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Adding Used Second Disk Renders Setup Useless. How to Solve?
I have a ReadyNas 6 Pro running OS 6 (6.2.4) on a one disk (1TB), flex-RAID setup. I want to be able to have separate disk volumes (and of different sizes) and be able to add more in the future. In ot...
Thank you both for such quick responses.
That it's best, or I should, add a disk without partitions I understand now. But is the ReadyNas OS unable to deal with unformated, previously used, disks? To a novice like me this seems like a strange restriction. Or is it possible but not recommended? If so, can you point me to a guide/post of some sort? I can't find any.
Regarding it not booting up anymore without the new disk being inserted, it's a mystery to me too. I've tried it several times and the NAS display states "Err Used Disks Check RAIDar" and the RAIDar message remains unchanged. Does anyone (else) know how to solve this?
That it's best, or I should, add a disk without partitions I understand now. But is the ReadyNas OS unable to deal with unformated, previously used, disks? To a novice like me this seems like a strange restriction. Or is it possible but not recommended? If so, can you point me to a guide/post of some sort? I can't find any.
Regarding it not booting up anymore without the new disk being inserted, it's a mystery to me too. I've tried it several times and the NAS display states "Err Used Disks Check RAIDar" and the RAIDar message remains unchanged. Does anyone (else) know how to solve this?
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