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How to delete the name of a USB HD on an x86 ReadyNAS
I have an external USB HD attached to my ReadyNAS Pro 2 for backup purposes. After updating the firmware of the USB device the ReadyNAS 'thinks' that it is a new external HD and assigns it a new devic...
If you have ssh access, go to /etc/frontview/usb and delete the old, no longer valid, lines from storage.conf which have the names that you want to reuse. Then go back to frontview and rename it. The supported way is probably to edit your backup jobs though. If you mess up storage.conf you are on your own :-). Make a copy of it just in case so you can restore it.
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steve
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