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Aspirant

Dec 20, 2017

RND2000 Duo v1 - lockup after boot - OS partition full?

(NB: reposting since it appears my original post never got published for some reason...? https://community.netgear.com/t5/Using-your-ReadyNAS/RND2000-Duo-v1-lockup-after-boot-OS-partition-full/td-p...

NETGEAR Employee Retired

Dec 20, 2017

There are multiple possibilities and a full root volume is one of them and perhaps the most likely.

If the NAS is in the middle of a resync then only one of the disks would be usable for getting at the data anyway.

It's situations like the one you've run into here that show some reasons why it's important to backup your data.

Chandler1
Aspirant
Dec 20, 2017
Thanks mdgm.

So my plan is good? (presuming it is a full root...)

Can you advise on copying the large logs to the data partition? (I'm not a Linux user, although I'm working on it!)

# cp /sysroot/var/log/frontview/error.log /???/backup_frontview_error.log
- StephenB
  Guru - Experienced User
  Dec 20, 2017
  First check that the OS partition is full
  
  # cd //
  
  # df . -h
  
  # df . -i
  
  The first df will tell you the space usage on the OS partition. Normally it would be no more than 25%
  
  The second df will tell you the inode usage on the OS partition. Inodes are used for metadata, and if you run out you won't be able to create new files on the OS partition even if there is free space.
  
  Assuming you are running out of space:
  
  You'd put the oversize logs on the C volume. The best thing to do is park them in a share.
  
  So first create a subfolder in a share
  
  #mkdir /c/sharename/log_files
  
  Then
  
  # cp /var/log/frontview/error.log /c/sharename/log_files/backup_frontview_error.log
  - Chandler1
    Aspirant
    Dec 20, 2017
    Thanks StephenB.
    
    I'll give it a go over the weekend and report back!