank you in advance

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Hello,
Please contact me how to install to my wd My Book Live Synology NAS OS.

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Hello Smark777
Did you got an answer to install to your wd My Book Live Synology NAS OS ?
Because i’d like to do the same thing
Regards
Jean

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Hello my friend.

Could you help me on a quick guide for upgrading my WD MyBook Live 1bay 2TB into a Synology Station ?

Thanks you in advance for your helpand Support,

kind Regards,

Dimitris

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@Fox_exe
I need help i used the tutorial for MyCloud Gen1 Single Bay http://anionix.ddns.net/WDMyCloud/WDMyCloud-Gen1/Synology_DSM/_howto_install_en.txt

Everything was working and: http://IPADDRESS:5000/web_index.html shows me the Synology Web Assistant that asks me for a .pat file which is not in the file archive… help pls <3

-Dan