ReadyNAS 2000 Issues¬

I'll give this a try and get back to you! Thanks for your help 🙂

You were right! I carried out a low level format and now its syncing the disks as normal. Thank you very much 🙂

Its taking a while but its 12TB so..

Now.. once that is done whats the best way to upgrade this to OS6?

Thanks again

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snoopy888 wrote:

whats the best way to upgrade this to OS6?

 

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The first step is to upgrade the RAM.  Shipping OS-6 NAS have at least 2 GB of RAM, your Pro only has 1 GB.  It will work, but it would be sensible to match the resources in the currently shipping NAS.  The upgrade is inexpensive, and is simple to do. 

The other steps are

(Optionally) make sure the latest BIOS is installed before you do the conversion.  To do this you install  http://www.readynas.com/download/addons/x86/4.2/BIOS_Update_Package_0.5-x86.bin as an add-on and reboot the NAS.  Do this after you backup the NAS.  This isn't necessary, but if you so want to update the bios it is easiest to do it prior to conversion

Basic instructions for the conversion itself are

1. BACKUP, BACKUP, BACKUP
2. Upload PREPR4TOR6_0.1-x86.bin as an add-on using the ReadyNAS web gui, but do not reboot afterwards (avoids the need to do manual factory resets)
3. Upload R4toR6_6.9.5.bin using the ReadyNAS web gui firmware update
4. After you upload the addon+firmware and reboot, it will update the firmware and start a factory default.
5. Go through the setup process on the converted NAS 
6. Update the NAS to the current OS 6 (check for updates will work).
7. Restore files from the backup.

Netgear won't provide paid support on a converted NAS, so that is one consideration.  There is a small risk that the process could fail, and if that were to happen it might not be possible to get the NAS running again.

Thanks for the info. I'll give it a go once this syncing completes. At 17% after 3 hours so I guess it'll be tomorrow!

I upgraded the RAM to 2GB, I had some 4GB/8GB sticks but it didnt boot for some reason - not sure why, maybe theres a restriction on the RAM speed or something? Is it going to make that much of a difference?

Cheers

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snoopy888 wrote:

 

I upgraded the RAM to 2GB, I had some 4GB/8GB sticks but it didnt boot for some reason - not sure why, maybe theres a restriction on the RAM speed or something? Is it going to make that much of a difference?

 

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Not sure what the limit is on the Pro 2 (not a model I own).  But 2 GB should be enough, unless you are planning to install an app that uses a lot of RAM (for instance Plex with a large media library).

So.. I woke up this morning to my NAS showing 'Healthy' 😁 Thank you for getting me this far.

I downloaded those files and uploaded them to the NAS, it has rebooted and the power light has been flashing for some time now - how long does this process take? Will it reformat the disks because that took 24hours last time!

Thanks

By some miracle its come back alive and now resyncing - Going to have to wait another day and then check its all good *phew*

Running firmware 6.10.7 now 😁