ReadyNAS Duo won't update with latest firmware

[mdgm-ntgr]

I don't recommend 4.1.9 due to an ownership issue. That's why I suggested deleting that.

What's the output of the following?:

# dd if=/tmp/RAIDiator-4.1.10 skip=1 | md5sum

[motah33]

dd if=/tmp/RAIDiator-4.1.10 skip=1 | md5sum
122946+0 records in
122946+0 records out
62948352 bytes transferred in 9.172726 seconds (6862557 bytes/sec)
26d7138fdc05f30131ab4792cc0feb27  -

[mdgm-ntgr]

Good.

Well you could try

# echo /tmp/RAIDiator-4.1.10 > /.cf_update_in_progress
# reboot

[motah33]

ok.. rebooting...

[mdgm-ntgr]

If all goes well the 4.1.10 update should take place now. Just wanted to make sure you had a good copy of the firmware update.

[motah33]

Booted and back in as root...

[mdgm-ntgr]

So the update didn't take place?

[motah33]

Nope, it doesn't look like it has. It seems to have just rebooted as normal and that's it.

[motah33]

The first command went in immediately. Then I typed reboot and it rebooted as normal.

[mdgm-ntgr]

Very odd.

What's the output of the following?:

# ls -la /
# cat /.cf_update_in_progress

[motah33]

readynas:~# ls -la /
total 121
drwxr-xr-x   22 root     root         4096 Oct 21 06:58 .
drwxr-xr-x   22 root     root         4096 Oct 21 06:58 ..
lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root            9 Nov  1  2008 backup -> /c/backup
lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root           14 Nov  2  2009 backup-adam -> /c/backup-adam
lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root           14 Nov  2  2009 backup-omar -> /c/backup-omar
drwxr-xr-x    2 root     root         4096 Oct 21 06:57 bin
drwxrwxrwx   11 root     root        16384 Oct 12 07:47 c
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root           22 Oct 21 06:56 .cf_update_in_progres
drwxr-xr-x    9 root     root        24576 Oct 21 06:57 dev
drwxr-xr-x   51 admin    admin        4096 Oct 21 06:58 etc
drwxr-sr-x    6 admin    admin        4096 Jul 15  2010 frontview
drwxrwsr-x    3 root     root         4096 Sep 19  2003 home
drwxr-xr-x    2 root     root         1024 Oct 21 06:57 initrd
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root            0 Oct 21 06:57 .init_start
lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root            8 Jan  5  2009 islam -> /c/islam
drwxr-xr-x    7 root     root         4096 Jul 15  2010 lib
drwx------    2 root     root        16384 Jul 15  2002 lost+found
drwxr-xr-x    2 root     root         4096 Feb  8  2002 mnt
drwxr-xr-x    3 admin    admin        4096 Jul 13  2009 opt
lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root            8 Jan  4  2009 photo -> /c/photo
dr-xr-xr-x   55 root     root            0 Dec  1  2003 proc
drwxrwxrwt    2 root     root            0 Oct 21 07:05 ramfs
drwx------    4 root     root         4096 Jul 15  2010 root
drwxr-xr-x    2 root     root         4096 Jul 15  2010 sbin
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root            2 Oct 21 06:57 .sync_start
drwxr-xr-x   11 root     root            0 Dec  1  2003 sys
drwxrwxrwt    4 root     root         4096 Oct 21 06:57 tmp
lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root           11 Jan  6  2009 transfer -> /c/transfer
drwxrwxrwt    2 root     root           40 Oct 21 06:57 USB
drwxr-xr-x   11 root     root         4096 May  9  2008 usr
drwxr-xr-x   17 root     root         4096 May 15  2006 var

readynas:~# cat /.cf_update_in_progress
cat: /.cf_update_in_progress: No such file or directory

[mdgm-ntgr]

See the file /.cf_update_in_progres ? Like I suspected you make a mistake entering the command. There should be two s's in progress.

[motah33]

Yes, I just realised - missed the 's' out:

readynas:~# cat /.cf_update_in_progres
/tmp/RAIDiator-4.1.10

[motah33]

Just renamed it to what it should be. 🙂

[mdgm-ntgr]

Reboot and the update should take place this time.

[motah33]

Rebooting...

[motah33]

Yep, definitely doing something now... blue light is flashing away.

[mdgm-ntgr]

The unit would also come and go from RAIDar (http://kb.netgear.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/20684/). If you use RAIDar quick enough you should see updating (or something like that) in the Info (far right) column.

[motah33]

Yep, I can see "updating" in the last column.

[motah33]

It's done but if I hit the rescan on RAIDar it still shows 4.1.6.

[motah33]

Must go now. Pick this up later on if you have time. Appreciate all the help.

[mdgm-ntgr]

Very odd.

Can you do

# cat /etc/raidiator_version
# cat /var/log/raidiator_version
# ls -la /

Do you see more examples of this?:

motah33 wrote:

Oct 21 03:24:46 readynas kernel: Creating 2 MTD partitions on "NAND 64MiB 3,3V 8-bit": Oct 21 03:24:46 readynas kernel: 0x00000000-0x00100000 : "P0 flash partition 1" Oct 21 03:24:46 readynas kernel: 0x00100000-0x04000000 : "P0 flash partition 2" Oct 21 03:24:46 readynas kernel: NEON flash: probing 8-bit flash bus Oct 21 03:24:46 readynas kernel: CFI: Found no NEON flash device at location zero Oct 21 03:24:46 readynas kernel: NEON flash: unknown flash device, mfr id 0x1, dev id 0x0 Oct 21 03:24:46 readynas kernel: NEON flash: Found no Atmel device at location zero Oct 21 03:24:46 readynas kernel: This board is not supported.

[motah33]

readynas:~# cat /etc/raidiator_version
RAIDiator!!version=4.01c1-p6,time=1247518584
readynas:~# cat /var/log/raidiator_version
RAIDiator!!version=4.1.6,time=1247518584
readynas:~# ls -la /
total 121
drwxr-xr-x 22 root root 4096 Oct 22 02:28 .
drwxr-xr-x 22 root root 4096 Oct 22 02:28 ..
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 Nov 1 2008 backup -> /c/backup
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 14 Nov 2 2009 backup-adam -> /c/backup-adam
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 14 Nov 2 2009 backup-omar -> /c/backup-omar
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Oct 22 02:27 bin
drwxrwxrwx 11 root root 16384 Oct 12 07:47 c
drwxr-xr-x 9 root root 24576 Oct 22 02:27 dev
drwxr-xr-x 51 admin admin 4096 Oct 22 02:28 etc
drwxr-sr-x 6 admin admin 4096 Jul 15 2010 frontview
drwxrwsr-x 3 root root 4096 Sep 19 2003 home
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 1024 Oct 22 02:27 initrd
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Oct 22 02:27 .init_start
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 8 Jan 5 2009 islam -> /c/islam
drwxr-xr-x 7 root root 4096 Jul 15 2010 lib
drwx------ 2 root root 16384 Jul 15 2002 lost+found
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Feb 8 2002 mnt
drwxr-xr-x 3 admin admin 4096 Jul 13 2009 opt
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 8 Jan 4 2009 photo -> /c/photo
dr-xr-xr-x 57 root root 0 Dec 1 2003 proc
drwxrwxrwt 2 root root 0 Oct 22 03:03 ramfs
drwx------ 4 root root 4096 Jul 15 2010 root
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jul 15 2010 sbin
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2 Oct 22 02:27 .sync_start
drwxr-xr-x 11 root root 0 Dec 1 2003 sys
drwxrwxrwt 4 root root 4096 Oct 22 02:27 tmp
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 11 Jan 6 2009 transfer -> /c/transfer
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 26 Oct 21 07:21 .update_fail
drwxrwxrwt 2 root root 40 Oct 22 02:27 USB
drwxr-xr-x 11 root root 4096 May 9 2008 usr
drwxr-xr-x 17 root root 4096 May 15 2006 var

If I run RAIDar, I can see 4.1.6 as the version number. And yes, I still see those messages about the flash device being unknown.