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Aspirant

Sep 15, 2015

Firmware update and ReadyNAS File Systems

I would like to know which File Systems in the ReadyNAS OS are not impacted by a firmware update. Probably /data /media /home /apps But is /root also not overwritten by a firmware upda...

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mdgm-ntgr

NETGEAR Employee Retired

Sep 15, 2015

I would suggest you make sure that the backup of your custom scripts is up to date before installing a firmware update.

Any file not listed under /etc/default/config may well be overwritten on a firmware update by a file with the same name.

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Aspirant
Sep 15, 2015
Thanks.
So it is indeed very unlikely there is a file name collision in /root...
- mdgm-ntgr
  NETGEAR Employee Retired
  Sep 15, 2015
  Still with custom scripts it is possible that depending on how it is done you may encounter unpredictable behaviour. So best to make sure your backup is up to date before doing a firmware update.