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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...
I found a thread discussing a similar issue. The solution was to use Opera. I reported the results in yet another related thread, but I'll do it here, too.
Installed the latest version of Opera for Mac, 12.11, and was able to hit the recalcitrant button - "verification complete" for RAIDiator-4.1.10. About to hit the "Perform System Update" button ... shutting down and rebooting ... whirring noises from the closet ... "Booting - updating FW" ... the suspense is killing me ... more whirring noises ... "Booting - generating ECC" ... more whirring ... "Booting..." ... SUCCESS!
Next: install the disks from my failed unit, see if it starts up.
Installed the latest version of Opera for Mac, 12.11, and was able to hit the recalcitrant button - "verification complete" for RAIDiator-4.1.10. About to hit the "Perform System Update" button ... shutting down and rebooting ... whirring noises from the closet ... "Booting - updating FW" ... the suspense is killing me ... more whirring noises ... "Booting - generating ECC" ... more whirring ... "Booting..." ... SUCCESS!
Next: install the disks from my failed unit, see if it starts up.
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