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OS6 on Pioneer Pro
Hi,
I have a Pioneer Pro 6-Disk ReadyNas (1GB memory) that has been happily running 4.2.19 for a few years now. Is it possible to upgrade this unit to OS6? I am seeing conflicting reports. If I do this - what are the main benefits? Plex? Is it power enough to stream/transcode? I mainly use it for storage and DLNA at the moment.
If I want to upgrade to 6 - do I need to copy all of my data off to an external device, install/upgrade to 6, and then copy all of the data back?
Thanks for any help!
Sandshark wrote:
waikiki wrote:Hi Sandshark,
What you are saying is the OS6 installation instructions at http://netgear.nas-central.org/wiki/OS6_on_Legacy_x86 are still valid and recent, is that correct?
That means my steps would be as follow:
1. Proceed OS upgrade from OS4 to OS6 using the OS6 installation instructions at http://netgear.nas-central.org/wiki/OS6_on_Legacy_x86
2. Perform bios upgrade to v2.0 in OS6.
3. Perform the hardware upgrade and replacement of CPU and memory.
4. That's it!Are the steps correct?
No, since I canot get the bios update to work under OS6 (I still have one Pro BE not updated), I suspect you'd have the same issue. Do the BIOS upgrade from 4.2.x first (if you need it), then upgrade to OS6.
Ok, I will modify my steps at such:
1. In OS4, perform the BIOS upgrade via installing the bios update addon at http://www.readynas.com/download/addons/x86/4.2/BIOS_Update_Package_0.5-x86.bin
2. Proceed OS upgrade from OS4 to OS6 using the OS6 installation instructions at http://netgear.nas-central.org/wiki/OS6_on_Legacy_x86
3. Perform the hardware upgrade and replacement of CPU and memory.
4. That's it!
That's all? Thanks.
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It can be upgraded to OS-6, though Netgear won't support it if you do.
The process does require reformatting the disks, so you do need to make a backup, then go through the upgrade, and restore the data from the backup after the upgrade completes.
Benefits include more flexible expansion (OS 4.2 won't expand over 16 TiB or more than 8 TiB from the starting point - which ever is smaller). You will be able to install plex. Not sure on transcoding performance though - I wouldn't count on that.
Thanks for the quick reply! Is this the best guide to follow if I want to upgrade?
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