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a_carneiro
May 20, 2022Tutor
“Fresh” Debian install
Dear community. It seems that Netgear has finally canned the ReadyNAS family and it seems unlikely that any further significant OS updates will be forthcoming. I have a couple of ReadyNAS units an...
- May 21, 2022
The Pro6 and Ultra6 both have internal headers onto which you can mount a VGA connector cable, which makes them a lot easier to convert. They are also basically a generic Intel PC under the hood, just one with a lot of drive slots. The 204 will be trickier because you only have the serial port for communications when installing the OS, memory is not expandable, and you have to deal with UBOOT.
You can Google and find where others have done just what you are proposing.
Sandshark
May 20, 2022Sensei - Experienced User
Depends very much on which model units those are.
- a_carneiroMay 20, 2022TutorThank you for replying, Sensei 😉
Initially a ARM-based ReadyNAS 204 but I also have a Pro6 and a Ultra6 currently unused and I would hate to just throw them out…- SandsharkMay 21, 2022Sensei - Experienced User
The Pro6 and Ultra6 both have internal headers onto which you can mount a VGA connector cable, which makes them a lot easier to convert. They are also basically a generic Intel PC under the hood, just one with a lot of drive slots. The 204 will be trickier because you only have the serial port for communications when installing the OS, memory is not expandable, and you have to deal with UBOOT.
You can Google and find where others have done just what you are proposing.
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