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e__e
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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e__e
Aspirant
Sep 15, 2015

Thanks.

So it is indeed very unlikely there is a file name collision in /root...

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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.

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