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Aspirant

Apr 14, 2020

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ReadyNAS RN316 MOUNT_BLOCK_ROOT E25

I use the RN316 to back up Mac devices at home using Timemachine. I also have a volume that I store photos/videos, but I don't use it much. I noticed the backups had stoped and Raidar didn't connec...

Sandshark
Apr 15, 2020
It sounds like the previous USB recovery worked but, for unknown reasons, the unit did not shut down to let you know it was successful.

theusual

Aspirant

Apr 14, 2020

I was able to get the ReadyNAS to boot from USB recovery drive.

The display on the device says "ReadyNAS USB Recovery" and the monitor on the HDMI stops at: "gpio_it87: Unknow chip found, Chip 8721 Revision 4". I've attached a photo of the monitor.

So what's the deal here?

StephenB
Guru - Experienced User
Apr 14, 2020
Did you follow this procedure to make the USB recovery disk? https://kb.netgear.com/29952/How-do-I-use-the-USB-Recovery-Tool-on-my-ReadyNAS-OS-6-storage-system
- theusual
  Aspirant
  Apr 14, 2020
  StephenB wrote:
  Did you follow this procedure to make the USB recovery disk? https://kb.netgear.com/29952/How-do-I-use-the-USB-Recovery-Tool-on-my-ReadyNAS-OS-6-storage-system
  Yes, that's how I was able to create the USB recovery drive and boot to ReadyNAS using that recovery drive. Are you thinking the USB recovery drive is somehow corrupt?
  - theusual
    Aspirant
    Apr 14, 2020
    I should have mentioned I don't have a Windows PC, so I used a Windows 10 virtual machine running in VMWare Fusion to create the USB recovery disk.