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Bacelo
Dec 05, 2013Aspirant
After Factory Reset & settings update: share & add-on probs
Hello, I did a factory reset on my NVX to get the benefits on ext4 etc. So I did a backup of all data, saved the settings and all went fine so far with reset etc. Next I loaded my saved settings f...
mdgm-ntgr
Dec 05, 2013NETGEAR Employee Retired
Bacelo wrote:
Next I loaded my saved settings file and since that, I can't do an install of any add-on. I get an error like not possible because of another service.
You need to re-install add-ons before restoring the config backup. Or remove the lines from /etc/default/services and then install the add-on again. Are you comfortable with SSH and using the vi command?
Bacelo wrote:
Also I can't access my shares / drives via admin and IP root privileges.
Not sure what you mean by this. You can't access your shares when logged in as the admin user? To what? CIFS? AFP? Something else?
Bacelo wrote:
Did I made a mistake with the settings file loading this back first instead of first installing the all add-ons I had previously and then loading the settings-backup-file?
Yes.
Bacelo wrote:
As I understand, I can only change this scenario via the boot menu and installing the firmware - right? (as described in FAQ)
No. A firmware re-install re-installs the OS and resets some settings but it doesn't remove the entries for add-ons from the services list.
Bacelo wrote:
If so, which firmware version from flash will be installed with basic settings? My actual installed one or the one it was shipped?
When you update the firmware it is updated both on the flash and on the disks (otherwise you wouldn't be able to do a factory default to get a clean setup on newer firmware than what the unit shipped with).
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