Headless Install / Upgrade ???

[madgabz]

Hi all,
Search function on this forum is second to non-working, so I'm truly sorry if I am asking a question already answered here!

My nas4free FULL amd64 install has been installed while having a powerhungry and noisy gfx-card installed, which i took out once install was done!
How can I Upgrade my nas4free system, while running headless? I cba opening, inserting gfxcard, relocate to monitor, reboot, update, dismantle gfx, relocate.

Is this possible at all? AFAIK, only embedded nas4free updates through webGUI, right?

I don't mind doing some console/SSH jockeying, thats the fun part

cheers,
Gabriel Hansen

[armandh]

I think a used or inexpensive [or even noisy fan] video card is a better idea
while it can be done blind, the chance of a problem is way more
as it turns out all of mine have an on-board video

but even if they did not I would value my data more than an inexpensive video card
I'll let others who have done it explain it

[raulfg3]

for headless system, embeded is recommended because can be easyly upgraded by WebGUI.

If you have full install, you need a keyboard and a monitor to upgrade.

PD: if you atach this time a keyboard and a monitor, you can see a option to upgrada & convert to embeded your actual install, so only need to work one more time.

[madgabz]

WEll, thank you, but I DO know how the install works regularly,
I installed the Full system so as not to be retricted to limited system filespace etc...
Oh, well.... What i was looking for was a way to download the IMG-file, mount it on nas4free, then upgrade existing system from that system-image... like, using a simple script, or something...
What exactly is the upgrade-script in the embedded version doing?

TIA,
Gabriel

[kkd]

What exactly is the upgrade-script in the embedded version doing?

nohup /etc/rc.firmware upgrade imagefile.img
or fullupgrade