Ultra6 stuck on Boot Menu

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Laureijs wrote:

I first attempted the usb recovery with the 4.2 tool and the renamed OS6 fw:

is seemed to run and shut down, but no change in behaviour at reboot

 

then I got bored and tried the usb recovery for OS6 with renamed OS6 fw and then it doesn't shut down but appears in raidar in Telnet Mode

 

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Got it.   I guess you could try OS6 recovery without renaming the firmware.

yeah, tried that, no dice: it appears to do something (flashing led on usb stick) but it doesn't shut down, also no telnet

so if someone can help me with telnet, that would be highly appreciated

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Laureijs wrote:

yeah, tried that, no dice: it appears to do something (flashing led on usb stick) but it doesn't shut down, also no telnet

 

so if someone can help me with telnet, that would be highly appreciated

 

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Instructions for tech support mode are easy to find, but I am not sure if you are actually booting into tech support mode or not.

well I can login: root/infr8ntdebug

and that's it

USB recovery of a Legacy system running OS6 is always going to fail, as it will not find a compatible platform.  When you use the renamed system, it sounds like it's failing at another place, unable to find a compatible image.  And the Telnet is likely an undocumented feature of that -- possibly looking for a compatible image via Telnet.  I've not looked into the initilization file enpough to see what happens in that case.

If I'm right, then it's still running off the system from the USB, not the one in flash; but I suspect the environment is very similar, if not exactly the same.  It certainly seems worthwhile to try.

The Ultra6 does have a VGA header on the motherboard (at least, it's labeled as such and has the right number of pins), though I have never connected to it and do not recall seeing confirmation here that it is of standard configuration.  But Netgear tends to be pretty consistent, so I suspect that it is (as it is on the 6-bay Pro models).  With a proper cable, you could look for BIOS and boot messages to try and diagnose further.

Yeah, let's find that cable and go from there

or should that special downgrade fw work, let's find out

I poked around with telnet and used some tips PM'd to me and my drives seems fine

I struggle to implement mdadm correctly so that requers some learning.

Haven't got around to attach a vga header, I have one, but haven't found the time, yet

I also have a bid out for a used chassis, which if all turn out well, would lessen my backup anxiety.

But then again I need additional backup space, so to revive this unit would be sweet.

Since you are running OS6, you can move the drives to any 6 or more bay unit running OS6.  It does not have to be an upgraded legacy model.

I just did that: moving the drives to a readynas pro-6 chassis and it's up and running.

Just needed to change the ip adress

But looking at the ultra-6: my vga header doesn't work unfortunately.

(I waited for the pro-6 chassis before poking into the hw, before messing it up completely)

I'm going to poke around and try to see what's wrong. I intend to get this one upand running again