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Apr 02, 2024

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Does anyone have the ReadyNAS VMDK for VirtualBox?

There wasa VMDK that could be used in VirtualBox, which is now a broken link. Just wondering if anyone has it still that would be willing to share it? I just want to ensure that I can keep my ReadyNA...

StephenB
Apr 02, 2024
OzJD wrote:

There wasa VMDK that could be used in VirtualBox, which is now a broken link. Just wondering if anyone has it still that would be willing to share it? I just want to ensure that I can keep my ReadyNAS running for some time, and the image would be helpful. Happy to share what I come up with on GitHub

Are the ones posted here what you are looking for:

https://community.netgear.com/t5/Using-your-ReadyNAS-in-Business/Mounting-ReadyNAS-drives-in-a-virtual-NAS-for-data-access-and/m-p/2369796

OzJD

Tutor

Apr 04, 2024

I can see that the OVA are updated, but would prefer to have the original...

I'm currently looking at some options, as I want to ensure I can continue to use my ReadyNAS for some time after this forum is gone. I've created a GitHub repository where I'll eventually contribute some things.

For now, I've got the RAIDiator and ReadyNAS versions that are needed to have an up to date system. I've included the open source code, too.

https://github.com/ProntoNAS/ReadyNAS

I do plan to put a few instructables on the main branch, and then I'll probably look at creating a new custom FW with a later version of Debian. With that said, sometimes I create repos and stop contributing to them (FWIW I use the latest Docker and Portainer on my ReadyNAS, which provides me a GUI for various apps). I also forked the ReadyNAS SDK including the Wiki so that is archived, too.

This probably should go in it's own post, but I'll see what happens.

StephenB

Guru - Experienced User

Apr 04, 2024

OzJD wrote:

I can see that the OVA are updated, but would prefer to have the original...

You can get the OS-6 download from Wayback:

https://web.archive.org/web/20230323034751/https://apps.readynas.com/download/ReadyNASOS-6.6.0-x86_64.vmdk

The 4.2.28 one is still on mega.nz

https://mega.nz/file/LbRRDKbA#a8ZtWVqCx-25wqIes-bjJntnXOs9LxjGBqJBIOyS3Uc

Sandshark
Sensei
Apr 04, 2024
The main reason I distributed it as an .OVA is that if you boot the VM without any drives attached and networking enabled with Internet access, it will auto-update. Using the .OVA, you start out with drives.
- OzJD
  Tutor
  Apr 04, 2024
  I didn't think of using Wayback - Seems like an obvious answer.
  The download for the OVA is pretty significant, and
  
  I did just create an unadulterated 6.10.9 VMDK (ReadyNASOS6.10.9-x86_64.vmdk) which obviously doesn't have the updated repositories etc. but is still useful for testing. It doesn't auto-update, but does show a notification offering the update. The total size is 110MB - The OVA you've provided is 1.29GB, probably due to the expanded drives.
  I have also just backed up (~5.8GB) the ReadyNAS 6.10.10 repo (which still contains apps!).
  
  My current thought is to create a 6.10.11, which would have ReadyCloud removed, apps back in (updated featured apps), and updated (working) repositories. From there, it's probably worthwhile considering the options of upgrading some of the software.
  
  It looks like ReadyNAS 6.10.9 is hammering (DNS) looking for two Netgear domains (one was peernetwork.netgear.com, I can't remember the other). The request is failing and retries continuously. That has to be stopped.