Install DSM 6.X on Proxmox 5.0.X

install-dsm-6-on-proxmox-5.md

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Prerequisites

• Install Proxmox 5.0.X with lvm storage
• Get the jun's loader 1.02b at the following url :
• Retrieve a DSM pat file here : https://usdl.synology.com/download/DSM/release/

Procedure

• Create the proxmox VM as the following :
  • OS Type : Linux 4.x
  • CD/DVD : do not use any media
  • Hard disk : virtIO, local, 1Go, raw disk image
  • CPU : 2 cores
  • Memory : dynamiclly allocate between 2048 Mo and 4096 Mo
  • Network : Intel E1000, MAC auto
• Copy loader img file on proxmox node : scp synoboot.img user@proxmox-host:/tmp
• Open a term on proxmox node and change directory to /tmp : cd /tmp
• Get start block of the EFI partition : fdisk -lu synoboot.img
• Mount img file : mount -t auto -o loop,offset=[start block * 512] synoboot.img /mnt/tmp
• Edit
• Replace VM hard disk with img file : dd if=synoboot.img of=/dev/pve/vm-100-disk-1
• Optionaly map physical HDDs