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ReadyNAS DUO power loss and now green blinking lights
Hi All, I just experienced a power failure and the ReadyNAS DUO went down unexpectedly. When the power came back on the NAS was manually powered on by me. As the NAS powered up the blue power lig...
I don't suggest changing the memory at this point. The duo v1 is fussy about its memory; you are likely to compound the problem. There is a guide to the LED patterns here: http://home.bott.ca/webserver/?p=324 Are you seeing any of those patterns?
After you pull your data off the unit with linux-reader, delete the drive partitions with Windows disk manager (which you get to by right-clicking computer and selecting "manage").
Then reinstall that drive into the duo (powered down) and remove drive 2. Then start the duo, and see if it does a normal install. The theory here is that if the duo is bricked, this does no harm, and if it is not you can rebuild the disks from the backup.
After you pull your data off the unit with linux-reader, delete the drive partitions with Windows disk manager (which you get to by right-clicking computer and selecting "manage").
Then reinstall that drive into the duo (powered down) and remove drive 2. Then start the duo, and see if it does a normal install. The theory here is that if the duo is bricked, this does no harm, and if it is not you can rebuild the disks from the backup.
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