![]() It took nearly six days, but the HDD didn't drop off like all the other models before.Īfter the initial syncronization all later syncs were quite fast. NTFS preformatted by WD, have syncronized 950GB. NTFS formatted by PC, both remote replication and folder copy (qnap interface) working flawlessly, The Debian installation procedure is fairly standard as the installation on a PC however screenshots were taken and provided below to serve as a general setup guidance. You may follow this of your choice and if you have anything in doubt the official guide here can always be your friend.NTFS formatted by Qnap, have worked on several firmwares before this one, about 150 GB of data copied/synchronized at most If you have already backup your data and intend to get started you can now go to the official website hosted by the project coordinator/developer for a complete, detailed, step-by-step installation guide. Please note that the installation process requires you to login via SSH to complete with thepre-defined username installer and password install. Debian will be installed to disk and Debian kernel will be put in flash that will start Debian from the hard disk.Debian installer starts and allows you to login via SSH to perform the installation.Flash the Debian installer to the flash memory, then reboots.Download the Debian installer images to the QNAP NAS.The overall installation process is briefly described below: The guide on enabling the System Recovery Mode can be found here. It is strongly recommended to perform this step before installing Debian due to the possible failure when writing data to the flash memory to ensure your system can then be easily recovered or restored. This will put mtd1, mtd2 and mtd3 in the Public share, so you can easily copy them to your PC or to the external USB.enclosure. Debian will only modify the first two partitions but it's good to keep a copy of these three since they are needed to create a recovery image for the QNAP. Also, Debian will replace the QNAP firmware in flash, so it's also recommended to make a copy of the flash partitions mtd1, mtd2 and mtd3 (contains kernel image, rootfs1 and rootfs2 respectively). You have to make a backup of all the data stored on your QNAP NAS before starting with the installation of Debian since Debian will format the whole disk during installation. Here are some additional tutorials for installing Debian:ĭebian installer (Lenny RC1) is now fully supported on all the ARM-based QNAP NAS including:īackup your data / partitions on flash memory Kernels with performance enhancements will be made available in the future. hard drive) currently doesn't reach that seen with the QNAP firmware. This is work in progress and certain performance (e.g. Please note that because Debian uses the mainline Linux kernel to which Marvell has contributed Orion support.This provides a way to recovery/restore to original QNAP firmware is case of bad flash / incomplete flash writing / unable to boot. If you decide to go ahead it is strongly recommended to first enable the System Recovery Mode on your NAS before installing Debian to your flash memory.Debian on QNAP does not install a web interface for configuring the system, although it's possible to install such software.Therefore you have to make a backup of data on your hard disk prior to installation. Detailed information on how to backup your existing data on disk or flash partitions can be found here. ![]()
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