Can I change the OS on a QNAP? (alien.top)

submitted 11 months ago by Ganymedian_Craters@alien.top to c/main@selfhosted.forum

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I’m quite new to this, so apologies if this is a stupid question. I recently got a QNAP TS-459 Pro+ secondhand, and it’s no longer supported softwarewise by QNAP. That makes it incompatible with a lot of modern software. Is there any way to either forcibly update the OS or change it out entirely? I’d love to actually be able to control the machine I own

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[-] pigers1986@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

unplug it's internal DOM (disk on memory - look it up)

then boot installation from USB stick of desired OS - you might have problem with fan control (old docus: https://www.cyrius.com/debian/kirkwood/qnap/ts-41x/tips/)

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