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ReadyNAS 3200 RN12P Firmware / BIOS Reinstallation
Hello All - Just trying to get some confirmation or comments on the approach I intend to use on an upcoming project. I recently aquired (hasn't even shown up yet) a ReadyNAS 3200 with 12 2TB driv...
This unit is running great now thanks to the assistance received from mdgm. Being who I am, I installed a disk and rebooted and the unit went into 6.8.0 with no problem. Then I just had to perform a factory reset from RAIDar after which I then performed an OS update using the 6.8.0 img file just to make sure "all the electrons were properly aligned". I'm very pleased.
Just to clarify if anyone chooses this thread as a guide for their effort - nothing I proposed to do in my initial post or tried on my end contributed to this success other than the choosing of a good quality USB drive ... and it's a pretty helpless feeling. It was only through some one-on-one TLC from the moderator that this unit is now functioning. Kudos to them for all they do for us ... theirs is a selfless effort!
I hope that the person from whom you purchased it did not install the generic BIOS for the SuperMicro motherboard (which is a common practice when converting to FreeNAS). If he did, RAIDiator/ReadyNASOS may not recognize it as a Netgear system, in which case it will refuse to boot.
The internal USB flash also contains the unit serial number and model number, which will not be restored using the USB recovery method. But they may still be there since they do not appear to be a part of the file structure. I do not know what issues will arise if they are missing.
I know that the ReadyNAS is particular about what flash drives it will accept for USB recovery, so I would not be surprised that it is equally finicky about the internal one.
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