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 Moving packages from Volume1 (or 2) to internal flash in Synology. System partition packages are at: /usr/local/packages/@appstore root# ls -l /usr/local/packages/@appstore drwxr-xr-x 13 FileStation FileStation 4096 May 23 18:42 FileStation drwxr-xr-x  3 root        root        4096 Jun 17 21:24 Perl drwxr-xr-x  4 root        root        4096 Jun 17 19:58 powerbutton drwxr-xr-x 14 SynoFinder  SynoFinder  4096 May 23 18:41 SynoFinder Config files are here: /var/packages/{name of the package} Inside of given folder f.e. Perl there is link called target which points to: target -> /volume1/@appstore/Perl After moving package to /usr/local/packages/@appstore/{name of the package} we need to change above link to: target -> /usr/local/packgages/@appstore/{name of the package} by running: ln -s "/usr/local/packages/@appstore/{name of the package}" target

NetGear ReadyNas Pro 2 with Xpenology

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  A guide mostly to myself regarding installation of Xpenology to Netgear ReadyNas Pro 2 (RNDP2000). The one with Atom CPU, expandable memory and two 1Gb ports on the back. Installation was described in multiple places so not gonna repeat unnecessary. But want to add something from myself. Booting this box require to press backup button for 15-20 seconds which is cumbersome. Luckily this box have internal memory (around 512Mb).  So after all booting from USB and hopeful successful installation of DSM: 1. enable SSH 2. copy synoboot.img file on USB drive and plug it into any USB ports. 3. go to /volumeUSB(x)/usbshare where you should see synoboot.img file. 4. run  dd if=synoboot.img of=/dev/synoboot which will overwrite internal flash with bootloader 5. remove both USB drives and reboot, NAS should reboot from internal flash. To have correct MAC address for NIC you need to change it in /grub/grub.cfg file before booting NAS but if you forgot, there is still a chance to do it (and chan