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Can I read a readynas drive on my PC?
Hi, I have a readynas 104 with 4 x 1tb drives inside. I have been having problems with booting the readynas after getting a no ip address error which I couldn't resolve. Is there any way ...
Hi Stephen,
I wasn't able to resolve the IP address issue, I checked the Ethernet cables etc. I have RAIDar installed but it wasn't able to find the NAS.
My router had the NAS showing as connected but unidentified.
When I try to boot it gets stuck at 38% (Maybe I should try to reboot again?)
I have the ReclaiMe installed as a demo, I only have one SATA dock at the moment though.
One more question how do I now which RAID number I have set up?
Many thanks,
Andrew.
Royalblue wrote:
My router had the NAS showing as connected but unidentified.
Which means the ethernet is working.
But it didn't give it an IP address? That would be odd, unless the router was set up to block connections by default.
Did you set up the NAS to use a static address? And then get a new router?
Did you try switching to the second NIC?
FWIW, it sounds like your NAS is working, but something else is wrong with your network setup.
Royalblue wrote:
One more question how do I now which RAID number I have set up?
Are you using four 1 TB drives? If so, default setup is RAID-5.
As I said, files (and metadata) are spread over all the disks. That means that generally part of a file will be on one disk, the rest of it will be on other disks.
@Royalblue wrote:
My router had the NAS showing as connected but unidentified.
Which means the ethernet is working.
But it didn't give it an IP address? That would be odd, unless the router was set up to block connections by default.
Did you set up the NAS to use a static address? And then get a new router?
Did you try switching to the second NIC?
Not sure about the static address but I have had several routers since it was set up.
How would I switch to the 2nd NIC?
FWIW, it sounds like your NAS is working, but something else is wrong with your network setup.
@Royalblue wrote:
One more question how do I now which RAID number I have set up?
Are you using four 1 TB drives? If so, default setup is RAID-5.
Thank you.
I shall try and reboot again, how long should a reboot take?
Many thanks.
I agree with StephenB that the Ethernet hardware is likely working. But since you can't boot, it is possible the issue is with the OS. Try removing all the drives (labeling them if you pull them all the way out so you can put them back in the same order) and see if it then gets an IP address. If it does, the problem is with the OS on the NAS.
Hi All
Just trying a reboot and it went quickly to 42% but has stalled there for the last 45 mins. Should I wait longer or try rebooting again?
Many thanks.
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