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davidr1
May 27, 2017Luminary
Rsync broken since 6.7.1 & 6.7.3
The 3100 only received Notification to upgrade to 6.7.1. Since then backing up using rsync sometimes fails within a minute. The Pro received a notification to upgrade to 6.7.3 - not 6.7.1. Sinc...
bedlam1
Jun 05, 2017Prodigy
Neither
First download OS 6.7.1 then using The Admin page go to System/Settings and use Manual Install Firmware
Spacemonkey12
Jun 05, 2017Star
Is that a recommended procedure
- bedlam1Jun 05, 2017Prodigy
I have no idea (although Netgear warn not to go back) but it worked flawlessly for me and I urgently needed a solution, particularly as 6.7.2 and then 6.7.4 broke Rsync.
Your NAS will of course advise there is an update to 6.7.4, which I am going to ignore and when 6.7.5 emerges I will hold of that too for a few weeks
- StephenBJun 05, 2017Guru - Experienced User
Spacemonkey12 wrote:
Is that a recommended procedure
No.
https://community.netgear.com/t5/ReadyNAS-Firmware-Release-Notes/ReadyNAS-OS-6-7-4-now-available/m-p/1291526/highlight/true#M52 wrote:
Devices updated with 6.7.4 firmware should not be downgraded to earlier firmware versions
Though it seems to have worked out for bedlam1.
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