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ReadyNAS 314 "Boot Device Error"
Hello, I have a ReadyNAS 314 which has given sterling service for a number of years and has now been relegated to secondary duties. It stores a weekly offsite rsync-over-ssh backup of my primary Re...
When you say the USB recovery key was "tested", do you mean it successfully did a recovery on another unit of the same type (Intel based native OS6 unit)? If so, then it sounds like the internal flash is faulty. If not, double-check that you did create it right. You can try another USB device, but the native OS6 units are not nearly as finicky about that as the legacy ones.
Thanks for your rapid and helpful reply Sandshark. I had used this same USB key to perform a full USB recovery on yet another ReadyNAS 314 some time ago. This was with I think firmware 6.7.2 or thereabouts when that was current. Having established that it worked then, I labelled and stored the USB key since I knew that not all keys would function for USB recovery. Before I tried to use it this time I used the Windows USB Recovery tool and firmware 6.10.5 to reformat and update it. I'm fairly sure I did this correctly, but I'll retry USB recovery with a selection of keys from my desk drawer. It's always possible that the stored key I tried is itself failing.
If it should turn out that the internal flash is faulty is there anything else I can attempt?
Thanks again,
If the flash is bad, there is nothing you can do about it, unfortunately.
Thanks Sandshark, I guessed as much. It's probably time for me to buy a replacement ReadyNAS.
pharos_uk wrote:
Before I tried to use it this time I used the Windows USB Recovery tool and firmware 6.10.5 to reformat and update it.
Did you run this as administrator?
StephenB wrote:
Did you run this as administrator?
Thanks Stephen, yes I did, although the USB recovery creation process seemed to complete just as well running as a normal user. I thought that since the first step inside the utility was to format the USB key I'd better give myself privileges.
I've tried with three different prepared keys now, and unfortunately none of them have managed to restore my failed ReadyNAS. The "Boot device error" message comes up quickly in all cases, long before the 15 seconds or more of holding down the Backup button to try to enter USB recovery mode has elapsed.
I must now conclude that the internal flash has failed. At least I now have some spare disk trays and an extra PSU.
Thanks to everyone that helped...
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