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Aoostar WTR Max - Enquiries - 07-11-2025
Hi! I am newbie, and would like to setup my own Nas. I already bought Aoostar WTR Max. I would like to install the TrueNas Scale to the system. I am wondering did you try to install the bulidin screen software. And will it run on TureNas. If so, can you show me how to install it as well.
RE: Aoostar WTR Max - ed - 07-11-2025
Thanks for getting in touch — and congratulations on picking up the Aoostar WTR Max. That’s actually a very capable little box for a home lab NAS, and TrueNAS SCALE is a great choice for it.
A couple of points to clear up first:
The “built-in screen software” you’re referring to — I assume you mean the little OLED display on the front of the Aoostar. On the stock Windows setup Aoostar ships it with, that screen shows temps, CPU load, etc., using their custom software. Unfortunately, that software is written for Windows only, and won’t work on Linux or BSD-based systems like TrueNAS SCALE. There’s no official driver or utility for that screen under TrueNAS.
So: you can absolutely run TrueNAS SCALE on the WTR Max without issue, but the little display will just sit there dark (or showing a static logo if it’s firmware-controlled). You won’t damage anything, it just won’t show system info because TrueNAS has no way of talking to it.
If having the screen working is important to you, the only real option is to keep the original Windows environment and run a NAS app on top of that (but that’s not ideal). If your priority is to get a solid NAS with ZFS, snapshots, etc., then installing TrueNAS SCALE is the better path, and you can just ignore the screen.
Installing SCALE itself is straightforward:
• Download the latest TrueNAS SCALE ISO from the official site.
• Write it to a USB stick using Balena Etcher or Rufus.
• Boot the WTR Max from USB, select the SSD/NVMe as the install target, and follow the prompts.
• Once installed, you’ll manage everything via the web interface at your NAS’s IP address.