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Netgear ReadyNas 2100 can not install firmware
Hello Netgear community, I have an old netgear ReadyNAS 2100 on which the firmware is not working/installed. The problem is that I can not connect to the admin page because it says "connection r...
RBFade wrote:
What do you mean with scratch disk? Trying the factory install on new/other disks(HDDs)?
Exactly.
RBFade wrote:
Is the OS installed on the disk?
Yes. The corrupt root means the NAS isn't finding a bootable OS partition.
Since you are having trouble doing the factory reset from the boot menu - an alternative is to zero (or unformat) the drives from a PC. You'll need to connect the drives either with SATA or some form of USB->SATA adapter.
Vendor utilities (seatools for seagate, lifeguard for western digital) have options to zero the drive. Lifeguard at least has a "quick zeroing" option, which is enough to destory the partition information. However, I'd run the full zeroing, since it is possible that some of your disks are actually failing.
In windows, you can alternatively use the windows disk manager. You right click on every "volume" that the disk manager shows for the disk and remove it.
Either way, when you boot up the NAS with unformatted drives installed it will do a factory install.
If you have a scratch disk, try removing the installed disks (labeling by slot) and then doing a factory install onto the scratch. That will confirm that your chassis is ok.
Normally a USB recovery won't help this problem - the issue is generally that something went seriously wrong with the OS partition on the disks.
Do you need to get the data off the RAID volume?
Right now I do not have any data on the volumes and just want to reset the whole thing so I can access the admin page. There are only 2 disk (out of 4 possible) installed in the system. What do you mean with scratch disk? Trying the factory install on new/other disks(HDDs)? Is the OS installed on the disk?
RBFade wrote:
What do you mean with scratch disk? Trying the factory install on new/other disks(HDDs)?
Exactly.
RBFade wrote:
Is the OS installed on the disk?
Yes. The corrupt root means the NAS isn't finding a bootable OS partition.
Since you are having trouble doing the factory reset from the boot menu - an alternative is to zero (or unformat) the drives from a PC. You'll need to connect the drives either with SATA or some form of USB->SATA adapter.
Vendor utilities (seatools for seagate, lifeguard for western digital) have options to zero the drive. Lifeguard at least has a "quick zeroing" option, which is enough to destory the partition information. However, I'd run the full zeroing, since it is possible that some of your disks are actually failing.
In windows, you can alternatively use the windows disk manager. You right click on every "volume" that the disk manager shows for the disk and remove it.
Either way, when you boot up the NAS with unformatted drives installed it will do a factory install.
Hey Stephen,
First of all thank you for your solution.
It seems like that it was the only way to install the firmware on the Hardware. Right now it works like a charm!
I inserted the zeroed disks while running raidiator which has let me configure the new disk and also installed the firmware. It was the only solution which I did not find in the internet.
Thank you very much I really do appreciate that you helped me out!
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