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Netgear ReadyNas Ultra 6 and Frontview
Hello
I bought a broken ReadyNas Ultra 6.
I managed to start the NAS. Its flash memory is damaged and impossible to flash it because no access to the USB Boot.
In windows it is recognized by a weird name and Frontview does not work to configure it.
Since I have another identical NAS (which belongs to a friend), I configured the hard drive and then put it back in the other. I thus have access to the shares created via the file explorer.
I tried in the Boot Menu the options "Factory Reset" and "OS reinstall" but without result.
USB Boot is not working. The key lights up then flashes directly twice. Then nothing: the LCD screen remains on ReadyNAs. The key is good since it works on the other NAS.
I have access to Telnet via the boot menu. It might be possible to fix flash memory through this but I don't know anything about it.
So it is usable but only by configuring the hard disks on another NAS.
Is it possible to repair the flash memory (without access to Front View or USB Boot)?
If not, is it possible to configure it (creation of volumes, shares, users, etc.) without going through Frontview?
Thank you in advance for your help.
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- Yes, provided the internal flash memory is O.K. it’s possible to fix that via telnet. I have done it many times.
This of course also assumes that the problem is on the flash (seems likely).
Only seeing one of your screenshots my guess is corrupt EEPROM.Hello.
I will try to send you frame by frame. I don't know why I can't seem to put them in my original post.
Thank you.
michelwallens wrote:
USB Boot is not working. The key lights up then flashes directly twice. Then nothing: the LCD screen remains on ReadyNAs. The key is good since it works on the other NAS.By it working on another NAS, do you mean you successfully did a USB recovery on another NAS? I'm curious how you know that, since the other would likely have not neded it.
Your symptoms do sound like the NAS needs a USB recovery. USB recovery restores the onboard flash, and that flash contains the boot that then passes control to the OS on the drives, that is also initially installed from the internal flash.
ReadyNAS are picky about what USB drives work for USB recover. USB3 is definately a no-go. I recommend 8GB or smaller, especially on older models like yours. And it can only have one partition. Some manufacturers put a small utility partition on that causes an issue.
BTW, your screen shots require a moderator approve them, so re-posting won't help.
Thank you for your answer.
I'm new to this forum and didn't know the moderator level for photos.As for the usb key, it is a 2GB SD card in a reader. This key has already been used to flash Iomega ix4-200 and ix2-200 which are also very demanding at this level.
I'm not 100% sure it works on ReadyNas
But the key did not react in the same way on the 2.About the defective:
- The Nas turns on
- The hard drive starts up
- The key lights up and flashes twice directly then nothingOn the correct NAS:
- The Nas turns on
- The hard drive starts up
- The key lights up and flashes twice
- +/- 14 seconds after starting, the key starts flashing again (I turned off the Nas at this time to avoid any false operation)From Capturenetgear2a.jpg it's clear that the EEPROM is corrupt, so USB Boot Recovery wouldn't fix the problem. It may help if other files on the internal flash are corrupt, but it won't fix the EEPROM issue, so the NAS won't boot up fully and the OS won't know which model it's running on.
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