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Firmware update to 6.7.3 - Retry Startup
What have you guys done to my NAS? I have a ReadyNAS 316--would love to give you the exact model, but I can't access the interface now that it won't boot. It started giving me "Retry Startup" on ...
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Edit: If you have updated to 6.7.3 and ran into this issue please try USB Boot Recovery with ReadyNAS OS 6.7.4 which is now available!
If you have not yet upgraded please upgrade to 6.7.4 rather than 6.7.3. If your system has already been fixed I would still suggest updating to 6.7.4 the normal way using the web admin GUI.
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Edit: If you have updated to 6.7.3 and ran into this issue please try USB Boot Recovery with ReadyNAS OS 6.7.4 which is now available!
If you have not yet upgraded please upgrade to 6.7.4 rather than 6.7.3. If your system has already been fixed I would still suggest updating to 6.7.4 the normal way using the web admin GUI.
Same issue. On second call with paid support.
Same exact problem -- RN516 6.7.1 --> 6.7.3 "Retry Startup"
I rebooted and watched the LCD like a hawk. Basically what happens is that it starts booting, says "Upgrading fw" for a looooooong time, *very* briefly flashes "unable to extract", then goes back to "Booting ..." with a progress bar. When the bar gets to 98 / 99%, it says "Retry Startup". When I hit the NAS IP with my browser, it loads a page "Connecting to ReadyNAS admin page", then times out and says it is offline.
I don't have SSH or anything like that enabled, so I am unable to SSH into the machine.
The "unable to extract" sounds a bit similar to another thread here, https://community.netgear.com/t5/Using-your-ReadyNAS/ReadyNAS-316-unable-to-boot-after-6-7-3-upgrade/m-p/1290016#M130497, which seems to suggest a volume is full.
If I don't have SSH turned on, how can I free space on the volume?
mdgm-ntgr, would you be able to help? I do have a backup of the "most important" shares, but I don't have a backup of the "less important" shares. Would be awesome if I didn't have to reset
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