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No IP Address message on ReadyNAS 214`
I have a ReadyNAS 214 (FW 6.10.8) that has been running with no issues for quite a while (a few years). I decided to tinker and tried adding a cable from my network switch to the second Ethernet port...
- >FWIW, that is a complete waste of time. The >system boots from the disk, so doing a factory >default or an OS reinstall with no disks in place >does nothing.
Im not trying to be argumentative, I just want to understand - if it boots from the disk, then how did it boot at all with no disks installed?
>Did you try removing one of the ethernet >cables? That usually works.
That was actually the first thing I tried. It made no difference.
>If not, do an OS reinstall with the disks in place
Okay, I’ll do that and report back.
>FWIW, that is a complete waste of time. The >system boots from the disk, so doing a factory >default or an OS reinstall with no disks in place >does nothing.
Im not trying to be argumentative, I just want to understand - if it boots from the disk, then how did it boot at all with no disks installed?
>Did you try removing one of the ethernet >cables? That usually works.
That was actually the first thing I tried. It made no difference.
>If not, do an OS reinstall with the disks in place
Okay, I’ll do that and report back.
Im not trying to be argumentative, I just want to understand - if it boots from the disk, then how did it boot at all with no disks installed?
>Did you try removing one of the ethernet >cables? That usually works.
That was actually the first thing I tried. It made no difference.
>If not, do an OS reinstall with the disks in place
Okay, I’ll do that and report back.
timbck2 wrote:
Im not trying to be argumentative, I just want to understand - if it boots from the disk, then how did it boot at all with no disks installed?
On an Intel unit, the flash contains the boot loader (Syslinux). An ARM unit uses UBoot. If the reset button is not pushed, It looks for an OS on the drive and transfers boot to it if it exists. If there is no OS on the drives but drives are installed, it loads a very reduced OS into RAM and then boots to it, where it performs an initialization of the drives and installs the OS to a small partition on them from a compressed version of the OS in flash. If there are no drives, it just reports "No disks" and stops. If the reset button is pushed, it executes the reset menu and then loads as you direct it through the menu.
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