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ReadyNas 104 reset itself and no volumes
I have an old ReadyNas 104 and seldom use it and mostly leave it off. It tends to turn itself on occasionally and I'll usually turn if off with a few presses of the power button. I will occasionally ...
In case anyone runs across this, the one mirrored drive completely died. Not sure why the device couldn't handle the boot as-is, but once determined the bad drive, and put the single good back in, it came back to life. I know this thing is old, and am glad data is effectively in tact...but the whole point of this kind of device is to boot up, let you know one of the drives is gonezo, and you can continue to access data while you replace the bad drive. 🤷‍♂️
PS firmware is 6.10.8 and prompts for update to 6.10.10 but gives a message after file download of Cannot open file - Retry/Close.
In case anyone runs across this, the one mirrored drive completely died. Not sure why the device couldn't handle the boot as-is, but once determined the bad drive, and put the single good back in, it came back to life. I know this thing is old, and am glad data is effectively in tact...but the whole point of this kind of device is to boot up, let you know one of the drives is gonezo, and you can continue to access data while you replace the bad drive. 🤷‍♂️
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