OS6 now works on x86 Legacy WARNING: NO NTGR SUPPORT!

bajorgensen wrote:
Makes me wonder if the same method can be applied to the ARM image as well?

Doubt it, but if you're game to try and it works then great. If you have a Duo/NV+ v2 you may be interested in this project (no support from NetGear for this, of course): http://natisbad.org/NAS/index.html

bajorgensen wrote:
It should be possible to find the upgrade script in frontview and disable the image check so we can install the vanilla image?

The script is encrypted so unless you can decrypt it that's not an option. Also I think there probably would be a check in the init script run on boot as well. That script is compiled as a stripped binary so you wouldn't be able to replace that. An option would be to make an add-on that grabs the vanilla image and creates a modified image from that and use the instructions widely available on the forum to do a firmware update via SSH but since this is unsupported anyway and has no support from NetGear you may as well just install SSH and do it manually yourself if you don't want to use the modified image that has been shared. The header contains the same md5sum as the stock image. The header at the start of the image is all that has been changed and if anything else had been changed the md5sum would be incorrect and the firmware image rejected. So I would say that it would be safe to use the modified firmware image that is available on the web.

bajorgensen wrote:
While this is progress, it sadly is not a permanent solution as long as we cannot use all features.

There is the option to buy one of the new models. Then you would be able to use all features. My beta RN312 unit is a new favourite in my ReadyNAS collection. They are great devices.

bajorgensen wrote:
Are all the embedded apps working?

Plex Media Server works for me. That's the pre-installed app that I've tried.

bajorgensen wrote:
Do the unit show up in READYcloud at all?

It does but pressing the backup button is required at the end of the ReadyCloud registration process. I guess the backup button device path must be different for the older models so they can't be registered to a ReadyCloud account and hence you can't use the old devices with ReadyCloud.

bajorgensen wrote:
Anyone gone back to RAIDiator 4? Can the disks just be replaced back for some easy testing?

It is possible to go back (e.g. doing a USB Boot Recovery) but you would need to do a factory default (wipes all data, settings, everything) to wipe the disks and setup a new array.