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garyc3238's avatar
Jun 30, 2021
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ReadyNAS Pro BIOS upgrade links down

I moved my ReadyNAS Pro to OS6 some time ago without doing the BIOS upgrade, I now want to upgrade the CPU but the links appear to be down for the BIOS

http://www.readynas.com/download/addons/x86/4.2/BIOS_Update_Package_0.5-x86.bin is no longer working. Is there a new link for the BIOS?

 

  • It didn't work for me if I clicked on it, but did if I copied it to the address bar of a new tab.

     

    The BIOS update package does only work with OS4.2.x.  You can find instructions for extracting the BIOS and performing the update manually in OS6, but it's often easier to just pull the drives, put in just one spare drive, use that to downgrade back to 4.2.x, install the BIOS upodate, then update back to OS6 (still on the scratch drive), then put the original drives back in.

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    • Sandshark's avatar
      Sandshark
      Sensei - Experienced User

      It didn't work for me if I clicked on it, but did if I copied it to the address bar of a new tab.

       

      The BIOS update package does only work with OS4.2.x.  You can find instructions for extracting the BIOS and performing the update manually in OS6, but it's often easier to just pull the drives, put in just one spare drive, use that to downgrade back to 4.2.x, install the BIOS upodate, then update back to OS6 (still on the scratch drive), then put the original drives back in.

      • garyc3238's avatar
        garyc3238
        Tutor

        Thanks it worked and I now have it.

         

        I have removed the drives and replaced with scratch drive for the update and I was manually updating whilst SSH as root to the NAS in OS6 to update than reverting back to OS 4.2.x. 

        I now have the file and will continue with the OS6 update and let you know how it goes, I can always revert back to OS 4.2.x if I cant get it done within OS6 :-)

        Thanks Sandshark

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