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I have a ReadyNAS 316--would love to give you the exact model, but I can't access the interface now that it won't boot. It started giving me "Retry Startup" on the front panel after I tried to install today's update. I tried the solution suggested in some other threads (power off, remove all disks, insert a blank spare, let the firmware update complete, power off, remove spare, reinsert original RAID disks) but this did not work for me. I'm stuck. Thanks a bunch for this update.
If you have not yet upgraded please upgrade to 6.7.4 rather than 6.7.3. If your system has already been fixed I would still suggest updating to 6.7.4 the normal way using the web admin GUI.
If you have not yet upgraded please upgrade to 6.7.4 rather than 6.7.3. If your system has already been fixed I would still suggest updating to 6.7.4 the normal way using the web admin GUI.
I rebooted and watched the LCD like a hawk. Basically what happens is that it starts booting, says "Upgrading fw" for a looooooong time, *very* briefly flashes "unable to extract", then goes back to "Booting ..." with a progress bar. When the bar gets to 98 / 99%, it says "Retry Startup". When I hit the NAS IP with my browser, it loads a page "Connecting to ReadyNAS admin page", then times out and says it is offline.
I don't have SSH or anything like that enabled, so I am unable to SSH into the machine.
@mdgm-ntgr, would you be able to help? I do have a backup of the "most important" shares, but I don't have a backup of the "less important" shares. Would be awesome if I didn't have to reset
@TheSteelRider That's plausible, but it couldn't be the user data volumes that are full. I've got over 1.5TiB available in /data/. It's gotta be the OS volume. Maybe there's a bloated database or log file in there. Still, I've done many OS updates and never had this happen before. I do have SSH turned on, so I can poke around just a little. I'm not about to start just randomly deleting stuff though. Oddly, a few of my apps also seem to be running, but SMB shares aren't.
@mdgm-ntgr I'll respond to your PM after I get home from work today. Thanks.
Actually, if there's a way to safely wipe the OS volume and reinstall without losing the user data volumes, I'd be down for that. I can rebuild my settings easily enough.
@mdgm-ntgr, I can't even begin to thank you enough! Indeed, my system is up and working flawlessly. Total support response is the fastest and best I have ever encountered.
I really want to buy you a beer, or if you choose not to imbibe, then perhaps a soda!
First time post to the community after owning a ReadyNAS for a few years. Following a successful upgrade to the 6.7.3 firmware, I was having an issue with an iscsi LUN and restarted the ReadyNAS204.
During startup, the device spent a long time checking the filesystem (seemed stuck at 96 - 98%) before displaying "Retry startup".
Netgear RAIDar is able to detect the NAS and displays the status message "Management service is offline". I have downloaded the logs and am happy to provide them if this will result in the issue getting resolved.
I used the USB recovery method and the download for 6.7.4. The NAS came back up and I was able to login using the web interface. When I did it reported that it was using firmware version 6.7.3 and prompted me to update to firmware 6.7.4, which I did.
The device went through the FW upgrade process and when it pwered back on, I was presented with the "Booting.... 98%" message for a long time and then the "Retry startup" message again.
Please advise on what steps I should take next? RAIDar shows the current firmware is 6.7.4 but that the status is "Management service is offline".
I have the same problem but after attempting an update to 6.7.4. Retry startup stuck at 86%. Do I first go down the routeof updating to 6.7.4 again using USB recovery option?
