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Spike1000
Jan 26, 2016Aspirant
It is possible to disable the auto boot on Power on for ReadyNAS Pro (6) OS 6.4.1?
I have a legacy ReadyNAS Pro and a ReadyNAS Pro 6 (RNDP6000-V2) Both are running 6.4.1 Both have BIOS 07/26/2010 FLAME6-MB V2.0 Unfortunately both automatically boot on mains power on. I really...
kohdee
Jan 26, 2016NETGEAR Expert
Doubtfully.
If you looked in the BIOS menu and did not see auto-power-on options, then it is likely built into the BIOS and therefore not changable.
Pro 6 is no longer being developed upon, so I doubt we would see any option to disable/enable this.
I also use a Pro 6 with OS 6 on it. I unplug it when I am not there, and when I'm ready to use it, I plug it in and it comes on.
Maybe you can consider using a power strip to just flip when you shut down your main power.
- Spike1000Jan 27, 2016Aspirant
Thank you for you speedy reply. I had a feeling it wasn't going to be possible I was hoping for a 'magic' jumper setting that would disable the auto boot.
I run the NAS Pros from a switched powerbar but they both come on when the bar is switched on. I only use the NAS Pros for backup so they don't need to be on unless I want to run a backup. Access to the rear power switches is impossible so I'll have to rig up a secondary pair of mains switches. Fiddly but possible.
Cheers
Spike
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