Introduction
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Synology DS212j
Perform the following Update
- update firmware
- sync the time server
- disabling cache management (when UPS N/A)
Setup the Volumes
- S.M.A.R.T. test
- enable the home directory for SSH
Install ipkg
Introduction
ipkg is the packaging system for the lightweight debian based linux system provided by Synology.
At a high level, to install ipkg, as root,
- Download and run a script which the community calls a bootstrap file specific to the NAS hardware
- Modify .profile to include ipkg in the path
Steps
Download the bootstrap that matches your hardware as described
The special boostrap instructions on the wiki as of May 5, 2012 for DSM 4.0 do not seem complete nor correct. Ignore those instructions.
The following was successful with DSM 4.0-2233.
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DiskStation> chmod +x syno-mvkw-bootstrap_1.2-7_arm.xsh DiskStation> ./syno-mvkw-bootstrap_1.2-7_arm.xsh Optware Bootstrap for syno-mvkw. Extracting archive... please wait bootstrap/ bootstrap/bootstrap.sh bootstrap/ipkg-opt.ipk bootstrap/ipkg.sh bootstrap/optware-bootstrap.ipk bootstrap/wget.ipk 1232+1 records in 1232+1 records out Creating temporary ipkg repository... Installing optware-bootstrap package... Unpacking optware-bootstrap.ipk...Done. Configuring optware-bootstrap.ipk...Modifying /etc/rc.local Done. Installing ipkg... Unpacking ipkg-opt.ipk...Done. Configuring ipkg-opt.ipk...WARNING: can't open config file: /usr/syno/ssl/openssl.cnf Done. Removing temporary ipkg repository... Installing wget... Installing wget (1.12-2) to root... Configuring wget Successfully terminated. Creating /opt/etc/ipkg/cross-feed.conf... Setup complete. BusyBox v1.16.1 (2012-06-06 04:34:01 CST) built-in shell (ash) Enter 'help' for a list of built-in commands. DiskStation> view /usr/syno/ssl/openssl.cnf /bin/sh: view: not found # Note it looks like the the openssl.cnf WARNING is normal.
Edit the root account's .profile file and ensure the /opt/bin is located at the beginning of the path.
vi ~/.profile
You final bash should look like this,
umask 022
PATH=/opt/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/syno/sbin:/usr/syno/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin
export PATH
#This fixes the backspace when telnetting in.
#if [ "$TERM" != "linux" ]; then
# stty erase
#fi
HOME=/root
export HOME
TERM=${TERM:-cons25}
export TERM
PAGER=more
export PAGER
PS1="`hostname`> "
alias dir="ls -al"
alias ll="ls -la"
Log out and the terminal and log back in.
Verify ipkg is working and at the same time update the package list,
ipkg update Downloading http://ipkg.nslu2-linux.org/feeds/optware/cs08q1armel/cross/unstable/Packages.gz Inflating http://ipkg.nslu2-linux.org/feeds/optware/cs08q1armel/cross/unstable/Packages.gz Updated list of available packages in /opt/lib/ipkg/lists/cross Successfully terminated
The ipkg update dialog will show the repository being used. In the above example, load a browser and go to http://ipkg.nslu2-linux.org/feeds/optware/cs08q1armel/cross/unstable/ to see the list of software available for installation.
Scripts
Note that the ash is the default shell. Synergy selected ash because it is a lightweight version of bash and generally compatible.