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ReadyNAS NV+ failed downloading logs
My long-running lightly used/loaded NV+ has been powered-down for 6+ months while I was away for the summer, and upon successful startup I first DL'ed a CONFIG file, and then I decided to download th...
To summarize, I discovered that while my ReadyNAS was not booting to completion, during the quotacheck and/or Check FS process it WAS talking on the network and accepting SSH logins. So while it still was "Booting..." and busy w/those I was able to log-on and to look-around var/log/ and var/log/frontview and var/log/frontview/backup and delete some large log files which amazingly solved the problem. Back to normal now w/no issues.
Thanks to StephenB and Sandshark for helping to assuage my anxiety through this process. Except that the NV+ normally just works day-in and day-out I'd be better at troubleshooting the thing!!!
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tomupnorth wrote:
I think mine is only half loaded so it's not a "disks too full" problem,
To clarify this: The fullness of the data volume isn't relevant. The fullness of the OS partition is what matters. The OS partition on the NV+ is only 2GB, so it can fill pretty easily.
That said, at this point I have no idea whether that's the issue in this case or not.
tomupnorth wrote:
Thanks, but if they test-out OK, what would be next do you think?
Indeen I'm inclined at this point to start-over from scratch if I can figure that out, since the last thing I did before powering-off last May was to make a backup.
If the disks do check out ok, then starting over from scratch is reasonable.
After testing the disks, other options would be to
- try an OS reinstall. While that could resolve the issue, I don't think it is very likely to do that. Still, you could try it.
- boot up in tech support mode, and attempt to make a more complete diagnosis. Since you have a full backup, personally I'd just go with starting over. Somewhat painful, but certain.
StephenB wrote:
To clarify this: The fullness of the data volume isn't relevant. The fullness of the OS partition is what matters. The OS partition on the NV+ is only 2GB, so it can fill pretty easily.
I've had this for 11+ years, replaced the PSU once, bought a replacement (spare) chassis, but the doggone thing runs mostly untouched by me (I use it for backups) so the rare problems throw me for a loop. And all the good support sites seem to be gone; if you have handy a link or notes on "starting from scratch" by all means post StephenB!
And did NOT know about the "OS partition" thing. Makes sense, thanks.
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