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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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- Finally found solution to wake-on-line & fan control problem on my Ultra6.
To enable wake-on-line, frontview option doesn't really work. Even in ethtool shows as "wol g", it just simply doesn't work.
The solution for me is to add a dummy default service which will stop at runlevel 0, 6, . Add command ethtool -s eth0 wol g to the stopping routine and it works just fine even I used frontview interface to shutdown my readynas.
Fan control addon itself is fine on Ultra6. The problem is on the coretemp module. Netgear switch to dts reading mode for CPU temperature which is not stable at all. I switched using reading from it87 board sensors but these are not multipled by 1000 so fan control read as 0 degree all the time.
I just simply modified fancontrol script, when it's it87 board and read from hwmon1 temps, multiple 1000 as the special treat.
So far, both solution works fine for me. Now looking into the UPS support.
Anyone know how the hotplug_event works? I'd like to add some custom steps to that.
Simon simonhang wrote: Finally found solution to wake-on-line & fan control problem on my Ultra6.
Fan control addon itself is fine on Ultra6. The problem is on the coretemp module. Netgear switch to dts reading mode for CPU temperature which is not stable at all. I switched using reading from it87 board sensors but these are not multipled by 1000 so fan control read as 0 degree all the time.
I just simply modified fancontrol script, when it's it87 board and read from hwmon1 temps, multiple 1000 as the special treat.
Simon
I personally have a Pro 6 and everything seems to be working okay, but for the benefit of the rest of the community, would you please post your fancontrol script (or any others for that matter) that have solved your various problems. You never know how your blood, sweat and tears may help others struggling with similar issues. . .
Thanks in advance!- For the fancontrol script, it was only a conditional test and the multiple the value by 1000. I can post it when I get home.
Problem is I forgot to backup the original fancontrol script, so I cannot do a diff until I get my hands on the original one. Maybe apt-get download can solve my problem. - The Ultra 6 has an Atom CPU. The hardware is different to the Pro 6.
mdgm wrote: The Ultra 6 has an Atom CPU. The hardware is different to the Pro 6.
Again, my Pro 6's don't seem to be exhibiting the problems he was describing, I was only asking in case they might help others utilizing the Ultra 6 or similar platform :werd:ATCIS wrote: . . .and everything seems to be working okay, but for the benefit of the rest of the community, would you please post your fancontrol script (or any others for that matter) that have solved your various problems. You never know how your blood, sweat and tears may help others struggling with similar issues. . . - ATCIS,
As per your request, here is the change I made on fancontrol
root@ReadyNas:/usr/sbin# diff fancontrol fancontrol.orig
427,432d426
< #test for board it87, if yes, multiple by 1000
< if [[ $DEVNAME == *it87* ]] && [[ $tsens == hwmon1/device/temp*_input ]]
< then
< #multi 1000
< tval=`expr $tval \* 1000`
< fi simonhang wrote: Finally found solution to wake-on-line & fan control problem on my Ultra6.
To enable wake-on-line, frontview option doesn't really work. Even in ethtool shows as "wol g", it just simply doesn't work.
The solution for me is to add a dummy default service which will stop at runlevel 0, 6, . Add command ethtool -s eth0 wol g to the stopping routine and it works just fine even I used frontview interface to shutdown my readynas.
Could you please share some code and/or instructions to do this?
I'm interested in enabling WOL into my Pro6 running ReadynasOS 6.1.6
THANKS!- To users of the Forum;
Thank you all for your OS6 Contributions.
Now after 62 pages and 928 posts, can I ask that people open new separate posts on individual OS6 topics.
The title of " No NTGR SUPPORT! " is unfair, especially as Netgear staff have been commenting at intervals.
Newcomers would get an incorrect impression. :rofl:
Plus I want to edit the titles of some of the 900 posts, to improve searching capability. This could be a time
consuming task.
Thanks Marto - Correct me if i'm wrong but I don't believe NetGear has released an official method to update legacy systems to OS6 and doesn't officially support running it on them. All the images available to update to OS6 have been released by the community and OS6 doesn't support the legacy hardware as well as it supports the new hardware.
One can't expect NetGear support to provide help if users with legacy systems running ReadyNAS OS 6 encounter issues. Sometimes NetGear reps and often others in the community may provide help here on the forum but that's not the same as being able to ring support and email them (if a user running OS6 on a legacy system needs data recovery services, has a full OS partition, has a corrupt copy of the firmware on the internal flash or another issue that may require advanced support would NetGear provide it?). Better to warn users that they may be on their own if they encounter issues only for them to find they are not, rather than to create the impression that they will definitely be able to get help only for them to find they cannot.
I have posted an image to help users downgrade their legacy systems back to 4.2.x (also requires a factory default) if they wish. - Hello,
I just found this thread, and were asking myself the following.
Is the 1st post still up-to-date ?
By that I mean :
If i'd like to switch from OS4 to OS6, would that be by using the "ReadyNASOS-6.0.4-x86_64.img" as described in the first post, or can I go straight to the last version which I did get from the READYNAS-300 repository (ftp://downloads.netgear.com/files/GDC/READYNAS-300/)Hydra:/opt/devel# head -1 ReadyNASOS-6.1.6-x86_64.img
info::name=ReadyNASOS,version=6.1.6,time=1391111179,size=53981184,md5sum=dc80ccc46ce09134648a9ca9666277cd,arch=x86_64,descr=ReadyNASOS-6.1.6
I have a ReadyNAS Pro Pioneer Edition (RDNP6000)
Thank you :)
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