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RN104 stuck after OS reinstall
TL;DR - My RN104 was stuck on root fs check at 48% -> rebooted to the same thing but stuck at 46% -> initiated OS reinstall from boot menu -> Now the screen is stuck at kfree+14c Background: I ...
So I got impatient and powercycled the box. Holding the power button nor reset button did anything so I ended up pulling power. The box booted, and completed the fsck it was stuck on previously.
My fw version was 6.7.4 btw (or at least that's what it booted in to when the OS reinstalled)
What firmware were you running?
Hey, thanks for the response. I'm not sure off of the top of my head which version, It was one of the later minor releases of 6.7 tree. When I logged in after getting the space usage alert, I did have an updat waiting, however I didn't do it, thinking that I'd get disk usage under control before attempting a firmware upgrade and sadly didn't note the version I was coming from/to. Is there a way that I could verify the minor version while in this state?
So I got impatient and powercycled the box. Holding the power button nor reset button did anything so I ended up pulling power. The box booted, and completed the fsck it was stuck on previously.
My fw version was 6.7.4 btw (or at least that's what it booted in to when the OS reinstalled)
Glad it's back up.
I suggest checking the SMART stats (you can download the log zip and see them in both smart.log and disk_info.log).
The RN104 memory is limited, so it's important to be careful on services and apps. Disable file sharing protocols you don't need. Consider turning off volume quotas and antivirus also.
Current firmware is 6.8.0 - released last week. Early results here look pretty good - I'm not seeing a lot of issues. There were several upgrade issues with 6.7.5, so I think you should skip that and move right 6.8.0.
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