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RNDU 4000 x 2 with corrupt VPD
Hi, I have been a long time lurker of the Netgear forums. And have enjoyed a lot of good guides and tutorials both from NTGR employees and the community. During a autumn cleanup, I found my...
With that additional information, I agree that it appears the VPD file is corrupt or missing. Since it is encrypted, only Netgear can re-create one for you.
Hi sandshark,
Yup should have included the information in my first post.
Since Im gonna upgrade them to ReadyNASOS 6 and not use ReadyCloud. Is there any way to do so from Tech Mode? By applying the update that way? for instance by using the following guide; https://dae.me/blog/1724/forcing-readynas-to-update-via-ssh-when-all-else-fails/
Any way of getting the Netgear Teams attention to the thread?
Even with OS6, the OS is going to look for the VPD. I think it actually does it in the boot loader, which doesn't change. Unfortunately, I don't even know which of the mods is still employed by Netgear, there seems to have been some turn-over.
Yep it seems that there has been a turnover at Netgear .
As how I can see it, it is strange that NTGR havent provided a tool on the webpage to regenerate the VPD-file. But then again, most of the NAS-boxes out there now is already EOL or near EOL? Havent seen so many additions to the NAS -familiy lately, or have I ignored some newsletters ? :)
Sandshark wrote:Even with OS6, the OS is going to look for the VPD. I think it actually does it in the boot loader, which doesn't change. Unfortunately, I don't even know which of the mods is still employed by Netgear, there seems to have been some turn-over.
OS6 does things differently to the older units, but there is code in OS6 to use the VPD file if present.
The issue with corrupt VPD only affects units that were discontinued back in 2013 or earlier. I've never seen a problem like this with x86_64 units that shipped from the factory with OS6.
Some ARM units i.e. RN102/RN104/RN2120 have lost their serial number, but that is due to a very different issue.
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