Hi all,Thanks for your time.I have a readyNAS duo (v1). Yesterday I was in the webinterface and wanted to download the (full) logs to see if anything special was going on.I clicked "download log files" and then lost connection in the web-interface and could no longer find the device on the network.The Power button did not respond so I pulled the power cable, waited a while and plugged it back in.When I now press the power button it seems to be booting (fan, green and blue lights), but the blue light keeps slowly blinking. I waited for 24 hrs. I can ping it, but thats all. No web interface, no shares, no ssh (putty).And it doesnt repsond to the power button.I tried pulling the power plug and booting again, a couple of times, but the situation doesnt change.I've tried skipping the Volume Check part by pressing and holding the power button for 5 seconds (as described here http://www.readynas.com/kb/faq/boot/how ... v_nv_x6600), but it just starts booting immediately when I push the power button.I found this post (viewtopic.php?f=64&t=42998&p=241402&hilit=duo+boot+ping#p241402). But it's not really helping. He gets more contact with his NAS at some point. I don't.. :cry: Any other pointers?Cheers,Erik

Short update:I just found out that when booting, at first, the NAS is visible in Raidar and I can connect with ssh (putty). After about 5 minutes, these connections are lost, leaving me with the ping responses and the blue blinking power button.

That could a full OS partition. Maybe try an OS reinstall (being careful not to do a factory reset).

Do I do that with the link below?http://home.bott.ca/webserver/?p=159I have a RAID 1 system. Would it be wise to take one of the disks out before I start this? Because I'm afraid of losing data.Is there not something I can do in the few minute time-frame when I have ssh access at the start of booting?

You could certainly look at the free space on the OS partition. If it is in fact getting full, you could try and delete logs from Frontview. DON'T attempt to download logs.

Thanks stephen.I pressed the power button, NAS switched on.Got my brief little ssh contact and went to the /var/log/frontview/backup folder. Did rm *, clearing the folder.Then did "du -k". Saw all my precious folders passing by. Somewhere in the process I got a fatal connection error, and it freezes again.Switched it off, turned it back on, same problem.Any more ideas?

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erikkramer
Aspirant
Apr 15, 2013
Short update:

I just found out that when booting, at first, the NAS is visible in Raidar and I can connect with ssh (putty).
After about 5 minutes, these connections are lost, leaving me with the ping responses and the blue blinking power button.
StephenB
Guru - Experienced User
Apr 15, 2013
That could a full OS partition. Maybe try an OS reinstall (being careful not to do a factory reset).
erikkramer
Aspirant
Apr 17, 2013
Do I do that with the link below?

http://home.bott.ca/webserver/?p=159

I have a RAID 1 system. Would it be wise to take one of the disks out before I start this? Because I'm afraid of losing data.

Is there not something I can do in the few minute time-frame when I have ssh access at the start of booting?
StephenB
Guru - Experienced User
Apr 17, 2013
You could certainly look at the free space on the OS partition. If it is in fact getting full, you could try and delete logs from Frontview. DON'T attempt to download logs.
erikkramer
Aspirant
Apr 24, 2013
Thanks stephen.

I pressed the power button, NAS switched on.

Got my brief little ssh contact and went to the /var/log/frontview/backup folder.

Did rm *, clearing the folder.

Then did "du -k". Saw all my precious folders passing by. Somewhere in the process I got a fatal connection error, and it freezes again.

Switched it off, turned it back on, same problem.

Any more ideas?
StephenB
Guru - Experienced User
Apr 24, 2013
If you can connect the drive to a PC, you could use R-Linux - http://www.r-tt.com/free_linux_recovery/

You'd need R-Studio if you were running Raid-5, but with Raid-1 R-linux should work.
erikkramer
Aspirant
Apr 25, 2013
But is there no way to just get the NAS up and running again?
Like with: http://home.bott.ca/webserver/?p=159 maybe?
StephenB
Guru - Experienced User
Apr 25, 2013
How much risk are you willing to take with your data? If you don't have a backup, I suggest that you should focus on getting the data safely off the NAS first.

You could then play with USB recovery, etc. However, there is some risk with USB recovery that the NAS eprom will get corrupted [L3 support can fix that] At this point, I'd probably pull off the data, factory reset the NAS, and then rebuild it.
erikkramer
Aspirant
Apr 25, 2013
Point taken.

Thanks.
erikkramer
Aspirant
May 01, 2013
Ok, I copied all the data from one disk to my PC.

I tried the USB boot recovery:
- Plugged in the USB stick with Raidiator on it
- Press power button for 20 sec

Now the blue power light blinks at me, without the green activity lights showing anything.
It has been like this for a couple of days, and it's no longer pingable.

Is it possible to do a factory reset with only one drive?
Copy the data to the restored NAS and then later add the second drive for a RAID 1 setup?