Skip to main content

ReadyNAS startup/boot script

· One min read

I needed to add some startup command to run as root on my Netgear ReadyNAS (RN102). Turns out you don't have any /etc/rc.local, so I added a new boot script /etc/init.d/local:

#! /bin/sh
### BEGIN INIT INFO
# Provides: local
# Required-Start: $all
# Required-Stop:
# Default-Start: 2 3 4 5
# Default-Stop:
# Short-Description: Local scripts
# Description: Local scripts
### END INIT INFO

PATH=/sbin:/bin
. /lib/init/vars.sh

do_start () {
hdparm -S 253 /dev/sdc
}

case "$1" in
start)
do_start
;;
restart|reload|force-reload)
echo "Error: argument '$1' not supported" >&2
exit 3
;;
stop)
# No-op
;;
status)
echo "Error: argument '$1' not supported" >&2
exit 3
;;
*)
echo "Usage: $0 start|stop" >&2
exit 3
;;
esac

:

Just type whatever u need inside do_start. I needed to set a higher spindown timeout.

Then:

chmod +x /etc/init.d/local
update-rc.d local defaults

Tested on ReadyNASOS 6.1.6