Operating systems known to work on the N40L
OS and Version | Install to USB? | Notes |
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ArchLinux | Yes | Tested on N54L |
Centos 5.6, 6 and 7 | Yes | Test with 6.2, 6.3 and 7.0
On N54L needed "initcall_blacklist=clocksource_done_booting" option to boot installation |
ClearOS | 5.2 and 6.4 tested and working. | |
FreeBSD 8-10 | Yes | Tested (8.3, 9.X, 10.0) |
FreeNAS 8.2.0 | Yes, Native | |
FreeNAS 8.3.0 | Yes, Native | |
FreeNAS 9.2.1.3 | Yes, Native | |
FreeNAS
9.3 |
Yes, Native | Tested on N54L |
Gentoo | Install from USB minimal gentoo iso | |
Joyent SmartOS | Yes | This plus Netatalk makes for a great file server for Mac clients |
Mac OS X 10.6 'Snow Leopard' | Yes | Install guide |
Mikrotik RouterOS 5.20 |
Initial install must be done with hard drive attached to the optical drive SATA connector, once installed, drive can be moved to the internal array. | |
NAS4Free 9.0.x | Yes, Native |
See comments section below |
NAS4Free 10.2.0.2 | Yes, Native | |
OmniOS | No USB thumb drive, Yes USB optical drive | |
OpenIndiana b151 | Yes | Works great when paired with Napp-It as a NAS |
OpenIndiana build 151a | ||
OpenMediaVault (Debian based) | Yes, but not optimized/supported | Forum thread for OMV on N36L/N40L |
SambaEdu3, Debian Squeeze version | Installs without a hitch and all components detected. | |
ScientificLinux 6.1 x64 | Yes, Native | |
Solaris Express | Google docs guide | |
SunOS 5.11 (Solaris 11.0) | ||
Ubuntu 12.04 Server 64-bit | Yes | http://releases.ubuntu.com/precise/ |
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS | Yes | |
unRAID 5.0-beta14 AiO | Yes, Native | |
VMware ESXi 5.0, 5.1, 5.5, 6.0 | Yes | 5.0 patch required to run Windows 8 guests; 5.1 required to run vSphere client on Windows 8; HP customized ESXi images |
VoidLinux | Yes | |
Windows 7 |
Installs without any major issues. Onboard RAID: requires AMD drivers for hardware raid (load from USB during setup). Drivers not required if using AHCI mode. Windows software raid supports only raid 0, 1 and jbod. No support for software raid 5. Onboard Graphics: recommend AMD catalyst WDDM drivers for full Aero support. | |
Windows 8 |
Yes |
Installs without a hitch and all components detected. Very fast! |
Windows 8.1 with update |
Yes |
Installs without any issues. |
Windows 10 |
Yes |
Must have latest HP Bios 15 November 2013 (2013.10.01A) for NIC to work. |
Windows 8 Server Preview | ||
Windows Home Server (2007) | Yes | Very fast. Drivers need to be installed manually. |
Windows Home Server 2011 | Yes | Installs, Without any Issues. AMD CCC will not work properly, can eat up your RAM and CPU load. |
Windows Server 2008 R2 | Yes | |
Windows Server 2011 SBS Standard | Installs providing you use the RAID bay for primary HDD and not the optical SATA connector, otherwise install crashes | |
Windows Server 2012 Datacenter 64-bit | Yes | Works and very fast, but crashed with BSOD when using 2 different memory sticks (both unbuffered ECC). Windows 2008 and slackware 14 were fine so bug with win 2012 DC. |
Windows Server 2012 RTM | Yes |
Pretty fast EVAL |
Windows Server 2012 Standard 64-bit | Yes | Works also perfect |
Windows Server 2012 Essentials 64-bit | Yes | Works Great can now use those larger than 2TB drives for backups |
Windows Server 2012 Storage Server R2 |
Yes
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New BIOS available from HP as of 15 Nov 2013 that fixes the network card boot issue.
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Windows Server 2016 nano | still I cannot make bcd to work properly with USB device - "INACCESSIBLE BOOT DEVICE" BSOD. looks like win issue, usb device has no letter at bcd stage and drive attribute cannot be GUID | On modded BIOS from 2011 lunches, but cannot obtain IP from DHCP on integrated NIC
However, works fine on modded latest BIOS. Windows NANO built with standard OEMDrivers. Tested on N54L |
Windows Vista |
Installs with little issues, drivers had to be found here searching for the hardware ID. Tested on N36L | |
Windows XP 32-bit |
Install without any problems, but driver support might be an issue. HP only provide drivers for higher server versions of Win. Tested on N36L | |
XCP 1.5 | ||
XPEnology | See detailed article on XPEnology here | |
Xubuntu 11.10 | ||
Zentyal 4.0 | Yes | on N54L |