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All settings were reset and can't be changed any longer
I have not logged to my ReadyNAS for some time, it was working fine, and all of a sudden I noticed that the logs are empty, all pre-installed addons are disabled, the newly installed by me dissappear...
Finally, found the proper disk to mount, and here you go
# df -h
Filesystem Size Used Available Use% Mounted on
tmpfs 10.0M 0 10.0M 0% /dev
/dev/sdd1 119.1M 51.7M 67.4M 43% /sysroot
/dev/md0 4.0G 3.8G 0 100% /mnt
du -sh /mnt
...3.3G var
...
here are the guilty files:-rw-r--r-- 1 1431056384 Oct 29 00:17 LeafP2P.log
-rw-r--r-- 1 1880812303 Oct 29 00:20 ReadyNAS_Remote.log
file filled withParsing config
Service not started
Error starting application -2
Well, zeroed those files and things look much better, still missing some addons, but everything is coming along
I want to summirize my situation here, may be this will help somebody else.
First, let me say I still have not solved my problem, my system is still not working, though the raid is not showing errors, but I can't update any settings on the ReadyNas, nor can I access the shares because the protocols are not enabled. I can, however, enter "Tech Support" mode, login via tellnet and poke around the system. Initially, I couln't do even that.
My system was in a state where, my internal flash drive was probably corrupt- I couldn't even enter "Boot" menu to boot in "Tech Support" mode. I was at least able to fix that, and here how I did it, thanks to the people in these thread that helped me a lot:
- create a bootable USB flash recovery drive
http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?rls=en&q=cache:home.bott.ca/webserver/%3Fp%3D166
Make sure you run USB recovery utility - http://www.readynas.com/download/support/ReadyNAS_x86_USB_Flash_Recovery-4.2.12.zip
as Administrator
You can replace the firmware from the above with the latest http://www.downloads.netgear.com/files/GDC/RNDU2000/RAIDiator-x86-V4.2.27.zip
Just copy the unarchived image in the directory where you unzipped the usbrecovery.
Note: Make sure you USB flash drive is bootable- http://www.computertechblog.com/how-to-boot-windows-7-or-windows-8-or-windows-server-2008-r2-from-a-usb-flash-drive/
- once you had the USB recovery, turn off ReadyNAS, PRESS AND HOLD the Backup button while you power it back on until the power button stops blinking + 5 seconds and wait. The ReadyNas will restore your flash drive and shutdown in ~ 2 minutes. Power it back on to see it complete the update of the firmware.
After that, you should be able to enter the Boot menu, and enter Tech Support mode.
Entering the Boot menu is explained here: http://kb.netgear.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/21104
Once you enter the Tech Support mode (DebugMode), the system enables telnet, so you can login into it using "root" and password I will not disclose publicly because it was given to me in private. Just send me a private message and I'll send it to you.
Once logged in, you should:
# /bin/start_raid.sh
# mount /dev/sdd1 /sysroot
You may need to use different device than sdd1, like hdc, hdd or whatever it is in your /dev/
Unfortunately, that was all I was able to achieve. I poked around the system, looked for big files or logs to clean- I found nothing. Maybe I need to mount something else or I'm missing config file(s) or something- my knowledge ends here for now.
If somebody knows how to manually check the configuration, the shares, etc, please, reply.
Finally, found the proper disk to mount, and here you go
# df -h
Filesystem Size Used Available Use% Mounted on
tmpfs 10.0M 0 10.0M 0% /dev
/dev/sdd1 119.1M 51.7M 67.4M 43% /sysroot
/dev/md0 4.0G 3.8G 0 100% /mnt
du -sh /mnt
...
3.3G var
...
here are the guilty files:
-rw-r--r-- 1 1431056384 Oct 29 00:17 LeafP2P.log
-rw-r--r-- 1 1880812303 Oct 29 00:20 ReadyNAS_Remote.log
file filled with
Parsing config
Service not started
Error starting application -2
Well, zeroed those files and things look much better, still missing some addons, but everything is coming along
One last clarification. You need to find out what disk you have and mount the proper root file system while in "Tech Support" mode (DebugMode). One way to see your disks is "sfdisk -s" or check the init log using dmesg- this shows you what disks are added to the raid and so forth when you ran /bin/start_raid.sh
In my case, I have /dev/sda, /dev/sdb, /dev/sdc (3 disks), and /dev/md is the raid, so I mounted /dev/md0 like that:
# mount /dev/md0 /mnt
Or you can use any mounting point (sysroot, etc). I had the flashdrive on sysroot.
Don't forget to unmount it before you turn off the system
# umount /mnt
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