Modules with 1.00.07?

[rollo]

Just unboxed it and upgraded firmware to .07. I probably should have searched for the forums first.. but i didn't .

Anyway, going over the module list that Andreas has posted I noticed two things.

1) the modules seem to be listed for >= 1.00.06
2) on my 'system' menu there is no 'modules' option.

Will existing modules work on .07?

Do I need to do something to enable the 'modules' option?

Mainly I'd like info, sysuser, and sshd (most of all) but I guess I'm in no rush.

It's the RouStor model, not sure if that makes any diff though I suspect not.

Thanks in advance.

Rollo

[peterfu]

Hi Rollo,
first welcome to the forum

Are You sure Your upgrade went fine - You should see the installed firmware version in the Status -> About menu,
The "Module Management" should be in the System menu between "Config Mgmt" and "System Default". I think You must have installed already some Harddisks, cause the modules are stored in /raid/data/module which is on the disks (I might be wrong, but I Think without installed and configured Harddisks the module management will not work)

And Yes, the modules are working on 1.00.07 - I've installed INFO, SYSUSER, SSHD, TWONKYMEDIA and META. However, due to a bug in the Firmware the property pages are not working - you will find the explanation and 2 possible fixes/workarounds here:
thecususergroup.proboards106.com/index.cgi?board=n5200modifications&action=display&thread=1169579055&page=2
Be sure to install the latest version of the modules.
br
Peter

[omega]

Hi rollo,

additionally to what Peter already told you perfectly, do you have an USB stick or disk attached to the N5200 (or any other external storage device)?

If yes, detach them and try again to open System entry in the menu bar and check again for the "Module Mgmt" entry.
For more information about that issue have a look here: thecususergroup.proboards106.com/index.cgi?board=n5200installations&action=display&thread=1170675526

Andreas

[rollo]

omega said:

Hi rollo,

additionally to what Peter already told you perfectly, do you have an USB stick or disk attached to the N5200 (or any other external storage device)?

If yes, detach them and try again to open System entry in the menu bar and check again for the "Module Mgmt" entry.
For more information about that issue have a look here: thecususergroup.proboards106.com/index.cgi?board=n5200installations&action=display&thread=1170675526

Andreas

Peter / Andreas,

Thanks for the help - I appreciate it!

I deleted the RAID array and started over, removing the % for USB storage and walked away from the box. When I came back tonight the array had finished building (I don't even want to guess what makes it take 8 hours) lo and behold the Module Maint option was under System. I suspect, though I have nothing to back it up with, that though I thought the array had finished building the first time around there really hadn't been time. The system rebooted numerous times and I did notice that when it reboots while rebuilding it goes through the process very quickly (referring specifically to the timer, not the actual process) and then the remaining time and % complete are skewed.

Time to start plugging in modules.

Thanks!

[rollo]

peterfu said:

Hi Rollo,
first welcome to the forum

Are You sure Your upgrade went fine - You should see the installed firmware version in the Status -> About menu,
The "Module Management" should be in the System menu between "Config Mgmt" and "System Default". I think You must have installed already some Harddisks, cause the modules are stored in /raid/data/module which is on the disks (I might be wrong, but I Think without installed and configured Harddisks the module management will not work)

And Yes, the modules are working on 1.00.07 - I've installed INFO, SYSUSER, SSHD, TWONKYMEDIA and META. However, due to a bug in the Firmware the property pages are not working - you will find the explanation and 2 possible fixes/workarounds here:
thecususergroup.proboards106.com/index.cgi?board=n5200modifications&action=display&thread=1169579055&page=2
Be sure to install the latest version of the modules.
br
Peter

oh, and thanks for the welcome! I purchased this because of the extensibility inherent in an 'open' system but had no idea this community existed. So glad to find it!

[peterfu]

rollo said:

I deleted the RAID array and started over ....

hmm, seems you had the same problem I had after updating (but I was doing the update from 05 to 06.5) - i assume the /raid/data/module was missing and I had to rebuild the arrray too, then everything was working fine.

br
Peter

[rince]

I have another problem: I switched from 1.00.04 to 1.00.07 (used then renmod-firmware-file in the meantime), I see the Module Mgmt Folder - but I can not install a Module! I try to upload the INFO.mod-File, but the browserwindow immediately gets blanked but nothing happens; no upload, nothing. I first blamed firefox, but even with Internet Explorer this behaviour is the same. Is there any explanation to it? I'd like to have a serial console again