Melco Audiophile NAS

[Martin H]

(08-08-2016 20:26)simoncn Wrote:  

(08-08-2016 20:08)Martin H Wrote:  Thanks Simon. I am thinking that maybe it makes sense to reformat etc. after all. Would you be able to forward me instructions for reinstall of Minimserver after the format please? I did it back in the dark ages before an official agreed release and so don't have the info etc.

Many thanks.
Martin

You don't need to reinstall MinimServer if you follow the correct steps when restoring your data after the reformat. You need to select "Restore data" and not "Restore settings".

Just to be clear I don't have a backup of the Melco per se, I have multiple copies of the music (on QNAP drives). So I intend to reformat the drives and then simply copy the music across as I did originally. I am assuming that Minimserver will require a reinstall because I doubt it runs from the Rom?

I think your suggestion assumes I have done a 'backup' from the Melco which I would then restore? I don't have sufficient spare disk drives to back that up as well now.

Apologies if I am misunderstanding something. It may be that my mental image of the world is flawed. I assume the Melco has a Rom that holds the Melco firmware which is updated with the different versions. That the drives hold the music data and probably the Minimserver software. No idea where the Twonky software is held. Again I am assuming that the reformat of the drives therefore doesn't impact the operating software of the Melco but trashes the music files and Minimserver.

Therefore I think I need to reinstall? Apologies.