Empty /media share while /c/media is filled #16777983

mdgm wrote:
Well with all the stuff you've tried to do to "fix" the problem, the solution wasn't likely to work for you.

You mean except the fact that I *did* manage the *original* problem...?

The OS is heavily customised and optimised for the ReadyNAS hardware. It is a good OS.

Define "good"... I'm a primary WIndows person but run linux (mainly Red Hat) in one shape or another since v5 (perhaps even earlier?) and this ReadyNAS supposed to be a very simple and, based on its age, mature distro so it's more than interesting that still runs into these lame bugs, don't you think?

The web interface works well even if it does look quite old.

Pleahhse... stop with the marketing crap. :)
Frontview looks like a child only a mother can love... it's downright fugly and sports the most limited featureset on the market. It's a fact.
Netgear is YEARS behind everybody else when it comes to default features and especially the web UI...

It is possible your use of SSH could have caused problems

Aye, everything is possible. Or the moon phase. Or the cats outside. Or <insert_whatever_that_is_not_from_Netgear>, of course.

In reality we both know it's a buggy crap release and needs to be fixed ASAP.

Also, have you tried the 4.2.20 beta?

No. Why would I want to play beta tester with all my irreplaceable data? I spent over $800 on a disk-less Pro 6, I have no intention to get involved in beta testing unless they offer me another unit or at least 50% off... I paid full price, I expect solid, full performance in fully stable releases.

BTW one would think a patch should be enough to fix such a small issue like this bug...?

NetGear has to maintain an existing feature set and continue support for devices released as early as 2008. There are challenges in doing this and they do a good job of keeping things up to date and fixing problems where they arise.

First, they are maintaining waaaay more back - any old X6 had the same fugly UI like this one.

Second, Netgear are making money hand over fist on this ReadNAS product-line, it's been widely reported last year that Netgear have captured the #1 position in the market of NAS systems under $5k and they are #4 in the market between $5k and $25k.

Third, they already differentiate between Ultra and Pro though it is, once again, done in the laziest, most cheap@ss manner: they simply disable features in Ultra... pathetic.

Summa summarum: nothing holds Netgear back from splitting the code base and starting to develop for at least the Pro line or at least to try to to catch up with QNAP and others.

Btw some have had success installing Solaris on their ReadyNAS Pro boxes (see a report here:http://www.readynas.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=19&t=23290&start=15#p316597). However note this is completely unsupported and voids the warranty of the ReadyNAS.

Exactly. And that's just beyond the fact that for $800-900 I don't expect I need to install and maintain my own distro.