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ReadyNAS 3200 boot Could not find external flash device
I have a ReadyNAS 3200 and when I attempt to boot nothing happens. When I connect a serial console I can see the unit cannot find whatever boot flash device is looking for. I have used the USB Reco...
So no drives in the unit and the serial console display exactly the same as before:
SYSLINUX 3.73 2009-01-25 Copyright (C) 1994-2008 H. Peter Anvin
Loading kernel..........................................................
Loading initrd.gz...........................................ready.
▒Searching for external boot flash device...Could not find external boot flash!
ERROR: Could not find external flash device!!
/bin/ash: can't access tty; job control turned off
There nothing on the unit besides the USB which I have formatted as FAT, FAT32 etc and no difference on the reset menu.
I have gotten that working in the past so I don't know what to tell you. If it cannot find whatever external flash device, what and where is it looking for?
/bin/ash is a symlink to busybox so all the synlinks are there. Executing /bin/ash comes back with the same ./ash: can't access tty; job control turned off
Could it be something on the BIOS configuration, show I reset the BIOS to the default?
I guess boot from USB Key should be the only important thing, what else to check?
Thanks
Paul
SYSLINUX 3.73 2009-01-25 Copyright (C) 1994-2008 H. Peter Anvin
Loading kernel..........................................................
Loading initrd.gz...........................................ready.
▒Searching for external boot flash device...Could not find external boot flash!
ERROR: Could not find external flash device!!
/bin/ash: can't access tty; job control turned off
There nothing on the unit besides the USB which I have formatted as FAT, FAT32 etc and no difference on the reset menu.
I have gotten that working in the past so I don't know what to tell you. If it cannot find whatever external flash device, what and where is it looking for?
/bin/ash is a symlink to busybox so all the synlinks are there. Executing /bin/ash comes back with the same ./ash: can't access tty; job control turned off
Could it be something on the BIOS configuration, show I reset the BIOS to the default?
I guess boot from USB Key should be the only important thing, what else to check?
Thanks
Paul
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