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ReadyNas Duo cannot be found on the network
Arrrgggh on so many counts! Ready Nas duo did a backup overnight. When I woke, it cannot be found on the network from any computer. Raidar does not see it nor browser. I am not sure I hear the f...
As I think this through, two questions:
Is it "safe" to power off holding the power button until it shuts down then try to power up again?
And, is it possible that the fan died and the RND took itself off the network or shutdown in some way because of that?
Thanks.
It is safer to hold the button down for a few seconds to trigger a proper power down (power button will start blinking). But if that doesn't work, hold the button or unplug the power. A forced power down isn't always safe, but it usually is, and unless you have SSH enabled and the unit will respond via SSH, you really have no choice.
Sandshark wrote:
It is safer to hold the button down for a few seconds to trigger a proper power down (power button will start blinking). But if that doesn't work, hold the button or unplug the power. A forced power down isn't always safe, but it usually is, and unless you have SSH enabled and the unit will respond via SSH, you really have no choice.
The Duo v1 should do a proper shutdown after you hold in the button for about 5 seconds.
If that doesn't work, then you'll need to pull the plug.
Thanks for the replies. Sorry to take so long to reply myself but a harrowing day yesterday.
I am going to try to shut down and restart. If that does not work, does anyone know if a bad fan would cause a shut down? I would try to replace the fan. It is not running now though the NAS is powered on.
Sequence of events was a proper nightly backup of my computers to the NAS. An hour later a program that verifies the backups failed with path not found. When I woke, the NAS was no longer mapped as a network drive.
I realize it is old and has provided years of service. But I would much rather try to resussitate than buy a new device and take a week to make everything I have now work there such as music and video streaming, computer backups, etc.
Open to any ideas. Fingers now crossed for a restart.
Will not shut down no matter how long I hold the button. Does that indicate what the issue might be?
Will unplug in a bit. Maybe clean. Spins the fan....
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