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Readynas 31400 Booting Issue
I have one Readynas 31400 running with 4 Seagate HDDs (2Tb each). All HDDs are of model ST2000VX008-2E3164. Every time I boot it, booting process is being stuck on Booting.... (4 Dots). After Hard...
kalpsr wrote:
Also, have you tried just waiting (perhaps overnight) and see if the system eventually completes the boot?
-> I kept it ON yesterday night, but it did not boot.
I suspect the best plan is to offload the data, do a factory default, rebuild the NAS, and then restore the data from backup.
How full is the data volume?
-> 61%
What apps are you running?
-> Not Any
Have you looked for any btrfs or disk errors in system.log, kernel.log, systemd-journal.log?
-> Please guide to how to attach logs as I am not sure what to check in it.
Also, have you tried just waiting (perhaps overnight) and see if the system eventually completes the boot?
-> I kept it ON yesterday night, but it did not boot.
kalpsr wrote:
Also, have you tried just waiting (perhaps overnight) and see if the system eventually completes the boot?
-> I kept it ON yesterday night, but it did not boot.
I suspect the best plan is to offload the data, do a factory default, rebuild the NAS, and then restore the data from backup.
May I do a factory reset after taking all HDDs out and re-attach them ?
Please guide.
kalpsr wrote:
May I do a factory reset after taking all HDDs out and re-attach them ?
No. The factory reset formats the disks, installs the OS onto the disks, and creates a default data volume. It can't be done w/o disks installed.
FWIW, RAID isn't enough to keep data safe, and your data does appear to be at risk at the moment. Backup is the only approach I know of that can keep it safe.
You could try an OS reinstall - I doubt it will resolve your symtoms, but it is safe to try. It does a partial reinstallation of the OS, and should not affect your data. It will also
- reset the admin password back to password
- reset the network configuration to no bonding and DHCP
- disable volume quota (which can be re-enabled on the volume settings wheel).
Steps are documenta on pages 74-75 here: https://www.downloads.netgear.com/files/GDC/READYNAS-100/ReadyNAS_%20OS6_Desktop_HM_EN.pdf
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