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RN214 Won't Boot even after Factory Reset
Never had a problem till now. I had to move my ReadyNas to another location. Powered down, moved it, turned it back on and it's stuck on "Booting... 67%" After much internet searching, I tried di...
Set a reasonable time for the hardware clock and it appears to have booted fine now.
So I built a USB Recovery Tool on my Mac according to this: http://kb.netgear.com/29952/How-do-I-use-the-USB-Recovery-Tool-on-my-ReadyNAS-OS-6-storage-system?cid=wmt_netgear_organic with these files
and followed the steps here for "ARM-based systems": http://kb.netgear.com/29952/How-do-I-use-the-USB-Recovery-Tool-on-my-ReadyNAS-OS-6-storage-system?cid=wmt_netgear_organic#Manual_creation_for_ARM_systems.
It doesn't list instructions for my model 214 specificially, but it is a "ReadyNAS system has an LCD" which mine has. So I tried powering on while holding down the BACKUP button 15 sec (or longer) as instructed. But it never "confirm(s) that the ReadyNAS is in USB Recovery mode." It just says "Loading..." then "Booting..." and stays on booting forever. But doesn't even get to any percetage. Any other ideas? Please & thanks!
Also, I quick-erased each of the four 3TB drives with Disk Utility on my Mac. And then re-inserted them in the ReadyNAS. And using the Boot Menu, re-tried the Reinstall OS option. Booting made it as far as 70% (!!!) but then stalled there forever again :(
I've just sent you a PM.
Set a reasonable time for the hardware clock and it appears to have booted fine now.
Thanks so much for your help MDGM, I couldn't have solved the problem myself.
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