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bestgo's avatar
bestgo
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Nov 20, 2014

boot issue by moving /var to disk on rn102

i moved /var directory under /data, and made a softlink to /var, then when i reboot my nas, i found the management page can't be accessed, seems the http & https service don't start, and also sshd service is failed too.
i have tried the bootup menu, OS reinstall option, but it doesn't take effect. i can get ping reply from the nas.
is there anyway to recover my nas, or just reset to factory default ?

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  • mdgm-ntgr's avatar
    mdgm-ntgr
    NETGEAR Employee Retired
    /var must be on the OS partition. Stuff on that is used before the data volume is mounted

    Why did you move it to the data volume?

    Do you have a backup?
  • i just want to migrate the log files, usally they take a big space. but i made a wrong operation, after i reboot, it's too late, and i haven't backup before.
  • mdgm-ntgr's avatar
    mdgm-ntgr
    NETGEAR Employee Retired
    The log files are truncated and/or rotated automatically.

    Check your PM inbox.
  • what does check PM inbox mean, how can i access it ? both management page and ssh are broken. is there any kind of safe/rescue mode on the box, or console/serial port i could use ?
  • mdgm-ntgr's avatar
    mdgm-ntgr
    NETGEAR Employee Retired
    Private Message inbox.

    You should see a link saying something like "1 new message" just to the right of the User Control Panel link at the top of this page.

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