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May 31, 2017

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RN312 major problems after 6.7.4 - will not boot.

Yesterday upgraded to 6.7.4. upgrade apeared to install ok. Messages arriving via email as expected. Last message received was at 9pm "The system is shutting down." System restarted on its own this ...

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mdgm-ntgr
Jun 01, 2017
Fixed. Put a good copy of the firmware on the internal flash.

mdgm-ntgr

NETGEAR Employee Retired

Jun 01, 2017

O.K.

This is the same problem we've seen with ARM a while back (since fixed for ARM).

A USB Boot Recovery key with no partitions on it, so when we look for the first partition on it to mount to look for the firmware etc. we're unable to so USB Boot Recovery fails.

Fortunately after replacing the initrd.gz and kernel on the USB Boot Recovery key:

https://www.readynas.com/contributed/mdgm/r6usbboot/latest/initrd.gz

https://www.readynas.com/contributed/mdgm/r6usbboot/latest/kernel

It was able to boot into a mode where I could remotely look at it.

sfpegasus

Tutor

Jun 01, 2017

Thanks again. PM replied and awaiting further instruction.

mdgm-ntgr
NETGEAR Employee Retired
Jun 01, 2017
Fixed. Put a good copy of the firmware on the internal flash.
- sfpegasus
  Tutor
  Jun 01, 2017
  I cannot thank mdgm enough for the efficient solution to this problem.
  Your dedication to this forum is awesome.
  - ikonuk
    Guide
    Jun 03, 2017
    Indeed! Thanks to mdgm!
    
    Makes it worthwhile to stick to my Netgear NAS.
    
    I. Konuk