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Power Timer not turning on OS6 FW 6.4.1 - Legacy Ultra 6
I recently acquired an Ultra 6 Plus, which I upgraded to OS 6, FW 6.4.1, for use in backups. The Power Timer function (which I liked better in the old NV+ models, since I could specify minutes) turns...
kevinb1 wrote:According to the bios_ver.log, I have a 05/26/2010 FLAME6-2 V1.1 product.
Ah then this is not an issue with OS6 on legacy at all. There is a known power on issue with an old BIOS on an Ultra 6.
You will need to update the BIOS to the latest: 06/10/2010: http://www.readynas.com/download/addons ... .5-x86.binEasiest way to install would be to:
1. Power down
2. Remove your disks (label order)
3. Put a scratch disk in (must not be from your array)
4. Do a factory default (wipes all data, settings, everything)
5. Downgrade to RAIDiator-x86-4.2: https://community.netgear.com/t5/Community-Add-ons/Downgrade-to-RAIDiator-x86-from-ReadyNAS-OS-notsupported/td-p/859412
6. Install the BIOS update add-on7. After you get an alert that the add-on has installed successfully, reboot and check bios_ver.log to make sure the BIOS has updated.
8. Update the box back to 6.4.1
9. Power down
10. Remove your scratch disk
11. Put your disks back in same order as before
12. Set the power timer again and see if it works
Note that it is important not to interrupt the BIOS upgrade whilst it is in progress as it would brick the system.
kevinb1 wrote:
According to the bios_ver.log, I have a 05/26/2010 FLAME6-2 V1.1 product.
Ah then this is not an issue with OS6 on legacy at all. There is a known power on issue with an old BIOS on an Ultra 6.
You will need to update the BIOS to the latest: 06/10/2010: http://www.readynas.com/download/addons ... .5-x86.bin
Easiest way to install would be to:
1. Power down
2. Remove your disks (label order)
3. Put a scratch disk in (must not be from your array)
4. Do a factory default (wipes all data, settings, everything)
5. Downgrade to RAIDiator-x86-4.2: https://community.netgear.com/t5/Community-Add-ons/Downgrade-to-RAIDiator-x86-from-ReadyNAS-OS-notsupported/td-p/859412
6. Install the BIOS update add-on
7. After you get an alert that the add-on has installed successfully, reboot and check bios_ver.log to make sure the BIOS has updated.
8. Update the box back to 6.4.1
9. Power down
10. Remove your scratch disk
11. Put your disks back in same order as before
12. Set the power timer again and see if it works
Note that it is important not to interrupt the BIOS upgrade whilst it is in progress as it would brick the system.
Perhaps it would be a good thing to put a message somewhere that warns users to upgrade the BIOS before upgrading to OS6. It is certainly a RITA to go through the upgrade to OS6 and full data recovery only to find one has to do it again because of BIOS issues. There might be one in that multi-page message about OS6 being compatible with legacy devices, but who is going to read through all that?
Would have been great on the old OS6 on Legacy subsection of the old forum -- too bad it disappeared with the new one.
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