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Moving disks to "new" unit after a failure
I've done a little research, but just want to confirm that my plan will work: Briefly, I have an old ReadyNAS that has failed, so I've purchased a similar unit on ebay. I don't have it yet, but the...
Not going well. The "new" unit (an Infrant ReadyNAS NV+, Model RNV2-S2-R425, which does have the LCD display after all - I didn't know it was invisible when off) started up OK with the disks it came with, using the standard initial password (infrant1). But it is hung up with a "booting" message. There was a display off "Checking FS" I think just beforehand. There are three lights showing the presence of my three disks. The fan came on full speed, slowed, sped up, then slowed. The power button is blinking slowly.
Could there be an inconsistency between the firmware on this new/old unit, and the OS on my disks? I can only guess about when I last updated - three years ago maybe. I can put the as-received disks back in, and go through the upgrade process - but I'd have to take care not to create the reverse inconsistency. Any advice? Thanks.
Could there be an inconsistency between the firmware on this new/old unit, and the OS on my disks? I can only guess about when I last updated - three years ago maybe. I can put the as-received disks back in, and go through the upgrade process - but I'd have to take care not to create the reverse inconsistency. Any advice? Thanks.
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