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RN212 Disk 2: Volume Creation Failed
Hi, I recently bought a RN212 and started with one Seagate Ironwolf 4T ST4000VN008, which should be supported. It started with no problems. Alas, last week I bought the same disk: Seagat...
MichelTiberghi wrote:
So I'll have to send back my disk
That makes sense, since you can't test it in a PC. I do suggest picking up a USB adapter/dock - the adapters are pretty inexpensive, and they are useful when you need to test a disk.
Hi Stephen,
When I format the disk, I works, but with creating a volume it fails
in the system.log it says, disk may be damaged:
error 5; strange be
Jan 04 12:06:46 GHENTlemensBBQ readynasd[2112]: adding partition failed [5]
Jan 04 12:06:46 GHENTlemensBBQ readynasd[2112]: Found sdb is not a member of swap
Jan 04 12:06:46 GHENTlemensBBQ readynasd[2112]: Partitioning failed! [4]
Jan 04 12:06:46 GHENTlemensBBQ readynasd[2112]: output: Warning! Read error 5; strange behavior now likely!;Warning! Read error 5; strange behavior now likely!;Creating new GPT entries in memory.;Unable to save backup partition table! Perhaps the 'e' option on the experts';menu will resolve this problem.;Warning! An error was reported when writing the partition table! This error;MIGHT be harmless, or the disk might be damaged! Checking it is advisable.;
So I'll have to send back my disk, I think
MichelTiberghi wrote:
So I'll have to send back my disk
That makes sense, since you can't test it in a PC. I do suggest picking up a USB adapter/dock - the adapters are pretty inexpensive, and they are useful when you need to test a disk.
Hi Stephen,
I'll absolutely buy one to be sure!
Thanks for the tip!
I'll test it and then see if it's broken or not,
Thank you so much for your help!
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