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OS6 wondering
Hello, everybody! This question is about ReadyNAS Ultra 4, Pro 4 and Pro 6 upgraded to OS6. Some background: I have been using RN104 and NV+ v1 for a few years now, but as time goes I realiz...
There are a couple of issues that have cropped up recently.
One is that the Netgear repository for 6.10.8 is broken. The workaround for that is to manually install 6.10.9
The other is that the version of Debian that ReadyNAS uses - Debian 8 (Jessie) - is old, and was recently archived. What is needed there is to modify a couple of files on the NAS OS to point to the archive. There is a fairly long thread on the topic here:
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Hello,
thanks Stephen for the reply. Unfortunately, installation of 6.10.9 did not resolve the issue. "Apps" that would not install under 6.10.8 will not install under 6.10.9 either.
Regarding the stuff to re-point Debian to the archive, I believe I managed to do that as I got the apt working on an experimental machine that does not hold any data as of now and I have managed to install some of the "apps" off Netgear repository by manually "chasing" what needs to be brought up-to-date. Nevertheless I will check out the information on your link and see if I can get things simplified.
As I have managed to update the Debian packages and then the Netgear "apps" I know that it could work. Nevertheless I wonder if somebody else has done it before and what risk there is that I will get the Debian on ReadyNAS corrupted by updating packages I have no clue about. Sorry for asking stupid questions, but I am simply not a Linux/Debian/Unix guy. And I will rather operate my MySQL database elsewhere and refrain from installing Shell-in-a-box, PHP and some other stuff on the ReadyNAS if I suspect I might put my files in jeopardy. (Yes, I have backups, I have a ReadyNAS as backup for my main ReadyNAS and a couple of regular HDD as another backup. đ) ...and - of course - I am curious to what level the "Unofficial" OS6 can be made to conform to the "Official" OS6, as it seems to be run into some problems with missing/aged Linux packages on older machines, and thus refuses to install the official "apps".
ziemowit wrote:
thanks Stephen for the reply. Unfortunately, installation of 6.10.9 did not resolve the issue. "Apps" that would not install under 6.10.8 will not install under 6.10.9 either.
Regarding the stuff to re-point Debian to the archive ...
The post I referenced has dropbox links for the two files you need.
FYI, Netgear has fixed their 6.10.8 repo.
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