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Maeve1956
Jul 09, 2023Aspirant
ReadyNAS 204 won't load admin page
I have a ReadyNAS 204 with firmware 6.10.7 and four 8TB drives. Have had it 4 years (bought it gently used) and it ran without any issues. I don't run any apps on it, I only use it to store media f...
- Jul 10, 2023
If you power up with three drives you'll know immediately if you've solved the problem. Your volume will mount, though it will be listed as "degraded" due to lack of redundancy, and you should have access to the GUI. Then when you insert the new drive into the empty bay, you should see the NAS recognize it and begin to sync.
If you power up with the replacement already in place, it will start to re-sync immediately and if you can't get into the GUI, you won't know if it's because the sync is hogging too much CPU or something else is (still) wrong.
Maeve1956
Jul 09, 2023Aspirant
I don't know what you mean by "could have resulted in a full OS partition." Can you explain what that is and how it works, please? Thanks.
Sandshark
Jul 09, 2023Sensei - Experienced User
The OS partition on the NAS is quite small, and some programs have been known to fill it up. If enabled, you should have received email alerts about it. But with the GUI not working, the alerts may also no have. The only way you will know is to go into the NAS via SSH and check.
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