Boot Menu logic

I don't think the intel boot menu for 2-bay units changes much. Units with the LCD display are much easier to navigate, without that it is a pain.

The Sparc models are EOL so they won't make a major overhaul to the bootloader like this (if it is even possible).

@StephenB,
Yes, early this morning, I realized just how rhetorical my query was. When I started 'nas', I could not afford the 'window/screen' models; and, they were bigger than I wished to own and learn. Yes, the boot loader in the DUO is a PITA. By contrast, the boot loader in the Ultra2 and Ultra2+ is a breeze 'IF' one follows the directions implicitly.
@mdgm,
Yes, I realized that my DUO was headed for the EOL-farm very shortly after I bought it. Disappointed was I. This means that I will run-it-to-failure; and, then I will dust-bin it. I have a Synology 213J online ready to replace the DUO. The sadder fact is that both of my Ultra's are also on the EOL-farm also. Fine. I will run both of Ultra's to failure also. Then I will decide what to replace them with. For sure, I will always have a nas at home. Next to my router, the nas is the best improvement I have made to my home; and, the only duty I require is file storage, and a backup target for my clients. I am OK with my 'old' boxes and I will continue on. Thanks for the reply.

I don't think the original boot loader developers for Sparc work for NETGEAR anymore. So it would take a fair bit it work to re-design. Being that there are no profits in it, it won't happen.

@Chirpa,
Sadly, I arrived at your reply the following morning over coffee! I've now smacked myself for being so whimsical and dense. Your reply correctly states the reality of my rather rhetorical query. I think I realized this about 1 micro-second after I pressed the 'Submit' button. :rofl:
The results of my attempt to do an OS Reload on my DUO-V1 (SPARC) did not go as planned: somehow the DUO decided to do a 'partial' Factory Reset instead. 6 months of data in my DATA Share vaporized before I realized what the tiny little box was doing and I pulled the plug. Was not fast enough! The data and the DATA Share were gone post next power-ON. Grumble, grumble.
I will raise a status post in /Frontview Backup for @StephenB about his logic for trying to backup volume c: from one nas to another nas using rsync. 3 tries; 3 failures! I can put data on a ReadyNas; just can not get the data to copy/move from nas to nas. :oops: I find the Readynas backup logic very complicated to use. I know, my problem! :slap: