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Model: RNRX4410-100NAS (2100) Looking for the process to boot this particular model to the USB for reccovery. Before posting links, please make sure it has the information. I've looked over a...
Hopefully this will help more people. Even though this model is a rackmount. The reset button will only boot you to the boot menu. The "Backup" button is the button you want even though it has a reset button. Holding the backup button at power on for 10-15 seconds will cause it to boot to the USB.
I appreciate all the replies so far. The reset button press at power on only takes you to the boot menu. You have to do something at this point to initiate the USB boot? That is what i need.
Please see this page to see what im talking about. From my previous post: http://www.downloads.netgear.com/files/GDC/RNDU2000/RackMount_HW_2June11.pdf Page: 13 - Holding reset during power brings you here where you can do a normal boot, factory reset, OS reinstall, tech support, skip volume check, memory test, or disk test. I see on some models that the USB Recovery is an option here but i don't see it on this model. So it must be some kind of extra step of some sort?
The issue is that someone at some point has done a bad flash. I'm doing a last attempt to see if i can get it flashed correctly before recycling the unit.
TehDags wrote:
The reset button press at power on only takes you to the boot menu.
Did you hold the reset button for the full 15 seconds?
Correct. After 10 seconds all lights come on, which is the indicator that it is on the boot menu. You can hold it for any amount of time after that (I've tried many intervals), and it just sits on the boot menu waiting for the boot selection.
So you acquired the unit used and it has never run? I wonder if somebody tried to upgrade to OS6, which will brick a 32-bit NAS like your 2100V1. I'm unfamiliar with the exact symptoms of that bricking.
Before you reach that conclusion, though, have you tried other USB devices? Some of the earlier NAS are quite particular about what devices they'll accept. Basically, the older (and thus smaller), the better.
Have you tried this with a different thumb drive? Many folks here have needed to try several drives before they found one that worked. FWIW, older/smaller ones seem to work better.
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