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PCIe x4 expansion issues
So I have been working on replacing the ReadyNAS os with FreeNAS and have gotten stuck on one thing... the PCIe x4 slot. The process to install FreeNAS on my ReadyNAS Pro (6 drive) is fairly simple...
This is interesting Mike. I have sort of dabbled with a similar idea.
Maybe you should try NAS4FREE, it is the original freenas codebase,
and is based off FreeBSD 9.1 so it should have the latest driver support.
Is the PCIe expansion on the Pro series totally proprietary?
Have you tried windows?
Got a Ultra 6 who has a different MB: FLAME6-2 V 1.0
It is Atom based and the NIC's are on the MB and Marell youkon based.
Should have broad OS support. It has two PCIe slots, where one goes to the drive cage
and the other is just unused. My idea was to hack one to use a passive GFX card and get HDMI out.
(why on earth did Netgear not make such a model?)
I only tried one card, but my experience was similar to yours.
Sad if it is custom pin out. Will it be possible to hack it with a custom PCIe extention cable?
The lack of updates from Netgear is starting to show. Maybe it is time to start an open source project and make a custom Readynas OS?
Maybe you should try NAS4FREE, it is the original freenas codebase,
and is based off FreeBSD 9.1 so it should have the latest driver support.
Is the PCIe expansion on the Pro series totally proprietary?
Have you tried windows?
Got a Ultra 6 who has a different MB: FLAME6-2 V 1.0
It is Atom based and the NIC's are on the MB and Marell youkon based.
Should have broad OS support. It has two PCIe slots, where one goes to the drive cage
and the other is just unused. My idea was to hack one to use a passive GFX card and get HDMI out.
(why on earth did Netgear not make such a model?)
I only tried one card, but my experience was similar to yours.
Sad if it is custom pin out. Will it be possible to hack it with a custom PCIe extention cable?
The lack of updates from Netgear is starting to show. Maybe it is time to start an open source project and make a custom Readynas OS?
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