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ReadyNAS Ultra 6 - Replace OS with any linux distro or NAS-OS e.g. Openmediavault possible?
Hello community, model version: ReadyNAS Ultra 6 firmware: RAIDiator 4.2.31 My device is running very well and I don't had any troubles until now, but due to the fact: 1. That my device is ...
Some things are not working directly in openmediavault because some plugins are missing or are only compatible with omv4. So you have to use some terminal apps over SSH for example fan control or you have a really loud fan ^^ At the moment I try to get the LCD working with lcd4linux. Problem is here what type of LCD is it in the Ultra6.... I only found here somebody who seems to have gain control over the LCD. --> https://forum.openmediavault.org/index.php?thread/1785-not-my-build-netgear-readynas-ultra-6-omv/#post260237 The link in his post is dead and he seems to use another app which I couldn't find with apt. During writing this post I found out that I forgot that there is a wayback machine, means I could get now most content of all dead links. (OMV forum, truenas forum) I stored now everything as PDF just to be safe ;-) So now I can research deeper for example how I can use that LCD display. On thing I detected: I upgraded to 4 GB RAM. During startup and all programs detecting the 4GB. But when I enter the BIOS only 3 GB are reported here. BIOS is the latest version, I already checked that. No I don't boot from the internal flash because: 1. I wanted to leave it, for example to go back or probably I can somehow figure out what linux apps Netgear used for some functions. 2. The flash memory (128 MB) is far to small for debian (at least 450 MB) and OMV (at least 4 GB) I use an external 2,5" harddrive. VGA was really good to have but I don't own a VGA monitor. It was not so easy to get a adapter to HDMI / displayport. Most adapters only work in one direction, from digital to VGA not in the other way. The 10pin port has 2 rows of 5 pins. Thanks for your input here. I was thinking whether I could use this connectors for additional things (no exact idea for now). Ok I thought Netgears X-RAID is something special and you could only rescue the data with a new Netgear device, so I was surprised that omv detected everything. Regarding your fear to hacking your NAS. I'm not an expert, but as long as you don't expose your devices with port-forwarding and unsecured protocols you are save. Only use port-forwarding on protocols which are made for this, for example wireguard and openvpn. Then you need only to open this one port and you can use all network devices after connecting to your home-VPN.
Z4IcHt6N7smgz2X wrote:
Ok I thought Netgears X-RAID is something special and you could only rescue the data with a new Netgear device
It's not proprietary - systems running 4.2, 5.3, and 6.x firmware all use standard software RAID (either lvm or mdadm). XRAID is application software on top of those tools which simplifies RAID managment, and automates expansion.
The original 4.1 (Sparc) systems are a bit different. They have some acceleration hardware, and run RAID-4. Even those arrays can be mounted in linux systems though.
- Ok I found out how this mini-LCD work. Source: https://web.archive.org/web/20141229214439/http://www.nexentastor.org/boards/9/topics/8238 LCD info The LCD module on the ReadyNAS (Ultra/Pro series) shows up in Illumos/Solaris as a serial port device. On my systems, it is always described as /dev/term/b Here are the commands currently available for font/bitmaps development to be sent to the serial port: Value Outcome C X Y Set x, y coordinates (0 <= x <= 127, 0 <= y <= 33). Hex only, example c40 10, set x=64 y=16. E Clear screen F N Set font size. N=(0:Ariel 9, 1:Ariel 18, 2:Mono58) L string Display the string, starting from (x, y) B h w b Set height,width,bitmap, starting from (x. y) i0-3 Scroll (0:None, 1:Right, 2:Up, 3:Diagonal) In practice, a runner could be created to show faulty disks and such to the LCD screen. For now, all I have it do is show 'NexentaStor' on bootup. $ cat /etc/init.d/lcd #!/bin/bash echo "E" > /dev/term/b sleep 0.5 echo "L NexentaStor" > /dev/term/b On Debian it is a little bit different: Check out what serial devices are connected: sudo dmesg | grep tty Add your user to the needed groups: sudo usermod -a -G tty dialout username Log out, log in again and then test both serial devices: echo "E" > /dev/ttySx to clear the screen, then echo "L Text" > /dev/ttySx
- Ok I found out how this mini-LCD work. Source, see copy below: https://web.archive.org/web/20141229214439/http://www.nexentastor.org/boards/9/topics/8238 LCD info The LCD module on the ReadyNAS (Ultra/Pro series) shows up in Illumos/Solaris as a serial port device. On my systems, it is always described as /dev/term/b Here are the commands currently available for font/bitmaps development to be sent to the serial port: Value Outcome C X Y Set x, y coordinates (0 <= x <= 127, 0 <= y <= 33). Hex only, example c40 10, set x=64 y=16. E Clear screen F N Set font size. N=(0:Ariel 9, 1:Ariel 18, 2:Mono58) L string Display the string, starting from (x, y) B h w b Set height,width,bitmap, starting from (x. y) i0-3 Scroll (0:None, 1:Right, 2:Up, 3:Diagonal) In practice, a runner could be created to show faulty disks and such to the LCD screen. For now, all I have it do is show 'NexentaStor' on bootup. $ cat /etc/init.d/lcd #!/bin/bash echo "E" > /dev/term/b sleep 0.5 echo "L NexentaStor" > /dev/term/b On Debian it is a little bit different: Check out what serial devices are connected: sudo dmesg | grep tty Add your user to the needed groups: sudo usermod -a -G tty dialout username Log out, log in again and then test both serial devices: echo "E" > /dev/ttySx to clear the screen, then echo "L Text" > /dev/ttySx
- Probably useful, this guy modified several ARM-based Netgear models: http://natisbad.org/NAS3/index.html
Thanks for this. Keep us informed of any solutions you find to the issues you mention.
Adding some formatting to the section on the LCD display for readability in case the referenced article ever disappears:
The LCD module on the ReadyNAS (Ultra/Pro series) shows up in Illumos/Solaris as a serial port device. On my systems, it is always described as /dev/term/b
Here are the commands currently available for font/bitmaps development to be sent to the serial port:
Value Outcome C X Y Set x, y coordinates (0 <= x <= 127, 0 <= y <= 33). Hex only, example c40 10, set x=64 y=16. E Clear screen F N Set font size. N=(0:Ariel 9, 1:Ariel 18, 2:Mono58) L string Display the string, starting from (x, y) B h w b Set height,width,bitmap, starting from (x. y) i0-3 Scroll (0: None, 1: Right, 2: Up, 3: Diagonal)
In practice, a runner could be created to show faulty disks and such to the LCD screen. For now, all I have it do is show 'NexentaStor' on bootup.
$ cat /etc/init.d/lcd #!/bin/bash echo "E" > /dev/term/b sleep 0.5 echo "L NexentaStor" > /dev/term/b
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