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ReadyNAS RN316 + Seagate ST3000DM001
I've just got a ReadyNAS RN316 and have upgraded the firmware to 6.1.8. I have some drives; one 4TB WD drive and one 3TB Seagate ST3000DM001. My understanding is that you should start an X-RAID2 with the smaller drive and put the larger one in second which will be used for redundancy.
I first put in my brand new WD drive to test the unit, this worked fine, but after doing more reading about the X-RAID2 setup I want to put the initial system on the 3TB Seagate instead. The Seagate is a used drive, but I removed all the partitions and created a MSDOS partition table (not I've also tried a GPT partition table here). I put the Seagate in, hold down the reset button and select Factory Reset and I'm presented with the error 'ERR: Could not p' on the LCD screen and I cannot access the web interface once it is up and running.
If I put the WD drive back in everything works.
The Seagate is on the hardware compatibility list, is there a deeper problem?
I first put in my brand new WD drive to test the unit, this worked fine, but after doing more reading about the X-RAID2 setup I want to put the initial system on the 3TB Seagate instead. The Seagate is a used drive, but I removed all the partitions and created a MSDOS partition table (not I've also tried a GPT partition table here). I put the Seagate in, hold down the reset button and select Factory Reset and I'm presented with the error 'ERR: Could not p' on the LCD screen and I cannot access the web interface once it is up and running.
If I put the WD drive back in everything works.
The Seagate is on the hardware compatibility list, is there a deeper problem?
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