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ReadyNAS Ultra 6 Review (RNDU6000) no network activity???
I have a Netgear ReadyNAS Ultra 6 Review (RNDU6000) that I suddenly couldn't access through my computer last night. The NAS is in my network and is my storage of miscellaneous. It's in a kind of raid...
Andreas64nl wrote:How to install OS 6 because I have a ReadyNAS Ultra 6?
I recommend increasing the RAM before you begin. Shipping OS-6 NAS have at least 2 GB of RAM, your ReadyNAS only has 1 GB. It might work, but there have been folks who have run into out-of-memory issues after converting. The upgrade is inexpensive, and is simple to do. If you aren't sure what to purchase, you can open the chassis and examine the RAM that's already installed in order to find something compatible.
Also, if you have the skills, you should probably back up the VPD before conversion. Netgear Mods so far have resolved the VPD problem for users who have run into it, but backing it up would allow you to resolve the issue on your own if you run into it. More information on this is here:
The conversion steps are:
(Optionally) make sure the latest BIOS is installed before you do the conversion. To do this you install http://www.readynas.com/download/addons/x86/4.2/BIOS_Update_Package_0.5-x86.bin as an add-on and reboot the NAS. Do this after you backup the NAS. This isn't necessary, but if you do want to update the BIOS it is easiest to do it prior to conversion
Basic instructions for the conversion itself are
- BACKUP, BACKUP, BACKUP
- Upload PREPR4TOR6_0.1-x86.bin as an add-on using the ReadyNAS web gui, but do not reboot afterwards (avoids the need to do manual factory resets)
- Upload R4toR6_6.9.5.bin using the ReadyNAS web gui firmware update
- After you upload the addon+firmware and reboot, it will update the firmware and start a factory default.
- Go through the setup process on the converted NAS
- Update the NAS to the current OS 6 (check for updates will work).
- Restore files from the backup.
There is a small risk that the process could fail, and if that were to happen it might not be possible to get the NAS running again.
Note that if you ever need to do a USB recovery later on, you will need to use the procedure for 4.2 systems - substituting an OS-6 image for the 4.2.31 one.
Nothing happend. I tried 10 different usb sticks. I think it is realy dead this time.
Looking back through the thread, it does not appear you ever properly tried another power supply. A failing PSU was was one of my early suspicions. I've never tried to connect just the 24-pin connector, as you apparently did, I think you must also power the SATA backplane. I absolutely know that you cannot leave the original PSU connected to the backplane and expect it to work with a different supply on the 24-pin. If the ATX power supply you tried has no 4-pin Molex connectors, then you'll need some SATA to Molex adapters. With no drives installed, just for testing, you should only need to connect one of the three.
Then again, with your data now all backed up, you may want to take this as a sign it's time to move on to another NAS.
I already have another NAS. I have this one:
QNAP TS-h973AX, 32GB ram, Seagate IronWolf Pro schijven, 30TB
I have tried another powersupply but I can try again.
It took some time but I tried with another powersupply and it is the same. It is not booting at all. With or without disks. Anyone another tip?
Okay thank you all a lot for helping me out. The NAS is dead. So I will try to sell the memory banks en use the HD for extra back-up storage.
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