This is how to do it, I just did it for the version 4 system. After an exhaustive search of documents, there were clear assumptions made. I will be explicit here. For reference, this is an F4-210 tnas.
How to reinstall TOS for a TNAS that you don't have an accessible desktop instance for:
1. I found that I had to lose the data on the disks to do this, but not a big deal since I was able to backup through SAMBA before starting
2. The trick is that when you pull all your disks, and stick in 1 disk out of order, the TNAS will restart a fresh install
3. Download the complete install for you system from the support page and have it ready
4. power down the tnas (hold power for 3 seconds let it power down)
5. pull all the drives
6. put a new drive or a drive that will not function on its own (example drive 4 of a large JBOB)
7. power on the drive (give it enough time for the lights to settle down)
8. connect to the tnas via the app
9. the deskop installation will start a new setup, and ask for that install image mentioned before
10. problems getting that to work? you may have to redo starting at #5
Re-initing your drives from a working desktop
1. I installed 1 drive and made sure it all was running with the newly installed functioning desktop
2. power down, and add 3 more drives, power up.
3. make sure the desktop can see the 3 drives
4. remove all the stuff on top of the drives (the desktop will still work)
5. now you are free to set up all the drives with RAID or JBOD you want
How to reinstall TOS for a TNAS that you don't have an accessible desktop instance for:
1. I found that I had to lose the data on the disks to do this, but not a big deal since I was able to backup through SAMBA before starting
2. The trick is that when you pull all your disks, and stick in 1 disk out of order, the TNAS will restart a fresh install
3. Download the complete install for you system from the support page and have it ready
4. power down the tnas (hold power for 3 seconds let it power down)
5. pull all the drives
6. put a new drive or a drive that will not function on its own (example drive 4 of a large JBOB)
7. power on the drive (give it enough time for the lights to settle down)
8. connect to the tnas via the app
9. the deskop installation will start a new setup, and ask for that install image mentioned before
10. problems getting that to work? you may have to redo starting at #5
Re-initing your drives from a working desktop
1. I installed 1 drive and made sure it all was running with the newly installed functioning desktop
2. power down, and add 3 more drives, power up.
3. make sure the desktop can see the 3 drives
4. remove all the stuff on top of the drives (the desktop will still work)
5. now you are free to set up all the drives with RAID or JBOD you want
Statistics: Posted by michaelb — Today, 11:28