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Updating OS to something modern
So I have an old ReadyNAS NVX and a soon to be decommissioned ReadyNAS516. They're both going to turn into backup systems for a new NAS that just arrived, but am wondering.. the hardware on the 516...
WhoCares_ wrote:
You may want to check this: https://github.com/RustyDust/readynas-alpine
Cool.
I'm thinking that backup jobs, power schedule, and maintenance schedules are also lost, and of course X-RAID expansion.
Not sure if you are planning an Arm version too, but maybe add in x86 to the prerequisites for now.
Might also be good to note what happens if the user does an OS reinstall or a factory default from the boot menu after doing this conversion.
> backup jobs, power schedule, and maintenance schedules are also lost, and of course X-RAID expansion.
Correct on all accounts. That's mostly because for all of those except the x-RAID expansion I use Jenkins anyway. That said, most of these festures should be fairly easy to implement. I already noticed that NTGR seems to have ditched the "real" expansion, but create new raid devices instead that are then linked to the existing BTRFS volume. No magic anymore, can be done with the standard BTRFS tools.
> Not sure if you are planning an Arm version too
Sure do, just didn't have the time to tinker with the Alpine u-boot installer. Help is welcome, though đ
> but maybe add in x86 to the prerequisites for now.
Write an issue. Or better yet, send a PR đ
> Might also be good to note what happens if the user does an OS reinstall or a factory default from the boot menu after doing this conversion.
I'm not sure right now whether those options will still exist after the conversion. So I guess what's needed here is a more detailed description of how to get back to the original state. Thanks, I'll see what I can do.
-Stefan
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