Updating to Roon OS 2.1

[Mike_O_Neill]

Started looking at Tailscale but it seems I need OS 2.1

Am I being thick or or I have to do the Whole Etcher/USB stick thing again, with appropriate BU of the db.

The web interface button seems to re install V.1.0 , build 259

[mjw]

Yes, you need to get the new image, and reinstall from scratch. Also, note that V2 supports UEFI, so you may need to tweak the BIOS.

ROCK Install Guide

[Mike_O_Neill]

Thanks I thought so , maybe leave well alone , if it’s not broke etc

[mjw]

Yeah, I couldn’t be bothered, too.

[Suedkiez (Just a fellow user like you)]

To be clear, it’s not just that V2 supports UEFI. It does, but to use Tailscale you must actually reinstall in UEFI mode.

(The whole reason why it didn’t automatically do the update to 2.1 is that your ROCK was originally installed in BIOS mode).

[mjw]

It won’t update to Roon OS 2.0, let alone 2.1 if it uses legacy booting. I thought 2.x only supports UEFI.

[Suedkiez (Just a fellow user like you)]

@mjw

It won’t update to Roon OS 2.0, let alone 2.1 if it uses legacy booting

Yeah, that’s what I wanted to make clear because I thought this had caused the confusion for @Mike_O_Neill

Though with the small wrinkle that there never was a release actually labeled RoonOS 2.0, it went from 1.0 straight to 2.1 and there was only a retroactive labeling of some builds as 2.0:

RoonOS (Nucleus / ROCK) 2.1 is live!

Hello Everyone, We’re excited to announce the latest release of Roon OS, now featuring native Tailscale support! While many users enjoy seamless connectivity with ARC, we recognize that some encounter challenges due to ISP restrictions, router configurations, and other technical issues. To address this, we’ve integrated a simple Tailscale setup into Roon OS. You can now enable Tailscale with just a few clicks. Note that you’ll still need Tailscale running on your phone for ARC, but the setup o…

@mjw

I thought 2.x only supports UEFI.

There is only one ROCK installer and I thought it still has to be installable if a NUC has only Legacy support or the settings are configured to use Legacy and not UEFI. But I can be wrong and maybe new Legacy installs aren’t possible anymore.

Anyway, I didn’t intend to cause confusion, just to emphasize that an older ROCK installation that uses Legacy BIOS will not auto-update to RoonOS 2.1 with Tailscale, and using Tailscale requires a complete reinstallation with the NUC set to UEFI mode. Because I thought this was the question/confusion in the OP.

[mjw]

@Suedkiez

There is only one ROCK installer and I thought it still has to be installable if a NUC has only Legacy support or the settings are configured to use Legacy and not UEFI.

This I am uncertain about. My assumption was that it’s all UEFI now since legacy can’t upgrade without a reinstall. My 8th gen. NUC supports UEFI, so I’m guessing all supported NUCs do, and legacy was just easier to implement. This only became an issue with 10th or 11th gen. devices as they only support UEFI.

@Suedkiez

Anyway, I didn’t intend to cause confusion …

You didn’t. I was explaining what I’d discovered, and why I didn’t upgrade. Updating doesn’t add anything other than the recent addition of Tailscale. I have no issue running on a port.

Currently, I’m using a container – best performance I’ve experienced – and my NUC is sitting idle as a backup server.