Alphane Moon@lemmy.worldM to Hardware@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoSynology requires self-branded drives for some consumer NAS systems, drops full functionality and support for third-party HDDswww.tomshardware.comexternal-linkmessage-square104fedilinkarrow-up1521arrow-down12
arrow-up1519arrow-down1external-linkSynology requires self-branded drives for some consumer NAS systems, drops full functionality and support for third-party HDDswww.tomshardware.comAlphane Moon@lemmy.worldM to Hardware@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square104fedilink
minus-squareLuckyPierre@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-22 months agoI’m guessing this is a firmware thing. Ie, if you plug in an unapproved drive it simply won’t appear to the OS.
minus-squarejagged_circle@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-22 months agoNo, others said they patched the Synology OS in software. My point is that you buy Synology for the hardware. Just like a router or laptop or phone, wipe the OS as soon as it arrives and install the better FOSS OS.
I’m guessing this is a firmware thing. Ie, if you plug in an unapproved drive it simply won’t appear to the OS.
No, others said they patched the Synology OS in software.
My point is that you buy Synology for the hardware. Just like a router or laptop or phone, wipe the OS as soon as it arrives and install the better FOSS OS.