I have 2 x ReadyNAS NV+ v1 on 4.1.14 that are of course past their shelf life in terms of development and support..
I enabled SSH access to them as I no longer have a jump box with the NASs mounted to, to do my scripting (file related scripting etc).
The problem is, bash on the ReadyNAS is too old.
# bash --version
GNU bash, version 2.05b.0(1)-release (sparc-unknown-linux-gnu)
It's missing many features I need from bash-utils, like `rename`, `watch`, etc..
Is there any way I can update bash to a more recent version and take advantage of other utils that come with it such as the above? I noticed there's an APT plugin, but that sounds too dangerous - also not sure if I can update just bash through it, without all the other system updates that may render my NAS inoperable..
I presume I can settle with putting just 1 spare disk in there right? There's no need to fill up all 4 slots.
And after fiddling around, I can just put back the original 4, boot up and it's as if nothing happened ?
I was hoping someone else would have had some experience with updating bash, before I go into testing myself, but if not, I'll proceed and update the thread with my results later on.
Well I think there's a strong possibility you may/will run into problems doing such an update. Personally at this point I think you'd be better off getting an OS6 NAS than trying to update things like bash on a Sparc unit.
But they still work fine (and were pricy!), can handle 4 x 2TB disks each in XRaid, and don't feel outdated or useless yet.. It would be a shame to retire them.
It also leaves me with the concern that the OS6 NAS will end up in a similar fate soon enough, leaving me stuck.
