Here's the updated and cleaned-up procedure: HOWTO: Restore a ReadyNAS 102/104 to original stateby JF - uBoot
And that's it! Good luck everyone!by JF - uBoot
******************************************************************************** Marvell>> CREATING AND WRITING THE UBIFS IMAGE ******************************************************************************** IMPORTANT WARNING Each UBI block contains that block's total erase count since manufacturing. This information is essential for the correct operations of UBI's wearby JF - uBoot
******************************************************************************** Marvell>> FLASHING THE KERNEL AND RAMDISK ******************************************************************************** IMPORTANT WARNING Raw flash has no wear leveling at all, nor CRC, nor overprovisioning, nor anything to help us with managing the life of the flash chip. We don't know how goby JF - uBoot
******************************************************************************** Marvell>> GETTING THE ORIGINAL FILES ******************************************************************************** Download the ReadyNAS package for ARM from Netgear: https://kb.netgear.com/20684/ReadyNAS-Downloads This will give you a .zip file. At the time of writing the version is 6.10.5.by JF - uBoot
******************************************************************************** Marvell>> THE FLASH LAYOUT ******************************************************************************** The ReadyNAS 10x NAS are equipped with a 128MiB flash chip that contains everything they need to get them started. They can't run directly from that chip as the data is heavily compressed. Insby JF - uBoot
******************************************************************************** Marvell>> INTRODUCTION ******************************************************************************** This series of posts documents the procedure to restore a Netgear ReadyNAS 102/104 to its original manufacturing state. Background I have an RN102 on which I ran a stock Debian. Recently I neby JF - uBoot
This is a multipart procedure. Read it carefully and understand what is being done before attempting anything. Direct links to the sections: Introduction The flash layout Getting the original files Flashing the kernel and ramdisk Creating and writing the UBIFS imageby JF - uBoot