Roon OS 2.1 - UEFI build only?

[Torben (- A Dane living in Hamburg, Germany - Roon Lifer)]

@Wade_Oram

This implies that the UEFI boot was introduced in build 256. As a consequence, it is probable that if your Nucleus/ROCK/MOCK device reports a Roon OS build number lower than 256, then it is using BIOS boot. If it reports a Roon OS build number equal to or greater than 256, then it is using UEFI boot.

I am running:

But there is no update:

Torben

[miguelito (Miguel Barrio)]

@danny, @benjamin,

Would it make sense to have an official guide on how to properly migrate a NUC ROCK install to UEFI? I would really like to avoid screwing up my local files for example.

[Tennant]

Thanks, I was thinking more of a ‘how to’ rather than a ‘what to’;

eg

1. backup your Roon database:
   • insert a FAT32 formatted USB drive into your NUC
   • in roon goto Settings>Backups and click [Backup] in the ‘Backup now’ section
   • Click [Select location] and choose the USB drive (likely to be identified as Generic_Flash_Disk) then click [Start]
2. prepare a boot USB installer drive:
   • download v2.1 of ROCK from ???

• and so on…

I know all this information is available in various places on the main roon site and this forum; but it would be useful to have it all pulled together into a single place for the specific task of converting a legacy BIOS ROCK to a UEFI ROCK…

Is it recommended to update the UEFI BIOS, if so presumably download it from [NUC] Support Links for NUC Mini PC | Official Support | ASUS USA ?

If there’s a second SSD installed in the NUC with music files on it, should it be disconnected first; if so when in the process and should it be reconnected, before or after restoring the database backup?

[mikeb]

I wouldn’t bother updating the BIOS, this is an unnecessary complication which has the potential to break things.

[mikeb]

@Tennant

If there’s a second SSD installed in the NUC with music files on it, should it be disconnected first;

I didn’t bother removing it, just make sure you select the correct destination drive for the OS.

[WiWavelength (Andrew J Shepherd)]

@miguelito

Would it make sense to have an official guide on how to properly migrate a NUC ROCK install to UEFI? I would really like to avoid screwing up my local files for example.

No, it would not make sense. As has been stated, the process is the same as a RoonOS install on a new machine. And such guide has existed for a long time. It has been posted multiple times in this thread.

ROCK Install Guide

You are hemming and hawing too much over this. Either do it or leave well enough alone.

AJ

[danny (Danny Dulai)]

@miguelito

The one thing I am concerned about is to NOT lose all my files or access to them, which sit in an internal 4TB SSD in my NUC. I might open it up and unplug it through the resetting of the NUC just to make sure.

Great idea, I also would do it just to be a bit safer.

@WiWavelength

You install RoonOS just like you are setting up brand new hardware, then restore a backup.

This is correct.