Bad Firmware Update on ReadyNAS 314

[Lasertop]

 I'm getting a "mount_block_root +25e" on my Readynas 314 after I updated my firmware, I tried the create a USB boot drive to restore it but it doesn't seem to work even after using a couple different USB drives.  

Any suggestions, or did this new firmware build just kill my ReadyNas Storage device?

[Marc_V]

@Lasertop

Have you tried booting the NAS without the drives and see if it still gets the same message? If it does, might be better to contact Support.

Trying a few more Flash drives ranging from 1GB to 4GB might be advised as well since not all USBs work at first try.

HTH

[Lasertop]

I tryed pulling the drives and two different USB Sticks to no avail.
I only have those two that meet the size requirements, is there a particular brand of USB Stick I need?  Since It looks like I'm going to have to buy one do not want to buy a half a dozen hoping that I hit on one that works.

Thanks

Bob

[Sandshark]

Some super cheap Chinese ones on eBay have worked for me.  Amazon has similar ones.  They tend to be slow, so likely use older technology.  You absolutely do not want a USB3 one.

[Lasertop]

Now I was under the impression all USB sticks come from China 🙂

It is interesting that you say we shouldn't use a USB 3 device, I'm not sure what my USB Sticks are but looking at the manual the front USB Port is USB2 and the back two are USB3.

[Sandshark]

All I can tell you about USB2 vs. USB3 sticks is that I have never seen anyone on the forum report success with a USB3 device.

I've not delved into USB protocol to know why that might be, but it's likely related to a negotiation of the connection type.

[Lasertop]

We'll the good news is I got it back up and running.  I think you were on to something about USB 3 sticks not working.  I found a USB 2 stick and it spun up just fine.

Thanks for all the help.