Readynas duo never gets ready

[Jobarez]

Trying to start up my (old) Readynas DUO but it will never get ready. When I starting the device the lamp is blinking, and will never stop. I have been waiting for more than 24 hours. I have also tried to do a OS backup (holding resetbuttom for 5 sek, waiting for the disklamps to flash) No action! 

I have also tried to to a full factory reset (holding reset buttom for ca 25 sek, wating for the disklaps flashing 2 times)

After that I also have waited more than 12 hours. 

What is wrong?

[StephenB · Accepted solution]

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@Jobarez wrote:

Yes, that is working! I can find the nas with "no disks found"

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Great.  That suggests that the startup issue might be related to the disks.  

So perhaps test the disks in a windows PC with vendor diags (lifeguard for wdc, seatools for seagate).  Or try starting the NAS with only one of the disks installed.

[StephenB]

Are you seeing one of these LED patterns?

LED blink behavior for 2 disk systems is three quick blinks of all disk LEDs and the backup LED, followed by a 1 second delay, followed by a number of slow blinks.  The number of slow blinks will be the error code.

Current error codes:
1 – Vendor mismatch
2 – No disks detected
3 – Bad contents on root partition of disks
4 – Flash error
5 – Unsupported RAID configuration

 Also try installing RAIDar on a PC - if the NAS is on the network it can report status.

[Jobarez]

When the nas is booting up its flashing fast in about 2-3 minutes after that the flashing changes to a slightly slover pace. But no, patterns what I can see.

I'm using mac os 10.10, Cant find then nas on Raidar. Have no PC.

[StephenB]

Your mac is a PC, just running a different OS. 

You'll find RAIDar for mac here: http://kb.netgear.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/20684/~/readynas-downloads#raidar?cid=wmt_netgear_orga...

Is there any data on the Duo that you care about?

[Jobarez]

Allright!

I have RAIDar 6.1 installed, and cant se the NAS. (I am on the same network)

I do not care about whats on the NAS ( I havel already tried/done a facory reset)

[StephenB]

Try removing the disks and looking again with RAIDar.  If the duo is functional, RAIDar should find it and report a "no disks" status.

[Jobarez]

Yes, that is working! I can find the nas with "no disks found"

[StephenB · Accepted solution]

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@Jobarez wrote:

Yes, that is working! I can find the nas with "no disks found"

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Great.  That suggests that the startup issue might be related to the disks.  

So perhaps test the disks in a windows PC with vendor diags (lifeguard for wdc, seatools for seagate).  Or try starting the NAS with only one of the disks installed.

[Jobarez]

Thanks! 

I tryed to start the NAS with one disk and it worked, I got some warning about the disk so I will change the discs to new ones. Thanks alot for guidning me to the sulution!