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OS6 now works on x86 Legacy WARNING: NO NTGR SUPPORT!
Update: It is now unofficially possible using NTGR images to update legacy hardware to os6.X
See Post #3, for directions to install 6.2.1 on x86 Ultra and Pro Models. (ARM NOT SUPPORTED by this OS)
Be forewarned, this requires a SYSTEM WIPE and likely voids any warranty support from NTGR
Supported so far: pro 2/4/6, ultra 2/4/6, old pro / Pioneer Pro, 2100v2
Not Supported: NVX and 2100v1
Thanks go out to "HomeBrew Anonymous" for making this possible.
Update 2: A firmware image to downgrade back to 4.2.26 is now available. See this thread. While this downgrade should get you a working system again on the supported firmware, be forewarned this requires a SYSTEM WIPE and NetGear also does not provide support for this downgrade. If you have issues seek help on these forums.
Original Post/Gripes
I have been reading these forums since Monday's announcement and there has been a resounding "ooof" regarding the fact the Ultras and Pros are unsupported for future OS improvements.
To clear the air: it would appear Netgear will never support os6 on past hardware. I have almost come to grips with this, and at least they have been open and honest with their forward direction and aren't stringing us along. viewtopic.php?f=138&t=70131
The upside is our devices still work and are mostly stable and eventually we can upgrade to a new shell that has os6 support, but in the meantime our $500-1000 investment is unable to take advantage of modern features we all desire.
I don't think I can add a poll here at RN forums, but I would like to garner support for a 100% unsupported home brew of the os6 on Pro6 units.
If we get enough support perhaps a talented member(s) here would help release a homebrew of sorts.
The 3 main caveats are:
1. Netgear will never be held responsible/your warranty is void
2. A format is required (new FS and OS)
3. Data loss is highly possible
If you are still interested please post a reply to this thread.
mdgm and I have decided that its time to lock this thread. So please do post any new OS6 on Legacy issues on their own threads.
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- I was wondering if anyone on the forum has installed the new OS on a Pro not Pro 6 and what they have noticed in terms of performance, etc.
Thanks. bajorgensen wrote: With all the whining on the forum (and I've done my fair share) I have to give credit to Netgear for one thing.
It seems like they now have a very tight development schedule, keeping ReadyNAS OS close to upstream patches.
6.0.5 is shipping with kernel 3.0.74 released April 16. Lets hope they can keep updating so that the new OS
will not suffer the "rot" as the older versions have done.
The advantage of using a longterm kernel for the new OS is that minor kernel patches can relatively easily added. https://www.kernel.org/category/releases.html suggests that 3.0 will continue to receive patches till October this year. Hopefully around then they will be ready to update to a newer longterm kernel e.g. 3.2 which will receive updates for some years yet.bajorgensen wrote:
Samba has also been updated to 4.0.5 released April 9.
The way the new OS is designed is also helpful for being able to update things like samba. An advantage of starting afresh on e.g. Samba 4.x and Netatalk 3.x means that NetGear can easily incorporate minor patches for those without having to test upgrades from e.g. very old versions of samba.- Hi to all,
spiderman wrote:
I was wondering if anyone on the forum has installed the new OS on a Pro not Pro 6 and what they have noticed in terms of performance, etc.
spiderman, may be this post can help you.
I'm interested by performance comparison between OS 6.0.5 and 4.2.22 on legacy Ultra 6 , and I ran some very basic tests:
Here are results of throughput transfer test on Ultra 6 model running OS 6.0.5 and 4.2.22. with 2x disks in XRAID2 mode (like RAID1)
Configuration for this test was :
1x PC DELL E4200 CPU U9600 RAM 5GB SSD Samsung 256GB, 1xNIC, running Windows 7
2x ReadyNAS Ultra 6 CPU Atom D510 RAM 2GB 2xDD WD Red 3TB XRAID2, 2xNIC bonding ALB, (one NAS running RAIDiator 4.2.22 and one NAS running ReadyNAS OS 6.0.5)
Gigabit network
Test : robocopy running on PC with 10 parallel threads to transfer files from PC to NAS and after from NAS to PC (example : robocopy \PC \\NAS /E /MT:10)
Test with big files : 6 x divx, total 4056 MB
Test with small files : 66 directories, 686 files (word, excel, pdf, jpg,...) , total 1293 MB
robocopy time reports are translated to MB/s, it's easier to compare.
Here are results, Higher is better
big files : 6 x divx, total 4056 MB
PC -> NAS - 4.2.22 : 65.49 MB/s - OS 6.0.5 : 90.13 MB/s
NAS -> PC - 4.2.22 : 70.62 MB/s - OS 6.0.5 : 75.85 MB/s
small files : 66 directories, 686 files (word, excel, pdf, jpg,...) , total 1293 MB
PC -> NAS - 4.2.22 : 34.94 MB/s - OS 6.0.5 : 22.93 MB/s
NAS -> PC - 4.2.22 : 35.91 MB/s - OS 6.0.5 : 35,91 MB/s - Updated to 6.0.5 + fancotrol on Ultra 2 => soundless :D
Anyone got WOL working with Marvell NIC?
Ethernet controller: Marvell 88E8057
Kernel driver in use: sk98lin
BIOS: v080016
In power-down the NIC led is blinking, but the NAS does not power-up on magic packet ... is this kernel (3.0.x) related? It worked fine in 4.2.22.
Other niggles, don't have power-down/reboot button on the GUI, while OS6 normally does have it. - Power off is picture button left to the NAS picture on system overview menu
glem wrote: Power off is picture button left to the NAS picture on system overview menu
Thanx, I was expecting it next to the log-out button :?- Ya, UI/UX isn't designed by an actual UI person, but random developers. The ReadyDATA UI has the shutdown button where you expected it, up by the logout button.
And the Logout button is pointless, doesn't even try to kill the active session, just an alert box to close the browser heh. chirpa wrote: Ya, UI/UX isn't designed by an actual UI person, but random developers. The ReadyDATA UI has the shutdown button where you expected it, up by the logout button.
And the Logout button is pointless, doesn't even try to kill the active session, just an alert box to close the browser heh.
Thank you, and just for the record, I was not bashing the UI and the effort of developers to make this happen, just did not see the button.- On the whole I think it works well, there are a couple of things that are hard to find. Where to change the admin password (done under "profile") is one I ran across today.
- Ya, power options should be near Logout. Admin password should be under Accounts tab (like RAIDiator).
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