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ReadyNAS NV - Corrupt Root
Hello, I have a ReadyNAS NV that had been performing well for several years using 1.5 TB drives. I decided to give it a bit more room and expand to 2.0 TB drives. The first swap went well, the 2nd ...
Do you have a backup? If so, one approach is to rebuild everything.
4.1.7 was the first firmware to have support for 4K sector alignment - if you want to use 2 TB drives you'd want to do a factory reset with the those drives in place anyway in order to get the best performance.
Delete the partitions on the disks you want to use (in a PC). Then insert one drive, upgrade the firmware. Delete the partition again, install all the drives you want (NAS powered down) and then start it up. This should give you a totally clean install.
4.1.7 was the first firmware to have support for 4K sector alignment - if you want to use 2 TB drives you'd want to do a factory reset with the those drives in place anyway in order to get the best performance.
Delete the partitions on the disks you want to use (in a PC). Then insert one drive, upgrade the firmware. Delete the partition again, install all the drives you want (NAS powered down) and then start it up. This should give you a totally clean install.
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