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ReadyNAS RN316 showing Volume Is read-only
Can someone please help. My RN316 is showing "Volume is read-only". i've tried replacing 3 of the 6 disks, only 1 of which had shown any errors in the "ATA error" item when you hover the mous...
craigat wrote:
Hi,
The RN316 seems fine... its just read-only.. I can copy files off it, I can play videos from it.
Is there anything I can do? or just destroy it?
Thanks,
Craig
The best strategy is to do a factory reset, set up the NAS again, and restore the data from a backup.
Which is why I keep asking if you've made a backup.
craigat wrote:
My RN316 is showing "Volume is read-only".
Its getting to expensive to just replace disks for the "heck of it".
Read-only is usually triggered by a problem with the BTRFS file system, not the disk drives.
You could try downloading the full log zip file from the NAS, and looking in there for details. There is a lot of info there, I could help you analyze it if you like. (Don't post a link to the logs publicly, as there is some information leakage when you do that).
craigat wrote:
If I copy all the data off, what do I do to resolve this?
Do a factory default (either from the boot menu or system->settings->update in the admin web ui). Then reconfigure the NAS (recreating shares, etc) and copy the data back.
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