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Weird Booting on ReadyNas Ultra4 ... #19536081
Most odd. I tried to upgrade to fw 4.2.22, and it could not update (said there was a background task). Tried to kill background tasks (Vault / Squeeze etc). And on rebooting, the front panel now jus...
Further update:
* ports no longer working (internal ip:xxxx from a browser)
* can still access internal_ip/shares
* all drives seem fine from FrontView - SMART+ suggests no errors.
* have succesfully reverted to FW 4.2.19 (or so it says on Frontview, as well as email alerts), but still won't get past booting...
* can still shut down and reboot via Frontview...
LATER UPDATE. WEIRDER AND WEIRDER
Following on from a suggestion elsewhere, booted without the network cable plugged in. After booting, got "no network link", plugged ethernet cable back in, and all fine....
WTF??! (This worries me - what causes it to mis-boot like that?)
* ports no longer working (internal ip:xxxx from a browser)
* can still access internal_ip/shares
* all drives seem fine from FrontView - SMART+ suggests no errors.
* have succesfully reverted to FW 4.2.19 (or so it says on Frontview, as well as email alerts), but still won't get past booting...
* can still shut down and reboot via Frontview...
LATER UPDATE. WEIRDER AND WEIRDER
Following on from a suggestion elsewhere, booted without the network cable plugged in. After booting, got "no network link", plugged ethernet cable back in, and all fine....
WTF??! (This worries me - what causes it to mis-boot like that?)
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