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Readynas DUO: Second WD20EARS drive never works.
Hi, I am new to the forums and totally new to the Netgear ReadyNAS products so excuse me if I do something wrong. I looked at the FAQ but couldn't find a prompt answer to my question. I bought a...
I have just bought and RND2000 Duo with two Caviar Green 'WD-20EARX' 2TB disks.
I added one disk in slot 1 and that worked fine. I then powered off unit and added the second disk in slot 2.
The units powered up ok but seemed unable to recognise the additional disk.
I then removed the disk in slot 1 and put the second disk in slot one. That worked and the disk was formatted and booted from ok.
I then put the original disk in the second slot (slot 2) and booted device. It looked at both disks and chose to boot off the original disk now residing in slot 2 and again was unaware of the disk in slot 1.
So I proved both disks were good and I proved that both slots were good.
Reading the compatibility issues it sounds like the Netgear O/S has been sorted now to accomodate these disks. I am running version 4.1.6 [1.00a043].
Can anyone provide any more help in trying to set up a second disk or do I write this device off as resiliant and run with one?
I added one disk in slot 1 and that worked fine. I then powered off unit and added the second disk in slot 2.
The units powered up ok but seemed unable to recognise the additional disk.
I then removed the disk in slot 1 and put the second disk in slot one. That worked and the disk was formatted and booted from ok.
I then put the original disk in the second slot (slot 2) and booted device. It looked at both disks and chose to boot off the original disk now residing in slot 2 and again was unaware of the disk in slot 1.
So I proved both disks were good and I proved that both slots were good.
Reading the compatibility issues it sounds like the Netgear O/S has been sorted now to accomodate these disks. I am running version 4.1.6 [1.00a043].
Can anyone provide any more help in trying to set up a second disk or do I write this device off as resiliant and run with one?
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