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ReadyNAS Pro 6 Upgrade from 4.2.28 to OS6 fail repeatedly
This is confusing. I converted my other Pro 6 from 4.2.26 to OS6 back in the winter without too much grief. Now following AMRivlin's instructions OS6-now-works-on-x86-Legacy results in the machine coming up in RAIDiator 4.2.28 after the Factory reset. I've done this five or six times and the result is a failure every time.
I notice that after installing R4toR6_Prep_Addon.bin that it does not appear as an installed add-on.
In any case, RAIDiator claims installing R4toR6_Prep_Addon.bin is successful, and that then installing the firmware update is successful. I've rebooted both by restarting and shutting down, and either way after I do the factory default, it comes back up in RAIDiator 4.2.28.
Ideas?
Try doing a factory reset then
1. Install the Prep add-on
2. Install the R4toR6 firmware image and when prompted reboot.
3. The NAS should put OS6 on the flash and at the appropriate time trigger a factory reset.
When using the prep add-on you don't need to do a manual factory reset. Just do the reboot when prompted as mentioned above and be patient. The NAS will reboot itself multiple times.
If you don't install the Prep add-on after the R4toR6 firmware image has tried to install OS6 over the top of RAIDiator it will try to boot up but with a mixture of the two OSes it won't be able to come up properly (it reboots itself a few times or so before it gets to this point, if I recall correctly). At which point you would then power down and do a manual factory default.
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Try doing a factory reset then
1. Install the Prep add-on
2. Install the R4toR6 firmware image and when prompted reboot.
3. The NAS should put OS6 on the flash and at the appropriate time trigger a factory reset.
When using the prep add-on you don't need to do a manual factory reset. Just do the reboot when prompted as mentioned above and be patient. The NAS will reboot itself multiple times.
If you don't install the Prep add-on after the R4toR6 firmware image has tried to install OS6 over the top of RAIDiator it will try to boot up but with a mixture of the two OSes it won't be able to come up properly (it reboots itself a few times or so before it gets to this point, if I recall correctly). At which point you would then power down and do a manual factory default.
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