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Upgrade to WD30EFRX drives is failing
ReadyNAS Ultra 2 RAIDiator 4.2.30 (Latest) My old 3TB Seagates are failing so I am trying to replace them with WD WD30EFRX drives. The drives are supported according to the HCL (https://kb.netge...
Solutions to my original problem are spread out across multiple posts:
- Do a factory reset:
- I think using dd or hdparam is very useful:
- But I also feel the discovery I made was critical:
Thanks to all that helped out. Restore is complete and I have been running a couple of days now with the new drives. I even powered down to move the ReadyNAS into its permanent location.
meisner wrote:
Is it possible to mark multiple replies as the "accepted solution"?
No. You could reply with a link to each of the most useful replies, identifying the posters. Then mark that as the solution.
Solutions to my original problem are spread out across multiple posts:
- Do a factory reset:
- I think using dd or hdparam is very useful:
- But I also feel the discovery I made was critical:
Thanks to all that helped out. Restore is complete and I have been running a couple of days now with the new drives. I even powered down to move the ReadyNAS into its permanent location.
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