NetGear ReadyNas Pro 2 with Xpenology
A guide mostly to myself regarding installation of Xpenology to Netgear ReadyNas Pro 2 (RNDP2000). The one with Atom CPU, expandable memory and two 1Gb ports on the back. Installation was described in multiple places so not gonna repeat unnecessary. But want to add something from myself. Booting this box require to press backup button for 15-20 seconds which is cumbersome. Luckily this box have internal memory (around 512Mb). So after all booting from USB and hopeful successful installation of DSM: 1. enable SSH 2. copy synoboot.img file on USB drive and plug it into any USB ports. 3. go to /volumeUSB(x)/usbshare where you should see synoboot.img file. 4. run dd if=synoboot.img of=/dev/synoboot which will overwrite internal flash with bootloader 5. remove both USB drives and reboot, NAS should reboot from internal flash. To have correct MAC address for NIC you need to change it in /grub/grub.cfg file before booting NAS but if you forgot, there is still a chance to do it (and chan