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readynas pro 6 stuck in boot/check root FS/check FS loop
Help: readynas pro 6 stuck in boot/check root FS/check FS loop I had a power failure. Rebooting this ReadyNAS it's stuck in a loop of booting... checking root fs... checking fs rinse-and-repeat. ...
Thanks VERY much!!!
Yep, any unexpected / unsafe shutdown does a volume check etc. But, this never finishes the fscheck--- it just stays on the "screen" for a few seconds and reboots.
(1) I had found your suggestion, but the KB "OS reinstall boot mode also resets some settings" isn't clear what's REALLY going to be reset. If It's just the root pwd and IP address, I can deal with that. But not knowing what else makes it seem scary.
(2) I was thinking of doing the skip volume check to have it reboot and then ssh into it where I can manually do an fsck (I did have the ssh plug-in installed).
Based on this little bit of extra info, do you still suggest reinstalling the OS reinstall boot menu option?
Re-installing the OS resets the admin password and resets some network settings back to default e.g. pickup an I.P. address via DHCP. It leaves most settings intact. It just resets settings which if forgotten or not set correctly are likely to render the device inaccessible. It also re-installs the OS over the top of itself. So if an app you use stops working you may need to re-install the app over the top of itself to fix it.
I suspect the reboots are being triggered by a shutdown script left behind in which case if you try running the skip volume check it should still enter a reboot loop. If this is the case and if the OS Re-install doesn't fix it the script would need to be removed manually or the firmware updated then another OS Re-install performed.
I would try the OS Re-install.
The OS reinstall didn't do it.
now, it powers on; shows "......"; shows 6 squares w/ "booting", then fills in 1, 2, 3... and power cycles. It might have done other stuff right after the 1st is reinstall, but I didn't record that.
so, should I try skip volume check?
if there's a script there, how do I manually remove it?
I went back and looked... now it's showing the 6 squares w/ booting, but none are filled in... it then just power cycles.
soi tried skip volume check, and "....."; 6 squares w/ readynas then booting, none filled in: then power cy.
I can't lose all that data!!
What does tech support option do?
hellllllp....
It's possible that a power surge might have damaged the chassis and/or some of the disks.
Try removing all the disks (labeling by slot, so you can put them back properly). Then power up the NAS and confirm that it shows a "no disks" status on the LCD.
You can then test the disks in a Windows PC using vendor tools (Seatools for Seagate, Lifeguard for Western Digital). Disks can be connected with either SATA or a USB adapter/dock.
If you have a spare disk (not part of the array), you can also try doing a factory install on that disk. If that works, and boots properly, then you can try booting the NAS with that disk in each slot - that will confirm that the all slots are working properly. Of course power down the NAS before shifting the disk to another slot.
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