I have recently had to do a factory reset on RN312 and when trying to set up back to where I was I have faced the following challenges:
1. TransmissionNT (from NasTools) does not install. I have managed to instal the other version from a 3d attempt though and it seems to be working fine.
2. I am unable to install homebridge - direct install wants libc 2.28 or higher and node.js can't find a version for jessie
3. Can't deploy a letsencrypt SSL certifcate as the only guide I found starts with wget certbot-auto and it is missing from the server
So bloody frustrated, that box has been running like clockwork for years before locking up for no apparent reason.
Please check your firmware version if it is not up to date(6.10.8) please update the firmware using the below steps.
Please update your firmware to the latest version. Steps for upgrading or downgrading the Firmware : 1. Download the required firmware image from the google browser compatible with your ReadyNAS model. Link for the reference : https://kb.netgear.com/000064653/ReadyNAS-OS-6-Software-Version-6-10-8 2. Open the NAS admin UI 3. Navigate to system >> settings >> update 4. Click on Install firmware >> browse the downloaded firmware 5. Click on upload.
@ChiffaNe wrote: Yes, I am on the latest version 6.10.8
With all due respect to the mods - Jessie is really old, and installing 6.10.8 doesn't change that. It was superceded by Stretch back in 2017, and is now an Archived release. Getting current apps and libraries installed is increasingly a problem, and that is only going to get worse.
If you can get past your install challenges, I suggest making regular backups of your OS partition, to give you a better starting point if you need to do a factory default in the future.
Another approach is to get PC, and run your apps on the PC - mapping the NAS volume to a drive letter. One of the 1-liter PC platforms would perform at least as well as your NAS (likely better).
I do backups of the data but never thought to backup the system partition, lol.
And getting another pc just to run homebridge and a couple of other odds and ends is a bit overkill for me, especially since I bought the ReadyNas specifically as it has extra power to run stuff.
So, can we expect Netgear to create and maintain a jessie repo or at least to adjust the pointers? I'm ok to use older versions if I can find load them.
OK. I thought maybe you'd figured out how to do it without having to go to SSH.
I just had a power failure with an UPS whose battery didn't hold and ended up with a NAS with a corrupt boot prom and one corrupt drive. Had to USB recover the NAS, then boot with the good drive, then re-sync the other. The OS partition was fine, but it got me thinking that I've made some changes to various configuration files and such and having to start over from a factory default wouldn't have been fun since I've not made especially good notes of the changes I've made. If I had an OS volume backup, I wouldn't have been dreading maybe having to do the default.
OK. I thought maybe you'd figured out how to do it without having to go to SSH.
You could mount the OS partition to a mount point on the data volume at startup. Then back it up anytime you like (including with ReadyNAS backup jobs).
Yeah, I guess mounting it read-only to something more accessible would be pretty safe. Still, you have to at least set things up initially in SSH, so not something everyone will be comfortable with.
