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AMRivlin
Mar 20, 2013Apprentice
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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- wizzardAspirantIn my readynas ultra 4 I installed os6 with 3 drives sins I nedded the 4th to backup. Now i poped it back in but it is not being added to the array. What could be wrong?
Is is it not possible to expand an array? I thought it was. - SkywalkerNETGEAR ExpertIf you didn't clear your 4th disk before re-inserting it, it won't be destroyed automatically. You can go to the volumes page; switch to flex-raid mode (uncheck the X-RAID button); destroy any old volumes; then re-check the X-RAID button.
- wizzardAspirantahh, thanks I was afraid to disable x-raid sins I did not know what would happened to my existing volume.
Edit, oh nooo
Cant connect to it and it says not to rebbot but call support. Note sure they will support this
edit: seam only to loos connection to web server that cant be restarted via ssh, no formatting is done. Reboot does no harm. I will remove everything using my pc tomorrow. - IridabikeAspirantI am trying to setup PlexConnect. I have now fixed (stopped) the DNS proxy server starting by adding --nodnsproxy to connman.service but I also need to change the Web server port from 80 to 8080.
Anyone got any ideas?
/T
Ignore this -Found it in /etc/apache2
If anyone is interested works great with ATV 3. - arnomcAspirantFor those who are asking themselves if they can switch from 4.2.x to 6.0.x (advantages/which features are already working etc..) you can have a look there :
http://www.smallnetbuilder.com/nas/nas- ... 6-reviewed - mdgm-ntgrNETGEAR Employee RetiredThe "corrupt root" error mentioned in that article would also be obtained if you put used disks in older ReadyNAS models. From what Skywalker said above it sounds like ReadyNAS OS is even more cautious about wiping used disks than older OSes were. Which is not a bad change as many users have put a disk full of data in a ReadyNAS while it was running only to find the disk was wiped automatically.
I believe a change is coming in the next release to make it clear that if you boot up the NAS with used disks installed that these need to be wiped by doing a factory default.
As mentioned in that review some missing features from 4.2.x are coming. - wizzardAspirant
Skywalker wrote: If you didn't clear your 4th disk before re-inserting it, it won't be destroyed automatically. You can go to the volumes page; switch to flex-raid mode (uncheck the X-RAID button); destroy any old volumes; then re-check the X-RAID button.
It worked but I now realised I only have 3.49TB available (using 4 2TB drives). So one disk does not seme to be used, 5.58GB should be available. Winder if this is a bug in os6 or related to the use of older hardware. - mdgm-ntgrNETGEAR Employee RetiredIF you download your logs, what does your mdstat.log look like?
- wizzardAspirantHere it is.
Personalities : [raid0] [raid1] [raid10] [raid6] [raid5] [raid4]
md127 : active raid5 sda3[0] sdd3[3] sdc3[2] sdb3[1]
5845987968 blocks super 1.2 level 5, 64k chunk, algorithm 2 [4/4] [UUUU]
md1 : active raid1 sda2[0] sdd2[3] sdc2[2] sdb2[1]
523968 blocks super 1.2 [4/4] [UUUU]
md0 : active raid1 sda1[0] sdd1[3] sdc1[2] sdb1[1]
4192192 blocks super 1.2 [4/4] [UUUU]
unused devices: <none>
/dev/md/0:
Version : 1.2
Creation Time : Sun Jun 9 10:17:24 2013
Raid Level : raid1
Array Size : 4192192 (4.00 GiB 4.29 GB)
Used Dev Size : 4192192 (4.00 GiB 4.29 GB)
Raid Devices : 4
Total Devices : 4
Persistence : Superblock is persistent
Update Time : Sun Jun 16 15:12:39 2013
State : clean
Active Devices : 4
Working Devices : 4
Failed Devices : 0
Spare Devices : 0
Name : 37c1fce2:0 (local to host 37c1fce2)
UUID : 23f73996:00927161:cb8ba31d:11825571
Events : 592
Number Major Minor RaidDevice State
0 8 1 0 active sync /dev/sda1
1 8 17 1 active sync /dev/sdb1
2 8 33 2 active sync /dev/sdc1
3 8 49 3 active sync /dev/sdd1
/dev/md/1:
Version : 1.2
Creation Time : Sun Jun 9 10:17:24 2013
Raid Level : raid1
Array Size : 523968 (511.77 MiB 536.54 MB)
Used Dev Size : 523968 (511.77 MiB 536.54 MB)
Raid Devices : 4
Total Devices : 4
Persistence : Superblock is persistent
Update Time : Wed Jun 12 15:20:41 2013
State : clean
Active Devices : 4
Working Devices : 4
Failed Devices : 0
Spare Devices : 0
Name : 37c1fce2:1 (local to host 37c1fce2)
UUID : 286efef5:5068202e:4fea135a:d79f84d5
Events : 42
Number Major Minor RaidDevice State
0 8 2 0 active sync /dev/sda2
1 8 18 1 active sync /dev/sdb2
2 8 34 2 active sync /dev/sdc2
3 8 50 3 active sync /dev/sdd2
/dev/md/data-0:
Version : 1.2
Creation Time : Sun Jun 9 10:17:24 2013
Raid Level : raid5
Array Size : 5845987968 (5575.17 GiB 5986.29 GB)
Used Dev Size : 1948662656 (1858.39 GiB 1995.43 GB)
Raid Devices : 4
Total Devices : 4
Persistence : Superblock is persistent
Update Time : Sun Jun 16 15:12:37 2013
State : active
Active Devices : 4
Working Devices : 4
Failed Devices : 0
Spare Devices : 0
Layout : left-symmetric
Chunk Size : 64K
Name : 37c1fce2:data-0 (local to host 37c1fce2)
UUID : ce2c0a06:16137e0d:6e85985e:b61d9a2c
Events : 9877
Number Major Minor RaidDevice State
0 8 3 0 active sync /dev/sda3
1 8 19 1 active sync /dev/sdb3
2 8 35 2 active sync /dev/sdc3
3 8 51 3 active sync /dev/sdd3
df -hroot@nas:~# df -h
Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
rootfs 4.0G 1.8G 1.8G 51% /
tmpfs 10M 4.0K 10M 1% /dev
/dev/md0 4.0G 1.8G 1.8G 51% /
tmpfs 494M 0 494M 0% /dev/shm
tmpfs 494M 7.1M 487M 2% /run
tmpfs 494M 0 494M 0% /sys/fs/cgroup
tmpfs 494M 0 494M 0% /media
/dev/md127 3.7T 2.4T 1.2T 68% /data
/dev/md127 3.7T 2.4T 1.2T 68% /home
/dev/md127 3.7T 2.4T 1.2T 68% /apps
/dev/md127 3.7T 2.4T 1.2T 68% /var/ftp/Applications
/dev/md127 3.7T 2.4T 1.2T 68% /var/ftp/Audiobooks
/dev/md127 3.7T 2.4T 1.2T 68% /var/ftp/Backup
/dev/md127 3.7T 2.4T 1.2T 68% /var/ftp/Diverse
/dev/md127 3.7T 2.4T 1.2T 68% /var/ftp/Documents
/dev/md127 3.7T 2.4T 1.2T 68% /var/ftp/Music
/dev/md127 3.7T 2.4T 1.2T 68% /var/ftp/Videos
/dev/md127 3.7T 2.4T 1.2T 68% /run/nfs4/data/Videos - mdgm-ntgrNETGEAR Employee RetiredDid you recheck the X-RAID option? If not, recheck it.
Also, have you tried rebooting the NAS?
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