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baz1
Apr 14, 2015Aspirant
Migration from older to new ReadyNAS
My long used (>10 years) ReadyNAS NV+ just ended its live, the power supply (I guess) did give up today. So it is time to look out for a new home fo rmy data. Since a ReadyNAS served me well I saw ...
Darquebus
Apr 21, 2015Aspirant
You are right Stephen, I don't want to risk the friends' datas with upgrading his firmware.
But this is what I found on the link of Nhellie:
"» What file system does ReadyNAS use? Can I read a disk from ReadyNAS on other machines?
The ReadyNAS uses Linux Ext2/Ext3 file system. A typical Linux distro can mount and access the data from the disks."
Based on this information I can ask a Linux expert ( I am not a Linux expert :D ) lets put the disks into a PC with an installed Linux and try to access all of the data. Right?
It should work, right?
But this is what I found on the link of Nhellie:
"» What file system does ReadyNAS use? Can I read a disk from ReadyNAS on other machines?
The ReadyNAS uses Linux Ext2/Ext3 file system. A typical Linux distro can mount and access the data from the disks."
Based on this information I can ask a Linux expert ( I am not a Linux expert :D ) lets put the disks into a PC with an installed Linux and try to access all of the data. Right?
It should work, right?
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