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ReadyNAS 516 Stuck at booting
Hello all,
I have searched the forums and tried the boot menu/OS ReInstall route and am now reaching out to see if there is another way to get my ReadyNAS 516 to boot. I have 22 years of family pictures on the device.
Is there is a way to CLI or install the OS another way?
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I haven't installed RAIDer yet. I need to install JAV JDK first. I'll do that when I get back home.
I did pull the drives again and it boots but didn't hold anything that I had changed (Name and password)
I thought I did an OS reinstall as I selected it from the boot menu.
I am versed in CLI
I am versed in CLI
We could try tech support mode then - not sure how far that would get us in this case, so let's hold that in reserve.
In addition to trying RAIDar, it'd be good to run the memory diagnostic from the boot menu. Normally I'd expect something else on the LCD screen when the RAM fails, but still worth ruling out. The RAM, fans, and power supply are the only things you can replace in the chassis.
I suggest also removing one disk at a time (powered down) and to then boot the system in read-only mode. If you get the same symptom, then power down, reinsert the disk, and move on to the next slot. When doing this, you do want to be careful to only remove/reinsert the disks with the NAS powered down.
If this works, I'd back up the files before replacing the disk.
Powered down, removed disks and powered up and it is working. It is basically reset, default password, new IP address and says does not detect any disks.
Powered down, removed disks and powered up and it is working. It is basically reset, default password, new IP address and says does not detect any disks.
All expected behavior if there are no disks.
The RAID was fine and working. No red lights on the NAS.
What does RAIDar tell you (if anything)?
I am unclear as to whether you did an OS reinstall from the boot menu when the problem occurred or not.
BTW, do you have experience with the linux command line?
I changed the password. Didn't set any new IP address. Put the drives back in and it stalls at booting...
The RAID was fine and working. No red lights on the NAS.
install the OS another way?
Why do you think the problem is the OS?
What are you seeing on the LCD screen?
Booting...
It has been stuck on that for about 18 hours now. No issues with the drives (RAID).
I shut it down to move it from one shelf to another and when I turned it on, I could connect to the web interface but couldn't connect to any of the shares I created. The NIC was bonded and set to static but still couldn't connect. Removed the bond and the static IPs and still couldn't connect.
Booting...
It has been stuck on that for about 18 hours now. No issues with the drives (RAID).Power down, remove the disks and power up again. See if the LCD panel shows a "no disks" status or not.
Then power down again, and reinsert the disks. Power up, and see if RAIDar gives you more status.
Tech support mode is possible, but options there are limited to the tools built into the boot loader if the OS partition on the disks isn't working right.
Do you recall the volume status when you were able to reach the web interface?
Just to be clear:
- You removed the bond and static ip addresses
- You did an OS reinstall from the front panel
Did you reboot normally after (1)? If so, did you see the extended "Booting..." message then? Or did you only see it after you did the OS reinstall?
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