[DSM acting really weird - services not starting]

Ok, so I'm nearly there, but failing at the last step. Reinstalled DSM on a fresh (but tiny) HDD, and then restarted with:

Bay 1 - Temporary disk

Bays 2,3,4 - Original RAID array, excluding the first disk

 

Repaired the system partition of the three original disks, shutdown, and replace the temporary disk with the original disk 1.

 

When I power up, its pulling back the config from the first disk. Any thoughts on what I'm doing wrong?

[DSM acting really weird - services not starting]

Thanks! The clean install method looks promising - I'll give this a try over the weekend.

[DSM acting really weird - services not starting]

Hi,

 

I've got xpenology 5.2, latest update running on an HP Microserver. Its been running for years, but after a power loss a week ago its been running strangely. Most recently, a bunch of services have failed to start, including SMB and SSH, so although my data seems to be safe, I can't access it. The web GUI is accessible still. When I try to access the network settings, the interface tab just hangs.

 

I can access the command line directly with a local keyboard, but I'm getting constant console messages that it cant reach the update server which makes it difficult to troubleshoot. 

 

Two questions I guess, how can I turn off the error messages contaminating the console so I can troubleshoot - and once that's done, where should I start troubleshooting why the services aren't starting? If its easier, happy to reinstall DSM, but I've tried a new USB key and its the same, so I guess the problem is with the system partitions on the drives themselves. Is it possible to blow away the whole DSM and config and start again without losing data?