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How I got apt update and install to work (with Debian Jessie retired)
OK, so I started off creating my own local Debian repository. Not recommended -- it's a lot of work. But with a lot of Googling and experimenting, I finally got apt to work using an online source. ...
Hi Guys,
i am new to all of this,i accidentally updated my readynas 10200 to 6.10.10, i have now managed to downgrade from 6.10.10 to 6.10.8 and now i believe i have to manually update the apt files to get the apps sources back?
how do i get access to the NAS OS etc folder and apt folder? i have putty install but no idea what i am doing, if anyone could help it would be appreciated, is there a simple to follow step by step guide?
Thanks
Itsmearron wrote:
Hi Guys,
i am new to all of this,i accidentally updated my readynas 10200 to 6.10.10, i have now managed to downgrade from 6.10.10 to 6.10.8 and now i believe i have to manually update the apt files to get the apps sources back?
how do i get access to the NAS OS etc folder and apt folder? i have putty install but no idea what i am doing, if anyone could help it would be appreciated, is there a simple to follow step by step guide?Thanks
No need to double-post, I gave you this on your other discussion thread.
I have been trolling through this thread for a couple of days now. "jump here, do this, then another entry to do that etc etc"
I suggest the GURUs on here would serve the needs of those asking questions by producing a document with step by step instructions and screen prints. A user guide if you will. This will save the gurus being annoyed by us nubes and will save us nubes being none the wiser after reading multiple entries pushing and pulling us all over the place.
Instructions should be written for the lowest common denominator. This shows you care and understand. The use of comments indicating annoyance with the questions being asked shows a lack of consideration.In fairness to the gurus, you are asking a lot there!
None of them are being paid - they generously chime in as and when they can, with suggestions based on their own particular interests and experiences. To expect more is unrealistic. Gurus have plenty of other things to do!
It would be very time consuming for them to get together to write a step by step guide that has been tested and validated for accuracy for every likely scenario / starting point as to firmware version, current vs intended configuration, preferred trade-offs (firmware version vs backward compatibility for aps), user knowledge level, etc. And of course things keep changing - versions and dependencies change, repositories of older versions disappear, forward or backward compatibility with third party applications and systems is lost, etc.
Yes, for sure tweaking and troubleshooting ReadyNAS issues, particularly for minority use cases, involves a very a daunting learning curve for many (including myself - I know nothing about the use of let alone nuances of the various Linux versions, cryptic set-up requirements each end for the various secure file transfer protocols etc), but I have very much appreciated whatever clues the gurus have spared the time to offer, even if I have not always succeeded in getting the outcomes I wanted.
These devices are well out of any official support now and the user base is dwindling, and no doubt many of the guru's who have posted in the past will have moved on to other gear by now and may not even have their original device any more.
Perhaps, once you have figured out what needs to happen, YOU could be that guru who posts a step by step guide?! (or at least one that addresses your own scenario)
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