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Firmware Upgrade ReadyNAS NV - from 4.1.6 to latest 4.1.15
Hi - I'm currently running RAIDiator 4.1.6 with four 256GB drives. I'd like to upgrade to four 2TB drives and I understand I need to update my firmware to do so. Questions: 1) Is it OK to jump from...
Issues resolved by performing the following:
- followed the steps listed in the first reply.
- used a 500GB approved drive as a scratch disk and updated to latest 4.1.16 firmware
- per steps, installed the 4 2TB WD Caviar black drives with a factory install (successfully loaded 4.1.16 and showed correct updated storage amount).
- had to use Firefox browser on mac to get the proper feature display to update the Alert Message/Email info.
- manually loaded the latest Squeezebox/LMS version (v7.9.0) and copied data back to the drives.
You'll find the LMS installers (Logitech Media Server) for various platforms in http://downloads.slimdevices.com/Log...Server_v7.9.0/.
4.1.16 is actually the current version - you download it here: https://kb.netgear.com/000038792/RAIDiator-Version-4-1-16-Sparc
It is a very big jump, and I think you will need to do a factory reset anyway.
The safe approach is to
- power down, removing your current disks (labeling by slot)
- inserting a single scratch disk (not in the array and < 2 TB)
- power up and do a factory install from the boot memu
- upgrade the firmware (try one-shot)
- power down and insert your 4x2TB disks
- power up, and the system will do another factory install
- restore your data from the backup.
This isn't as bad as it looks from the list of steps...
potrero wrote:
2) When updating locally, what specific file is selected for uploading? (I downloaded the current firmware on my mac and there are two files, RAIDiator-4.1.15 and RAIDiator-4.1.15.md5)
RAIDiator-4.1.15 The md5 file is a checksum you can use to verify the image. It's not needed, since it was in a zip (which has it's own integrity check). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MD5
Thanks for the info/steps!
I will give it a try.
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