RN104 Is manual install of 6.10.9 safe?

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Loic44600 wrote:

- a ReadyNas 102 blocked in version 6.4.2 and which refused the installation of a 6.10.8 version

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Read the release notes - you should have installed 6.5.2 first.

• https://kb.netgear.com/000065170/ReadyNAS-OS-6-Software-Version-6-10-8

ReadyNAS 102, 104, and 2120 systems must not be updated directly to 6.10.x from 6.3.x or older firmware. They must first be updated to either 6.2.5 or 6.3.5 then to 6.5.2 and then to 6.10.x. 

Some folks have bricked their NAS by not following those instructions.  

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Loic44600 wrote:

- a ReadyNas 104 which refused to install applications

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The Netgear 6.10.8 repo is broken, and so far Netgear hasn't bothered to fix it.  Another aspect is that the Debian 8 ("Jessie") version of Linux used by the ReadyNAS is outdated, and the Debian folks archived its repos.  There is an extended discussion here:

• https://community.netgear.com/t5/Using-your-ReadyNAS-in-Business/How-I-got-apt-update-and-install-to-work-with-Debian-Jessie/m-p/2306772#M199238

Post 37 (page 4) has links to two files that also need to be manually applied to the OS partition in order to get many linux installs to work. 

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Loic44600 wrote:

No, the ReadyNas is not dead ... 😉

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1. The most recent ReadyNAS product was released in 2017, so about 6 years ago.
2. ReadyNAS products were removed from the main Netgear webpages a while ago, and are only on the support pages.  All say "This product/software is end-of-life."
3. ReadyCloud has been turned off
4. Firmware updates have been less frequent, and largely limited to security updates
5. Several folks have complained here about their inability to get support from Netgear (including data recovery contracts).

So I think "dead" is a good description.  That said, I have no plans to discontinue using them, as mine are still working well for me.