Trying to revive a TNAS F2-210 drive

[techconfigheadache]

I have a TNAS F2-210 drive that is at least six years old, and it hasn't been actively used in over two years. I have login credentials for one user on the drive, but this user account doesn't appear to have admin privileges (there is no Control Panel in the TNAS PC interface).

I no longer know what the admin password is. Is there a way to completely reinitialize the device? I don't care about data that is on the drives in the device. I just want to get the device and drives into a newly working state, and then to update it to newer version of the TNAS OS - It's currently on version 3.

[crisisacting]

Method 2 @ viewtopic.php?f=76&t=423

However you likely need to update your initboot first @ viewtopic.php?f=76&t=647

[techconfigheadache]

I followed that "method 2" suggestion. It starts the initialization fine, but when it's doing the installation, it gets partway through before I get this error: "Installing has TOS failed! Please restart TNAS and try again". I tried installation packages for version 5.0.127 and version 4.2.40. I get the same error with both.

Any suggestions about getting past this problem?

[TMSupport]

F2-210 does not support TOS 5, you need to download the correct installation package.
Please update the kernel before installing.

[techconfigheadache]

Sorry - I thought my drive was F2-210, but it is actually F2-220. Is TOS 5.0.176 the latest version compatible with TNAS F2-220?

[TMroy]

Depend on what is your previous TOS version. As you said, you own this device for over 6 years, which could be a very old system. So you can't directly update or install the system to the latest version, you need to do it stay by stay.
viewtopic.php?f=76&t=1064

[techconfigheadache]

It was on a version of TOS 3. I was able to do a new installation of TOS 4.2.17 (specifically, 4.2.17-2110301149). With this version, I cannot get applications to install onto the device.

Will this product (TNAS F2-220) work if I do a new installation of TOS 5.1.24? That seems to be the latest version shown on the terra-master.com downloads page.

[TMzethar]

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You can try, but not necessarily succeed, because we can't know the specific reasons that affect your application installation. Be sure to read the instructions carefully. viewtopic.php?f=28&t=4327