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Writing to the LCD (RN516)
Does anyone have any notes on how to enable hardware support or load kernel modules etc, in order to obtain a workable method to access the displays on ReadyNAS devices from within alternative linux OSs? Specifically I'm interested in RN516 and Pro6, but it would be great if we could start to share knowledge to help everyone with this particular issue. I've been running various different OSs on an RN516, and have stuff like fan control sorted. I've also sorted out a nasty ACPI issue which hogs a large chunk of CPU power due to interrupts from IRQ9. But, I've run out of talent so far on anything that lets me access the LCD hardware. Any pointers? And no, there's nothing in /dev like /dev/lcd or /dev/ttyS1 or similar that will do that job. Stuff that works inside ReadyNAS OS6 doesn't work in other linux OSs, presumably due to a lack of hardware support in the kernel, or the correct module. So far I've completely failed to work out how to resolve this. I managed for the fan/temperature/PWM hardware, but the LCD is kicking my butt.ReadyNAS RN4220 wont boot up after shutdown from WebUI
Hello to anybody who can help, I got a ReadyNAS RN4220 out of eWaste from some company, and it worked perfectly! I have 100tb of NAS HDD storage in it and it has run fine for over a year now. Last week i decided to shut down my home rack gracefully just to give it a breather in the Australia summer heat. For the RN4220 i shut it down by using the Web Interface, telling it to turn off. It did so fine. A few days later, i tried turning it back on. It spins the fans to the highest settings and does not turn on. I have tried leaving it for a few hours overnight (approx. 8) to no avail. Does not even show up on RAIDar. What happens is it just sits there with the power LED blinking green and the network lights blinking green with fans on highest. If i force turn it off by holding down the power button the Red Health LED blinks once then goes away and the power LED goes back to amber as per normal. Again nothing has changed with the setup aside from me just shutting it down from the Web UI and turning it back on. I have done so in the past no issues. No clue whats changed. Here are some of the debugging steps i have tried: I cannot do an OS reinstall or Factory Reset as holding down the reset button for a minute on boot does not change the LEDs at all (as shown in the Hardware user manual, -> https://www.downloads.netgear.com/files/GDC/RN2120/ReadyNAS_OS6_Rackmount_HWM_EN.pdf the power LED, UI LED and Health LED should all be blinking, only the power LED blinks, assume it just isnt taking the reset command for some reason) Taking out all the disks and network cables and trying to boot up, no change Taking out all but 1 disk and booting up, no change I have tried removing both power cables (Its powered by wall power, not a UPS) and leaving it off overnight fully power cycling. no change. I have tried using the serial port on the back with a USB RS232 cable, a null modem cable (as its female port and i needed male-male) and Putty on a windows machine. Nothings happening on the console. Tried a few different baud rates to no avail. I have tried taking the top off, reseating the RAM and a few cables (Not all as im unsure what most of them do and they are quite tight in there) no change. I have tried taking out the CMOS battery from the Mobo and powering off the machine (unplugging) for a few hours. No change. I have tried running with just 1 of the PDUs on the back, it runs a red LED on the health indicator but otherwise no change. Please let me know if any additional info or photos can be useful for fixing this. I know its an older unit (if there are any newer replacements i could just take my drives and plug into with atleast 12 bays let me know, pref rack mount, and i can also look into that). I heard you can just swap drives between READYNAS products and they should work fine yeah? In terms of firmware on the device i think i installed the latest some time last year when i got it. But i cant access it to get the info anymore. I just am so confused why a simple reboot (done through the web UI!!!) would cause it to never boot up again.... Thanks for your time.Windows 11 cannot connect to ReadyNAS NV+
The ReadyNAS NV+ seems booth up fine, its mac address is on the display. When I open the admin page, I got the connection timed out error, and unable to connect to any of my network drives. What could be the problem and how to fix it? I am running Windows 11 Ver 25H2 build 26200.7171/
Pro6 reduction of power consumption
I have several Netgear Pro6 systems. They were upgraded to RaidOS 6.10, Intel E7600 CPUs and 4GB ram and are working great (had to recap the Seasonic power supplies since the caps were bulging). I also have an Ultra 6. I noticed the Ultra 6 uses (without drives plugged in) 19.5 watts while the Pro6 with E7600 CPUs and no drives plugged in uses 55-60watt. With the original Intel E2160 CPU the power consumption is not much different. I would like to downgrade the CPUs on the Pro6s I have to a single core model which uses as little as possible electricity. I only use them for storage, nothing fancy and since Ultra6 is fast enough with that Atom a single core Celeron in Pro6s should also be fast enough. Anyone knows what CPU should I look for ?ReadyNAS Pro 6 data volume split during resync
One of my drives got a bit warm, so I took it out to let it cool down. During the resync, another drive had some issues, so now rather than one 33.6tb volume, I have two volumes: 13.6tb (data-0) and 20tb (data). I know it's a long shot, but is there any chance of recovering the original volume, or should I just start my plex library again? I'm comfortable enough using PuTTY to SSH in for any commmand line level stuff if it's fixable, and can provide logs on the off chance the seemingly legendary StephenB sees this post!New Router = Can't Find RN424 drives
My RN424 is connected to a netgear network switch (GS116), and the switch is connected to a ~20-year-old T-Mobile TM-AC1900 router (rebadged ASUS router), which connects to my DSL modem. This setup has been stable for at least 20 years, has survived power outages, etc. But it is time to move on from DSL. I am attempting to evaluate T-Mobile Wireless Internet, and to that end, I obtained the T-Mobile Internet Gateway. However, when I disconnected the existing router and internet connection from the network switch, and plugged in the wireless gateway, the PC's on the network no longer see the network drive. I can access the internet fine from all wired PC's (after they are rebooted) and via wifi, using the wireless gateway, but my primary PC (W10) now says that the mapped network drives are in use. I assume that the other W10 and W11 PC's on the network are the same, but I haven't checked. I removed the wireless gateway and reverted back to the old router and internet connection, and everything is operating as it was. I am considering connecting the wireless gateway to the old router's WAN port so that the old router, with its network control functions, will still be inline to see if that works, but I thought I'd check for advice here first. After all, I want to retire the old router as well. I am not a network expert, although I did get this all this up and running years ago and have "managed" the network since then. Any advice on how I can remove the old router and install the new network gateway with the least trouble possible?RN 10400-100 EUS Volume Not Accessible
Sehr geerhrte Damen und Herren - ich besitze ein ReadyNas 104, was bislang tadellos funktioniert hat. Da ich im Urlaub war, habe ich das System heruntergefahren. Nachdem ich nach dem Urlaub das System wieder hochgefahren hatte, hatte ich keinen Zugriff mehr auf die Netzlaufwerke. Also habe ich mich auf der Administratorseite eingeloggt. Hier bekomme ich den Hinweis, ich möge die inaktiven Volumes entfernen. Im Netz bin ich dann über diesen Thread gestolpert RN424 Volume nach Neustart nicht mehr vorhanden | NETGEAR Communities Was kann ich tun, um das Volume wiederherzustellen und auf die Daten zuzugreifen? Danke für die Hilfe I own a ReadyNas 104, which has worked flawlessly so far. Since I was on vacation, I shut down the system. After I restarted the system after my vacation, I no longer had access to the network drives. So I logged into the administrator page. Here I get a message telling me to remove the inactive volumes. I then stumbled across this thread online: RN424 Volume nach Neustart nicht mehr vorhanden | NETGEAR Communities What can I do to restore the volume and access the data? I greatly appreciate your help.Remove inactive volumes to use the disk. Disk #1,2. troubleshooting
I had previously posted this thread Remove inactive volumes to use the disk. Disk #1,2,3,4. troubleshooting | NETGEAR Communities but I had to wait for replacement disks that i bought during the summer. Now I started the ReadyNas 104 and I see error "Remove inactive volumes to use the disk. Disk #1,2." In the previous post it looked like disks 3 and 4 were ok but now i dont see them in the volumes section Given the different status I have not tried yet to enter in support mode and do any other steps. I looked at logs and given there might be some personal info i am not sharing them all but smart, kernel and some other that look relevant but I dont really see any new logs. Logs https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/y9g7g67rjjvhr7bktb3n8/System_log-nas-bizmate-20250925-093830_reduced.zip?rlkey=rogb99pwsqp9r2143vtovqwmr&dl=0 Should I go ahead with the previous instructions given that only the 1st and 2nd drive actually look alive?
