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What operating system is used on the readynas RN10200?
I need to know what the OS of the system is, and how I can access it! I'm thinking that it is probably Linux, and am prepared to install that on a laptop so that I might access the guts of the readyn...
- BTRFS is the filesystem, not the Operating System.
As for the OS, ReadyNAS OS 6 it is based on Debian Wheezy. Yes we are using Linux.
You can use PuTTY (free SSH/telnet client) on Windows or the Terminal on Mac/Linux to SSH in to the ReadyNAS. SSH is a service that you can enable under System > Settings > Services. As Ixa mentioned you can do a lot of damage if you don't know what you are doing so you should think carefully whether you really want to use this.
There is a ReadyNAS OS 6 VM available that you can experiment on: http://www.readynas.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=35&t=70699
Note that the VM is x86_64 whereas your 102 is ARM so some things will be different, but if you break things doing something in a VM then you will know not to do it on your 102.
The OS is linux the file system is BTRFS.
NASty1 wrote: I need to know what the OS of the system is, and how I can access it!
You don't need to install linux on your laptop to access the NAS. If the laptop is windows, you can use an application called Putty, if it is a mac you can use the built-in terminal program. The NAS will show you a command line interface (similar to entering "cmd" in windows, bu of course it is linux).
Probably best to learn linux on another machine (perhaps a dual-boot or VM on your laptop). It can be handy to use ssh from time to time, but you can do quite a bit of damage with it if you make a mistake.
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