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Netgear ReadyNas Pro 6 corrupt firmware
First Netgear NAS user. I bought a defect Netgear ReadyNAS Pro 6. The previous owner said something went wrong during a firmware update and the NAS had some sort of corrupt firmware. It was 40Euro an...
This post How-to-update-BIOS-w-OS6-x-installed tells how to update the BIOS from OS6. While that part isn't applicable to you, it includes information on extracting the BIOS from the OS4.2.x package Netgear has provided and points to that package.
FlaviaS wrote:
1. Does it matter if I connect Lan1 or Lan2 when looking for NAS via Raidar ?
It shouldn't, but since the NAS isn't booting it's a good idea to try both.
FlaviaS wrote:
2. Does it matter the Raidar version ? For example if I run Raidar 6.3 will it find a OS4.2 NAS or the other way around ?
Both will find the NAS and report status. RAIDar 4.3.8 is needed if you want to set up the NAS in flexraid mode with OS 4.2 firmware. But that's down the road (if ever).
FlaviaS wrote:
3. Are both Raidar 4.2 and 6.3 compatible with Windows 10 64 bit ?
Yes.
FlaviaS wrote:
Again thanks, Sandshark. I decided to give a try to OS6 and take a final decision in a few weeks before I'llk have to much data in there.
Are you using the guide for this? There is a prep image that needs to be installed - you don't just do a USB recovery with OS6. The normal process is to get OS 4.2 up first, and then migrate to OS 6.
Hi Stephen,
"Are you using the guide for this? There is a prep image that needs to be installed - you don't just do a USB recovery with OS6. The normal process is to get OS 4.2 up first, and then migrate to OS 6."
Yes I am aware of that guide and all the steps involved (including one reboot in Factory Default boot mode).
My problem is that I do not know yet what OS is installed on the 128MB flash.
If that flash already contains a working OS6 image I guess I only need to boot in OS recovery mode to have the code copied from flash to drives ?
If the image is OS4 I would try to recover using the USB stick recovery image and only after go through the steps to upgrade to OS6. In the documentation about that USB recovery is explicitelly mentioned it cannot be used to downgrade so I assume if the internal 128MB USB already contains OS6 it would not work. In that last situation I saw a post in which someone booted a linux distribution, used dd to copy a valid 4.x image to the internal USB and them mounted it to edit his own information (serial number, mac adresses maybe).
As I said the fact that I'm new to this NAS makes very dificult to me but I'm willing to learn. I just do not understand why an image which seems to boot succesfully is not recognized in raidar, even without any drive inserted.
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