RAID formatting stays at 10% or 60%? Can’t skip email verification during initialization?
Posted: 23 Dec 2021, 17:34
Troubleshooting
Applicable models
All TNAS models
Applicable version
TOS 4.x
Cause analysis
Since the previously created RAID information is still left in the hard disk, the RAID information may not be successfully cleared during the RAID formatting process, so that a new RAID cannot be created or an error occurs.
Solution
Perform RAID reset to clear the RAID information in the hard disk (RAID reset is the same as RAID formatting, it will clear the hard disk data partition information)
1.Log in to SSH terminal
2. Execute the following instructions to find all hard disk partitions:
(Replace "*" with the symbol of the corresponding disk)
3. Execute the following command to clear the RAID information of all data partitions:
4. If it prompts that the clearing fails, it may be that /dev/md0 is occupied, please execute the following command to stop the activity of /dev/md0:
Perform step 3 again
5. Execute the following instructions to delete the mdadm.conf file:
6. Refresh the web page, set the administrator information and format the RAID again.
Applicable models
All TNAS models
Applicable version
TOS 4.x
Cause analysis
Since the previously created RAID information is still left in the hard disk, the RAID information may not be successfully cleared during the RAID formatting process, so that a new RAID cannot be created or an error occurs.
Solution
Perform RAID reset to clear the RAID information in the hard disk (RAID reset is the same as RAID formatting, it will clear the hard disk data partition information)
1.Log in to SSH terminal
2. Execute the following instructions to find all hard disk partitions:
(Replace "*" with the symbol of the corresponding disk)
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ls /dev/sd*Code: Select all
mdadm --zero-superblock /dev/sd*4Code: Select all
mdadm -S /dev/md05. Execute the following instructions to delete the mdadm.conf file:
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rm /etc/mdadm.conf