New FW release 2.00.04

[fajo]

FW 2.00.04 is out now and available for download from

www.thecus.com/Downloads/

I will try to keep this threads main post updated from what I found or heard in other posts.

Let's start wth the changes compared to 2.00.01 (the list is to be considered incomplete yet !!)

{N}ew/{U}pdated/{D}eleted:

• {N} wget now standalone (gnu) 1.10.2
  
• {N} MEncoder 1.0rc1-3.3.6 added
  
• {N} reiserfs tools 3.6.19 added
  
• {N} tune2fs 1.40.2 added
  
• {N} user{add|mod|del} and group{add|mod|del} added
  
• {U} samba updated to 3.0.26a
  
• {U} iSCSI (othingycsi) updated to 1.1-648
  
• {U} krb5 updated to 1.6.2
  
• {D} USB "UB" driver no longer included
  
• {D} failback file system no longer incuded
  
• {D} AVR FW no longer included in FW package

{F}Fixes:

• file systems created with (-m 0) now -> no reserved space
  
• md kernel driver seems to handle state "degraded" now (earlier versions detected degraded arrays as damaged ones)
  
• fixed hwclock sync (--utc removed so HW clock assumed to be on local time)
  
• WebUI: fixed PHP upload temp dir from /raid/tmp to /raid/data/tmp
  
• WebUI: dangerous/useless files removed from /img/www/htdocs/adm (security fix)
  
• WebUI: fixup of language files
  
• WebUI: fixup of httpd.conf to allow access to certain file extensions only (security fix)
  
• various fixes/changes for eSATA
  
• various fixes/changes for USB HD
  
• disks now forced to standby when HD spindown time is set through WebGUI and on startup
  
• various fixes/changes in FTP used by nsync

Other {C}hanges:

• iSCSI vendor/product IDs changed to "NAS"/"iSCSI-VDISK"
  
• iSCSI daemon options changed: MaxConnections (1->8), DataPDUInOrder (Yes->No), FirstBurstLength (262144->default of 64k)
  
• size of /tmpfs (tmpfs) increased from 128MB to 256MB (this will reduce the amount of memory available to processes !!)
  
• ROM files no longer mounted from /cloopfs
  
• calling syntax for /img/bin/logevent/event has changed (side effect to modules ?)
  
• massive changes in quota management scripts
  
• massive changes to RAID resize scripts
  
• folder default for "guest_only" on "usbhdd" and "usbcopy" changed to "no"
  
• net2280 USB controller now loaded with DMA enabled
  
• iSCSI limit increased to 5 for the PRO version
  
• new feature "Stackable" seems to allow "stacking" (chaining) of boxes

What else to mention here ?

• SNMP still not enabled
  
• new but disabled feature "IP cam" used to fetch (cam) images from the net and assemble MPG movies of them (that is what MEncoder is being used for)

User reported/confirmed fixes:

• WebUI: module management
  
• RAID expansion
  
• eMail notification on UPS events

User reported bugs:

• nsync not (always?) working (confirmed by Thecus)
  forums.hexus.net/thecus-care-hexus/126536-nsync-issue-fw-2-00-04-a.html
  
• Disk spindown not possible if nmbd becomes local master browser
  eTicket# ZCW-42077-204
  
• file locking not working over NFS (rpc.statd not started)
  eTicket# GLW-74871-794
  use module RPCSTATD to work aound the issue

Note: There are no release notes or upgrade instructions available yet so everybody should wait for them to become available. The new FW has not yet been announced on the thecus download area either.

/Falk

[geekneck]

Any news on when this FW becomes official?

[peterfu]

It's official - there are simply no release notes and therefore it's not downloadable from the support site
br
Peter

[fajo]

[thread updated]

[tairus]

"# {D} USB "UB" driver no longer included"

is it mean there is no USB keyboard and Mouse support anymore?

I "upgraded" my N5200 with VGA connector and sometimes use direct KVM console (using USB mouse and keyboard).

[fajo]

USB keyboards/mouse do not use this driver (as far as I remember it should use the HID drivers) - you can verify this by issuing a "lsmod" to see which drivers are loaded while the keyboard/mouse is connected. "UB" was/is a slow and old USB driver.

/Falk

[tairus]

you're right! usbhid module is used for USB kbd/mouse.
now i'm confident to upgrade. Thanks!

[localj]

Un-installed the IMGDUP module and did the firmware upgrade on my N5200Pro.

2.00.0011 -> 2.00.04

It worked flawlessly.

My other modules continued to work (SYSUSER, SSHD, MLDONKEY).

Will turn MLDonkey off soon to see if HDs spin-down. Hoping I dont run into the Samba Master Browser issue

[fajo]

On the German Thecus pages the FW 2.00.04 is listed as current public release and even release notes are available (in english).

www.thecus.eu/de/174/
www.thecus.eu/uploads/media/N5200_N5200PRO_FW_2.00.04_01.bin
www.thecus.eu/uploads/media/N5200_Release_Note_v2.00.04.pdf

/Falk

[Arctra]

I have just upgraded to 2.00.04 from my ancient (but non-problematic) 1.00.08 firmware. Absolutely no problems at all with the upgrade, so now I'm looking forward to seeing what's different, new, or fixed :-)

[robbo]

Is upgrading always safe for the data ?

I want to upgrade (still on 1.08) but don;t have the means of backing up 1.75TB

[peterfu]

robbo said:

Is upgrading always safe for the data ?

Do You realy expect a answere like "Yes, Your data will be safe for 100%" ?

Most of the users had no problems during upgrade, few users had problems - so to be on the safe side I would recommend to backup the data.

br
Peter

[fajo]

Just received an update from Thecus support (after asking for the status of 18 open tickets ;o).

According to the information I received, the HDD spin down issue should get solved with the next official release (whenever that will be - they did not even give a hint).

Unfortunately none of the more critical issues/vulnerabilities seem to get fixed with the next release (see onbeat.dk/thecus/index.php/N5200_Firmware_2.00.04_Issues for a list of tickets I opened). Also the NFS issue was not mentioned ....

/Falk

[drewy]

I've just been given a beta release of 2.00.07.

Maybe a new release is not that far away

[fatgrass2006]

Mar 14, 2008 6:27:47 GMT 7 drewy said:

I've just been given a beta release of 2.00.07.

Maybe a new release is not that far away

Hi

Can you make this beta firmware available for forum remembers please?

All help appreciated.