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skaris
Nov 14, 2015Tutor
Ultra 4 stuck booting (boot menu)
Hi! After upgrading to the last firmware (V.4.2.28) my Ultra 4 is stuck on the boot menu. The menu doesnt seem to work, pressing the backup button doesnt do anything. What to do? Is it safe to...
- Nov 24, 2015
This is a known potential side effect of USB Boot Recovery (wiping the EEPROM data), which is why we generally don't recommend doing USB Boot Recovery on legacy x86 and legacy ARM systems. However in this case it does sound like using it was necessary.
I have sent you a PM.
Note also (if you have not already) that when you do USB Boot Recovery you can use the latest firmware image: RAIDiator-x86-4.2.28, rather than any older version included in the USB Boot Recovery zip file.
mdgm-ntgr
Nov 24, 2015NETGEAR Employee Retired
This is a known potential side effect of USB Boot Recovery (wiping the EEPROM data), which is why we generally don't recommend doing USB Boot Recovery on legacy x86 and legacy ARM systems. However in this case it does sound like using it was necessary.
I have sent you a PM.
Note also (if you have not already) that when you do USB Boot Recovery you can use the latest firmware image: RAIDiator-x86-4.2.28, rather than any older version included in the USB Boot Recovery zip file.
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