They are loaded?
lsmod
I think so 
root@NSA325v2_2:~# lsmod
async_memcpy 12288 1 raid456
async_pq 12288 1 raid456
async_raid6_recov 12288 1 raid456
async_tx 12288 5 raid456,async_raid6_recov,async_pq,async_xor,async_memcpy
async_xor 12288 2 raid456,async_pq
crc_ccitt 12288 1 ppp_async
crc32_generic 8192 0
exfat 98304 0
f2fs 262144 0
fat 53248 2 msdos,vfat
fuse 73728 0
gpio_button_hotplug 12288 0
ip_tables 20480 4 iptable_nat,iptable_mangle,iptable_filter
ip6_tables 20480 24 ip6table_mangle,ip6table_filter
ip6t_REJECT 12288 2
ip6table_filter 12288 1
ip6table_mangle 12288 0
ipt_MASQUERADE 12288 1
ipt_REJECT 12288 2
iptable_filter 12288 1
iptable_mangle 12288 0
iptable_nat 12288 1
libcrc32c 12288 1 raid456
md_mod 110592 4 raid456,raid10,raid1,raid0
msdos 16384 0
nf_conntrack 61440 13 nf_conntrack_ipv6,ipt_MASQUERADE,xt_state,xt_nat,xt_conntrack,xt_REDIRECT,xt_CT,nf_nat_masquerade_ipv4,nf_conntrack_ipv4,nf_nat_ipv4,nf_nat,nf_flow_table,nf_conntrack_rtcache
nf_conntrack_ipv4 12288 10
nf_conntrack_ipv6 12288 4
nf_conntrack_rtcache 12288 0
nf_defrag_ipv4 12288 1 nf_conntrack_ipv4
nf_defrag_ipv6 12288 1 nf_conntrack_ipv6
nf_flow_table 20480 2 xt_FLOWOFFLOAD,nf_flow_table_hw
nf_flow_table_hw 12288 1
nf_log_common 12288 2 nf_log_ipv4,nf_log_ipv6
nf_log_ipv4 12288 0
nf_log_ipv6 12288 0
nf_nat 16384 4 xt_nat,nf_nat_redirect,nf_nat_masquerade_ipv4,nf_nat_ipv4
nf_nat_ipv4 12288 1 iptable_nat
nf_nat_masquerade_ipv4 12288 1 ipt_MASQUERADE
nf_nat_redirect 12288 1 xt_REDIRECT
nf_reject_ipv4 12288 1 ipt_REJECT
nf_reject_ipv6 12288 1 ip6t_REJECT
nls_cp437 12288 0
nls_iso8859_1 12288 0
nls_utf8 12288 0
ntfs 98304 0
ppp_async 16384 0
ppp_generic 28672 3 pppoe,ppp_async,pppox
pppoe 16384 0
pppox 12288 1 pppoe
raid0 16384 0
raid1 36864 0
raid10 49152 0
raid456 118784 0
raid6_pq 94208 3 raid456,async_raid6_recov,async_pq
reiserfs 208896 0
rtc_pcf8563 12288 0
slhc 12288 1 ppp_generic
vfat 16384 0
x_tables 20480 24 ipt_REJECT,ipt_MASQUERADE,xt_time,xt_tcpudp,xt_state,xt_nat,xt_multiport,xt_mark,xt_mac,xt_limit,xt_conntrack,xt_comment,xt_TCPMSS,xt_REDIRECT,xt_LOG,xt_FLOWOFFLOAD,xt_CT,iptable_mangle,iptable_filter,ip_tables,ip6table_mangle,ip6table_filter,ip6_tables,ip6t_REJECT
xhci_hcd 90112 2 xhci_plat_hcd,xhci_pci
xhci_pci 12288 0
xhci_plat_hcd 12288 0
xor 12288 1 async_xor
xt_CT 12288 0
xt_FLOWOFFLOAD 8192 0
xt_LOG 12288 0
xt_REDIRECT 12288 0
xt_TCPMSS 12288 0
xt_comment 8192107
xt_conntrack 12288 12
xt_limit 12288 20
xt_mac 8192 0
xt_mark 8192 0
xt_multiport 8192 0
xt_nat 12288 0
xt_state 12288 0
xt_tcpudp 8192 8
xt_time 12288 0
root@NSA325v2_2:~#
If you haven't done it already, try to reboot.
tried multiple times
Some googling brought me this: Nexx WT3020 - problem with mdadm
Unfortunately, I can't find the kernel config of the current release. (Which version do you use?)
Can you mount any blockdevice? USB stick, or something like that? Can you post the output of
mdadm --examine /dev/sda2
On your Pi, (assuming sda is one of your ZyXEL disks). As you have single disk volumes, it is possible to mount them without assembling the array, and so without mdadm, by using a loop device. But you'll have to know the offset.
So, right now I am trying NAS OpenWRT only. Not the RPi because I have had problems with the RAID discs connected via USB-to-SATA converters in the past.
Output without USB devices (NSA325v2)
=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~= PuTTY log 2021.05.14 18:55:19 =~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=
login as: root
root@192.168.0.101's password:
BusyBox v1.30.1 () built-in shell (ash)
_______ ________ __
| |.-----.-----.-----.| | | |.----.| |_
| - || _ | -__| || | | || _|| _|
|_______|| __|_____|__|__||________||__| |____|
|__| W I R E L E S S F R E E D O M
-----------------------------------------------------
OpenWrt 19.07.7, r11306-c4a6851c72
-----------------------------------------------------
root@NSA325v2_1:~# mdadm --examine /dev/sda2
/dev/sda2:
Magic : a92b4efc
Version : 1.2
Feature Map : 0x0
Array UUID : c2100065:6c25d53d:99d2bd16:cf507a36
Name : NSA325-v2-102:0
Creation Time : Tue Oct 11 21:46:00 2016
Raid Level : linear
Raid Devices : 1
Avail Dev Size : 7813033984 (3725.54 GiB 4000.27 GB)
Used Dev Size : 0
Data Offset : 2048 sectors
Super Offset : 8 sectors
Unused Space : before=1968 sectors, after=0 sectors
State : clean
Device UUID : 169b9179:4e31937d:d7dc82b6:0363b014
Update Time : Tue Oct 11 21:46:00 2016
Checksum : b70ba135 - correct
Events : 0
Rounding : 0K
Device Role : Active device 0
Array State : A ('A' == active, '.' == missing, 'R' == replacing)
root@NSA325v2_1:~#
I now enabled "Mount filesystems not specifically configured" and only then was the USB stick actually mounted.
The system then also mounted sda1 again (I think it recognizes it as SWAP and wnats to use it for that).
Commands afterwards:
root@NSA325v2_2:~# mount
/dev/root on /rom type squashfs (ro,relatime)
proc on /proc type proc (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,noatime)
sysfs on /sys type sysfs (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,noatime)
tmpfs on /tmp type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,nodev,noatime)
/dev/ubi0_2 on /overlay type ubifs (rw,noatime,ubi=0,vol=2)
overlayfs:/overlay on / type overlay (rw,noatime,lowerdir=/,upperdir=/overlay/upper,workdir=/overlay/work)
tmpfs on /dev type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,relatime,size=512k,mode=755)
devpts on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,nosuid,noexec,relatime,mode=600,ptmxmode=000)
debugfs on /sys/kernel/debug type debugfs (rw,noatime)
/dev/sda1 on /mnt/sda1 type ext2 (rw,relatime)
/dev/sdc1 on /mnt/sdc1 type vfat (rw,relatime,fmask=0000,dmask=0000,allow_utime=0022,codepage=437,iocharset=iso8859-1,shortname=mixed,errors=remount-ro)
root@NSA325v2_2:~# cd /mnt/sdc1
root@NSA325v2_2:/mnt/sdc1# ls
18.bin
System Volume Information
The Mandalorian.S02E06.Chapter 14. The Tragedy.mkv
The Mandalorian.S02E07.Chapter 15. The Believer.mkv
The Mandalorian.S02E08.Chapter 16. The Rescue.mkv
u-boot.bin
u-boot.img
u-boot.kwb
root@NSA325v2_2:/mnt/sdc1# cd ..
root@NSA325v2_2:/mnt# cd sda1
root@NSA325v2_2:/mnt/sda1# ls
lost+found swap_ul6545p sysdisk.img
root@NSA325v2_2:/mnt/sda1# cd ..
root@NSA325v2_2:/mnt# cd sda2
root@NSA325v2_2:/mnt/sda2# ls
root@NSA325v2_2:/mnt/sda2# cd ..
root@NSA325v2_2:/mnt#
root@NSA325v2_2:/mnt# cd ..
root@NSA325v2_2:/# mdadm --examine /dev/sda2
/dev/sda2:
Magic : a92b4efc
Version : 1.2
Feature Map : 0x0
Array UUID : c7d796b4:77026922:767dbef5:993ebce2
Name : NSA325-v2:1
Creation Time : Sat Oct 31 13:30:17 2015
Raid Level : linear
Raid Devices : 1
Avail Dev Size : 3905993857 (1862.52 GiB 1999.87 GB)
Used Dev Size : 0
Data Offset : 2048 sectors
Super Offset : 8 sectors
Unused Space : before=1968 sectors, after=0 sectors
State : clean
Device UUID : 985c3859:b90398c8:1536d81c:ca4ee10b
Update Time : Sat Oct 31 13:30:17 2015
Checksum : e208bbef - correct
Events : 0
Rounding : 0K
Device Role : Active device 0
Array State : A ('A' == active, '.' == missing, 'R' == replacing)
root@NSA325v2_2:/# mdadm --examine /dev/sda21
mdadm: No md superblock detected on /dev/sda1.
root@NSA325v2_2:/#
I flashed openwrt-18.06.9-kirkwood-zyxel_nsa325 u-boot and then as firmware I flashed openwrt-19.07.7-kirkwood-zyxel_nsa325-squashfs-factory.bin
Ok. Install losetup, and try
losetup -o 1048576 /dev/loop0 /dev/sda2
mount /dev/loop0 /mnt/sda2
(1048576 is 2048 sectors in bytes). This command generates a new blockdevice, mapped on /dev/sda2, at offset 2048 bytes.
Good morning everyone,
last night before seeing your response, I went through the other possible packages and found also blockd and mount-utils.
Now I would assume it was maybe blockd that led to this:
root@NSA325v2_2:~# mdadm --assemble /dev/md0 /dev/sda2 --run
mdadm: /dev/md0 has been started with 1 drive.
root@NSA325v2_2:~# mdadm --assemble /dev/md1 /dev/sdb2 --run
mdadm: /dev/md1 has been started with 1 drive.
So finally my drives are there! And I can access the data! I will try with the other drives next as I only tried the first one.
So I think maybe blockd was missing.
Quick question as I am now very cautious with these discs 
What would be the correct command to delete the second disc (sdb) and all partitions and make a one-partition drive out of it that any Linux device can read without any RAID? So e.g. a really normal ext2 or ext4 drive? (p.s.: which filesystem would you experts recommend for OpenWRT and overall integrity?)
The disk is amaller than 2TB, so you can use fdisk to create a new partition table with one partition.
fdisk /dev/sdb
When I'm not mistaken the key sequence is o (new empty partition table) n (new partition) p (primary) (default start en end sector) w (write)
Then the filesystem
mke2fs -t ext4 /dev/sdb1
is in e2fstools, I think.
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Ah, unfortunately the second NAS has two 4 TB discs, so I won't be able to use fdisk.
Maybe parted?
generic fdisk have support for GPT, openwrt might use a stripped down version, but I doubt it.
You should try, before you use other tools.
Command (m for help): p
Disk /dev/sdc: 10.91 TiB, 12000138625024 bytes, 23437770752 sectors
Disk model: WDC WD120EMFZ-11
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes
Disklabel type: gpt
Disk identifier: E1A40524-767B-4315-B91E-ABCDEFABCDEF
.......
Create a new label
g create a new empty GPT partition table
G create a new empty SGI (IRIX) partition table
o create a new empty DOS partition table
s create a new empty Sun partition table
Edited for accuracy. This is how I understand the situation, but the nomenclature is confusing, and I may be completely off here. Please someone correcting me if I'm wrong.
As far as I understand it, one needs to distinguish between linux-util fdisk and GPT fdisk. linux-util fdisk as supplied by OpenWrt's f2fs-tools is aware of GPT partition tables, i.e. it can recognize and print GPT partition tables but it cannot create or modify them. For that one would need GPT fdisk proper, available as package named, and used with the command, gdisk
yeah, it might be that openwrt keeps the functionality apart.
Yes, I ended up using gdisk now. Worked like a charm. I am currently using luci-app-commands to clone the two discs to their feshly ext4 formatted counterparts. Once that is done, I will format the original ones and clone everything back 
There is a more efficient strategy. Apparently you have two 2TB disks (A2 and B2), which you want to keep their content, but on a fresh filesystem. And now you copy the content to a 4TB disk (A4), to copy it back later:
A2+B2 => A4 ; A4 => A2+B2
If you do
A2 => A4; B2 => A2; A4 => B2
you copy around half the amount of bytes. In half of the time.
Actually I have two 4 TB and two 2 TB discs. Each pair being a copy of each other.
So I have to copy a total of 6 TB. Easiest to copy 2 -> 2 and 4 -> 4. That way each "new" drive has only one write and one read cycle.
I'd like to thank you all once again! I am very grateful for all your help
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