TFTP Boot Recovery on Readynas X6/600 Rev A

mdgm wrote:

The boot loader is separate but it is used to load the initrd on the compact flash card. If the boot loader can't read the initrd the NAS can't boot. The firmware is designed to fit on a 64MB CF card. However if too many sectors have failed then it won't fit. Anything bigger than 64MB would be plenty. Most users would have moved on from RAIDiator 1 long ago so best to probably deal with issues like this on a case by case by case basis. You should also ensure you have at least 256MB RAM in your system. 128MB RAM isn't really enough for RAIDiator 4

It is probably more common than you think. I alone has encountered this same problem twice! The first time was in a vacation place I have which I only visit a few weeks a year. I got so frustrated that I buried the readynas in the closet and forgot about it. I am guessing it had the same issue as the one I just experience today.

Here is the thing, people data is not replaceable and so very valuable that they probably don't want to risk losing the data with updating the firmware. Maybe I am just old fashion, I don't use twitter or facebook. My last apple product was an Apple 2GS with dot matrix printer :)

So is the boot loader basically stored on the RAM stick? Is that the part that needed to be updated so the newer firmware would load?

So all the factory reset, direct Compact flash updates, USB stick recovery were ineffective until the unit was loaded up with the version 2 of the firmware thus updating the boot loader so it could read the RAIDiator 4's updated encryption initrd or something to that effect?

Well, I am glad you guys stuck with me and helped me get the unit up and running. You Jedi are alright!

Thanks again