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DragonChief's avatar
Nov 07, 2019
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ReadyNAS Pro RNDP6000 hangs on "ReadyNAS" prompt.

  I have a ReadyNAS Pro RNDP6000 that was working just fine. I was having issues getting to iSCSI and so I rebooted it through the web intefrace. Since going down, it has never been able to restart....
  • Sandshark's avatar
    Sandshark
    Nov 07, 2019

    The ability to boot with the drives removed went a long way toward saying it was not the power supply or any other hardware issue.  While the NAS will say "ReadyNAS" with just 5V good from the supply, there are lots of other things that can keep it from booting.  But yours seems to be a software issue.  You could just try a USB recovery, or you can put a spare drive in the unit and see if it creates a useable volume.  If it does, then the flash memory is also fine.

     

    Unfortunatly, a booting OS4.2.x system shows little on the monitor and does not end with a prompt where you can log into the console.  You can install the VGA cable to see if it's a BIOS problem, but I don't think it is.

     

    If booting with a spare drive creates a useable system, you could try booting with each combination of just 5 drives in case one is pulling down everything.  Unfotuntely, the Pro6 does not have a read-only boot mode, which is best to use in this situation until you find the right combination of drives that will work.