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NetWhiz
May 27, 2025Guide
ReadyNAS Pro 6 - Stuck on booting while checking fs
I have searched for similar errrors on here, but none seem to either work or be related as to my situation. My Pro 6 just started to freeze a couple days ago while it was running. I had updated i...
NetWhiz
May 27, 2025Guide
NO, still using the default RAM.
Yes, I did try the FS Skip but it still hangs during the Root FS check stage.
Running the following:
# mount --bind / /mnt
# du -d1 -h /mnt
4.0K /mnt/tmp
0 /mnt/sysroot
0 /mnt/sys
8.0K /mnt/run
0 /mnt/proc
0 /mnt/opt
0 /mnt/mnt
0 /mnt/media
0 /mnt/home
52.0K /mnt/var
9.5M /mnt/usr
396.0K /mnt/sbin
2.6M /mnt/lib
2.4M /mnt/etc
420.0K /mnt/bin
16.0K /mnt/root
0 /mnt/dev
15.5M /mnt
StephenB
May 27, 2025Guru - Experienced User
NetWhiz wrote:NO, still using the default RAM.
Some have found that isn't enough, so I now recommend upgrading to between 2 GB and 4GB. That is still inexpensive. 8 GB is possible, but expensive and it is hard to find 4 GB memory sticks that are compatible.
NetWhiz wrote:15.5M /mnt
Looks like you are running the boot OS and not the OS partition (that is, you ran start_raids instead of rnutil chroot). The OS is much larger than 15.5M.
You could try mount /dev/md0 /mnt
if that works you could try checking it from ssh.
- NetWhizMay 27, 2025Guide
I was running the check as you outlined here: RN314 - OS partition full? | NETGEAR Communities to be preemptive in your possible next steps.
I had not ran start_raids at the time, just the commands from your reply.
Here is what I get when I run rnutil chroot:
# rnutil chroot root@2H0523RC00354:/# df -h Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on /dev/md0 4.0G 1.4G 2.4G 37% / udev 10M 0 10M 0% /dev tmpfs 495M 0 495M 0% /run
- StephenBMay 27, 2025Guru - Experienced User
NetWhiz wrote:
I was running the check as you outlined here: RN314 - OS partition full? | NETGEAR Communities to be preemptive in your possible next steps.
That was for someone running the NAS normally (and connecting with ssh). Not for tech support mode.
It looks like the OS partition mounts normally. I guess there could still be an error on the OS though. You could try running btrfs check / to see. That is safe as long you don't attempt a repair (with --repair).
The error is more likely with the data volume. Are you using XRAID? Can you post the output of lsblk ?
- NetWhizMay 27, 2025Guide
root@2H0523RC00354:/# btrfs check / ERROR: not a regular file or block device: / ERROR: cannot open file system root@2H0523RC00354:/# lsblk NAME MAJ:MIN RM SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINT sda 8:0 0 2.7T 0 disk |-sda1 8:1 0 4G 0 part | `-md0 9:0 0 4G 0 raid1 /mnt |-sda2 8:2 0 512M 0 part | `-md1 9:1 0 511.4M 0 raid1 `-sda3 8:3 0 2.7T 0 part `-md127 9:127 0 13.6T 0 raid5 sdb 8:16 0 2.7T 0 disk |-sdb1 8:17 0 4G 0 part | `-md0 9:0 0 4G 0 raid1 /mnt |-sdb2 8:18 0 512M 0 part | `-md1 9:1 0 511.4M 0 raid1 `-sdb3 8:19 0 2.7T 0 part sdc 8:32 0 2.7T 0 disk |-sdc1 8:33 0 4G 0 part | `-md0 9:0 0 4G 0 raid1 /mnt |-sdc2 8:34 0 512M 0 part `-sdc3 8:35 0 2.7T 0 part `-md127 9:127 0 13.6T 0 raid5 sdd 8:48 0 2.7T 0 disk |-sdd1 8:49 0 4G 0 part | `-md0 9:0 0 4G 0 raid1 /mnt |-sdd2 8:50 0 512M 0 part `-sdd3 8:51 0 2.7T 0 part `-md127 9:127 0 13.6T 0 raid5 sde 8:64 0 2.7T 0 disk |-sde1 8:65 0 4G 0 part | `-md0 9:0 0 4G 0 raid1 /mnt |-sde2 8:66 0 512M 0 part `-sde3 8:67 0 2.7T 0 part `-md127 9:127 0 13.6T 0 raid5 sdf 8:80 0 2.7T 0 disk |-sdf1 8:81 0 4G 0 part | `-md0 9:0 0 4G 0 raid1 /mnt |-sdf2 8:82 0 512M 0 part `-sdf3 8:83 0 2.7T 0 part `-md127 9:127 0 13.6T 0 raid5 sdg 8:96 1 122.5M 0 disk `-sdg1 8:97 1 122.4M 0 part
- NetWhizMay 27, 2025Guide
# rnutil chroot root@2H0523RC00354:/# df -h Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on /dev/md0 4.0G 1.4G 2.4G 37% / udev 10M 0 10M 0% /dev tmpfs 495M 0 495M 0% /run root@2H0523RC00354:/# ^C root@2H0523RC00354:/# du -d1 -h /mnt 0 /mnt root@2H0523RC00354:/# mount --bind / /mnt root@2H0523RC00354:/# du -d1 -h /mnt 6.6M /mnt/bin 0 /mnt/boot 24K /mnt/dev 5.6M /mnt/etc 33M /mnt/lib 4.0K /mnt/lib64 0 /mnt/media 4.2M /mnt/opt 0 /mnt/proc 82M /mnt/root 0 /mnt/run 11M /mnt/sbin 0 /mnt/srv 0 /mnt/sys 0 /mnt/tmp 524M /mnt/usr 605M /mnt/var 0 /mnt/mnt 0 /mnt/apps 0 /mnt/home 0 /mnt/Data 1.3M /mnt/preinstall-dpkg 30M /mnt/frontview 1.3G /mnt
- NetWhizMay 27, 2025Guide
I just ordered a couple 2 GB DIMMs.
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