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

root@MueR-NAS:/# aptitude show python
Package: python
State: installed
Automatically installed: no
Version: 2.7.3-4
Priority: standard
Section: python
Maintainer: Matthias Klose <doko@debian.org>
Architecture: all
Uncompressed Size: 674 k
Depends: python2.7 (>= 2.7.3-1~), python-minimal (= 2.7.3-4)
Suggests: python-doc (= 2.7.3-4), python-tk (= 2.7.3-4)
Conflicts: python-central (< 0.5.5)
Breaks: python-bz2 (< 1.1-8), python-csv (< 1.0-4), python-email (< 2.5.5-3), update-manager-core (< 0.200.5-2)
Replaces: python-dev (< 2.6.5-2)
Provides: python-ctypes, python-email, python-importlib, python-profiler, python-wsgiref

root@MueR-NAS:/# aptitude show unrar
Package: unrar
New: yes
State: installed
Automatically installed: no
Version: 1:4.1.4-1
Priority: optional
Section: non-free/utils
Maintainer: Martin Meredith <mez@debian.org>
Architecture: amd64
Uncompressed Size: 245 k
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.2.5), libgcc1 (>= 1:4.1.1), libstdc++6 (>= 4.1.1)
Conflicts: rar (<= 2.60-1)
Description: Unarchiver for .rar files (non-free version)
 Unrar can extract files from .rar archives. If you want to create .rar archives, install package rar.
Homepage: http://www.rarlabs.com/

root@MueR-NAS:/# aptitude show par2
Package: par2
State: installed
Automatically installed: no
Version: 0.4-11
Priority: extra
Section: utils
Maintainer: Bart Martens <bartm@debian.org>
Architecture: amd64
Uncompressed Size: 279 k
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.2.5), libgcc1 (>= 1:4.1.1), libstdc++6 (>= 4.2.1)
Description: Parity Archive Volume Set, for checking and repair of files

Par2 isnt the problem either, the symptoms described above happen while par2/unrar are not even running. At present, it's only downloading to the NAS, either from usenet or from my local PC.

Whilst downgrading to OS4 would solve the performance issues, it would bring back the issues of being on a bloody old system. While I really, really dislike Netgear's decision to not support this OS on any older devices, the only thing other than downgrading I can do is try and locate the problem with as much accuracy as I can, so they might improve the software. In the meantime, I'll complain and moan loudly in hopes they actually hear me. There is a fundamental flaw in a filesystem that can't cope with a lot of disk activity. Heck, they even advice to turn on noatime on their own wiki, because they know performance is crap.

I upgraded to OS6 on a small private LAN-party the other week, since I knew my friends would also be bringing their NAS devices, and I could back up my files. I don't want to loose all my data and I don't have the space to store it locally. And as I said, as much as I would like to get rid of my problems, I would much rather suffer through it if there's a light at the end and I can drink a nice dram of whisky knowing I helped everyone out a little by pushing through.