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DJWillycom
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Jan 15, 2019
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Temporarily Using an External USB Drive As The Only Drive

Hi, VERY tight budget at the moment. I will be buying this product today, but funding for the actual drives won't be available until next month. Odd question, but will this unit operate with a 2Tb ...
  • StephenB's avatar
    Jan 15, 2019

    DJWillycom wrote:

    Odd question, but will this unit operate with a 2Tb external USB drive without any other drives?

    No it will not. Linux and the ReadyNAS application is installed on the internal disks, so you need at least one installed.

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