ReadyNAS Duo RND2110 v2 died recently. Help with recovering data from the drives

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StephenB wrote:

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robotron3000 wrote:

Thank you for this!  

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If you meant my response - then that was for the x64 4.2 NAS, not the duo v1.

 

Here's the procedure for the 4.1 systems (like your Duo)

 

https://web.archive.org/web/20171003190159/http://home.bott.ca/webserver/?p=306 wrote:

 

Mounting Sparc-based ReadyNAS Drives in x86-based Linux

 

(1) sudo su
(2) apt-get install fuseext2
(3) apt-get install lvm2
(4) modprobe fuse
(5) vgscan
(6) vgchange -ay c
(7) fuseext2 -o ro -o sync_read /dev/c/c /mnt

 

That’s it!!!
You can now see the mounted files in the /mnt directory

 

Alternative Method 

 

If you are trying to recover data from a Duo (or from a disk with only 1 or 2 disks in the array), then you may be able to recover the data using the following method:

1. Connect your faulty disk to a Windows PC using a SATA to USB cable
2. Download, install & run the free software R-linux  ( https://www.r-studio.com/free-linux-recovery/ )
3. Copy the recovered data from the faulty disk

 

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The alternative method only works with the main disk (usually disk 1), not the parity disk.  There is a linux version of R-Linux, which you could also try.

 

Note I did make some edits to the original blog post.

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I apologize for taking so long to respond.  Life and stuff got in the way for a few days.  Anyway, I was able to follow your instructions and successfully mounted the drive and I can now recover my files.  This was a huge help, thank you so much!