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Boot-failure on a ReadyNas Pro 6
I have been reading in the forum regarding this kind of problem and found that multiple users had a bit of luck when recieving a helping hand. My problem is from what I can tell the same, and was hop...
It only takes +5V power for the NAS to display "ReadyNAS". So, while the power supply is the usual first suspect, there are plenty of other things that can have gone wrong, most non-repairable. But before you panic, go in and make sure you seated all the connections correctly when replacing the power supply and didn't knock the memory loose in the process.
Installing a VGA connector to the internal header and watching the boot on a monitor is a good debugging tool if none of the above suggestions help.
Finally been able to connect a monitor to the internal display header.
I am getting a "MBR H" error.
Also fully able to enter the BIOS and all those settings.
What would the next step be?
Sounds like a corrupted internal boot flash. If you can't boot to USB recovery, I don't know how to repair it. Maybe try booting with a gparted or other boot disk/flash (after changing the boot option in the BIOS, of course). I don't know if you can change the boot option in the BIOS to make it boot a USB recovery flash, but that's worth a try, too.
So, I have now tried a LinuxLive USB and successfully booted that.
I have full network action and all other functions of the hardware.
I can see all the drives including the 128MB USB-drive that ìm guessing the readynas OS supposed to be running on?
Also found this thread that seems to have had the same issue and been able to use a "image" from another unit to have it restored?
That does, indead, seem to echo your situation. And, if so, and assuming your flash memory is not damaged, that method will probably get you back up and running. The problem is getting an image that doesn't contain somebody else's serial number, now that mdgm is retired. Hopefully, another moderator can provide you with a usable image.
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