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DaVa
Aspirant
Oct 14, 2015
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ReadyNAS 2100 dead motherboard

Hello, I am facing problem with ReadyNAS 2100. I thought problem is faulty PSU (no sign of life at all) so I  replaced PSU with normal ATX one for test and then I even tried another flex PSU. Orange ...
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  • StephenB's avatar
    StephenB
    Oct 15, 2015

    There is an OS partition mirrored across all the disks which has all that stuff.

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StephenB
Guru - Experienced User
Oct 15, 2015

It should just boot off the array (I think the battery mainly keeps the real time clock running).

 

If you are concerned, just put in a scratch disk first (by itself).  The NAS should install to it of course.  Then shutdown, and replace the scratch with your array.

DaVa's avatar
DaVa
Aspirant
Oct 15, 2015

This sounds reasonable, but where the array settings is stored ?

 

Regards

 

David

  • StephenB's avatar
    StephenB
    Guru - Experienced User
    Oct 15, 2015

    There is an OS partition mirrored across all the disks which has all that stuff.

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