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Sep 14, 2023

readynas pro6 boot freeze may need a flash dump

I have a ReadyNAS Pro6 (RNDP6000). After upgrading to OS6, the NAS worked for a month and a half without any problems. After transferring a large amount of data at the same time it failed, went int...

Sandshark

Sensei

Sep 14, 2023

Is he saying the BIOS flash is empty, or the NAS boot flash? A flash file for the BIOS can be found in the BIOS update package Netgear distributed. Unfortunately, I don't have a link to it, maybe StephenB does.

As for the boot flash, most of that content can be restored by USB recovery. What cannot be restored in that way is the vpd file, which contains your model number and serial number data and is encrypted. But because of that uniqueness, you are unlikely to find somebody willing to dump theirs and give it to you. The moderators here used to use remote access to restore a bad vpd file, but I do not know if the current moderators can/will do that.

StephenB
Guru
Sep 14, 2023
Sandshark wrote:

Is he saying the BIOS flash is empty, or the NAS boot flash? A flash file for the BIOS can be found in the BIOS update package Netgear distributed. Unfortunately, I don't have a link to it, maybe StephenB does.

The link I have is here:

http://www.readynas.com/download/addons/x86/4.2/BIOS_Update_Package_0.5-x86.bin

7-zip can extract the files in it.

I never delved into this, so can't really give any guidance. You'll need to do some work looking at the install script.

The Pro-6 board is identifed at "FLAME6-MB", and is also referred to as an "NV6". So the ROM file you need is RN_NV6_072610.ROM
- Sandshark
  Sensei
  Sep 14, 2023
  If the BIOS flash is the problem, then the install script in the update package won't help, as nothing will boot. So, I'm assuming your tech has a way to flash the BIOS chip with an external programmer.
  - StephenB
    Guru
    Sep 15, 2023
    Sandshark wrote:
    
    If the BIOS flash is the problem, then the install script in the update package won't help, as nothing will boot.
    
    FWIW, I was thinking that analyzing the install script would allow someone to understand what files needed to be put into the bios flash (including getting the file names correct).