djelusion Posted January 28, 2014 Share #1 Posted January 28, 2014 Hi All not sure if this was ever discussed, but I noticed ont he mediasmart ex487 series synology does not work like the other mediasmart I have. Can load the usb key, but never boots if a drive is plugged into the nas. So as my bootleg remedy is to have no devices connected and then power on the nas, wait about 20 seconds and then plugin my hdd then some how xpenology works. Now what am I missing?. I looked in the grub.conf #serial --unit=0 --speed=115200#terminal serial default 0 timeout 3 fallback 0 title DSM 4.3-3810 - v1.0 root (hd0,0) vender /vender show hw_model kernel /zImage root=/dev/md0 ihd_num=0 netif_num=4 syno_hw_version=DS3612xs initrd /rd.gz Looks just like the other system I have that boots fine without having to unplug all my drives. So what am I missing???. I was even able to update to DSM 4.3-3810 - Update 4. Any advice is much appreciated. Update: This might be why it doesnt boot back to a hardDisk see attached Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djelusion Posted January 29, 2014 Author Share #2 Posted January 29, 2014 ok so creating a SHR did nothing.. meaning the server will not boot when drives are connected. So I must be missing something or doing something wrong. Im wondering do I have to edit something on the usb key Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djelusion Posted February 11, 2014 Author Share #3 Posted February 11, 2014 bump Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djelusion Posted February 19, 2014 Author Share #4 Posted February 19, 2014 bump!. does anyone know??. or have a suggestion?. this is one of the most annoying problems ive ever encountered. and this forum seems like nobody is alive or its a dead ass community with no fucks given. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djelusion Posted February 19, 2014 Author Share #5 Posted February 19, 2014 bump!. does anyone know??. or have a suggestion?. this is one of the most annoying problems ive ever encountered. and this forum seems like nobody is alive or its a dead ass community with no fucks given. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kosovari Posted February 19, 2014 Share #6 Posted February 19, 2014 bump!. does anyone know??. or have a suggestion?. this is one of the most annoying problems ive ever encountered. and this forum seems like nobody is alive or its a dead ass community with no fucks given. Hello! I've been stumbling on the same problem before. My solution was to let the system run clear scan. It's the only solution I unfortunately can think of. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kosovari Posted February 19, 2014 Share #7 Posted February 19, 2014 bump!. does anyone know??. or have a suggestion?. this is one of the most annoying problems ive ever encountered. and this forum seems like nobody is alive or its a dead ass community with no fucks given. Hello! I've been stumbling on the same problem before. My solution was to let the system run clear scan. It's the only solution I unfortunately can think of. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djelusion Posted February 21, 2014 Author Share #8 Posted February 21, 2014 bump!. does anyone know??. or have a suggestion?. this is one of the most annoying problems ive ever encountered. and this forum seems like nobody is alive or its a dead ass community with no fucks given. Hello! I've been stumbling on the same problem before. My solution was to let the system run clear scan. It's the only solution I unfortunately can think of. hey there thanks for the reply, I am working with a headless system meaning theres no vga monitor. So im guessing in the dark when it boots up. I wonder if anyone else has a mediasmart server that can chime in.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stanza Posted February 22, 2014 Share #9 Posted February 22, 2014 bump!. does anyone know??. or have a suggestion?. this is one of the most annoying problems ive ever encountered. and this forum seems like nobody is alive or its a dead ass community with no fucks given. no point getting mad and other users here As I pointed out to you in another thread I have 2 x EX490's which have the same weirdness Tho they do work once up and going you might be best with a USB stick with an activity LED on it so you can watch whats going on Place USB stick in lower rear USB port Boot without drives inserted Once you see usb activity (eg booting) push HDD's in and wait Connect with synology asistant when it comes alive. Pull out USB stick install PAT file when you see it rebooting push usb stick back in if it doesn't work, pull hdd's again and reboot with usb stick in wait for USB activity push HDD's back in see if it comes up as installed. if so, go to storage manager and remove your storage volume. (eg destroy it) and then remake it Wait for it to finish 100% then see f it will reboot by itself with usb and hdd's inserted. failing that spend $30 and get a keyboard video mouse cable off ebay so you can watch whats going one and or change bios boot settings. $30 is a cheap Synology Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djelusion Posted February 22, 2014 Author Share #10 Posted February 22, 2014 bump!. does anyone know??. or have a suggestion?. this is one of the most annoying problems ive ever encountered. and this forum seems like nobody is alive or its a dead ass community with no fucks given. no point getting mad and other users here As I pointed out to you in another thread I have 2 x EX490's which have the same weirdness Tho they do work once up and going you might be best with a USB stick with an activity LED on it so you can watch whats going on Place USB stick in lower rear USB port Boot without drives inserted Once you see usb activity (eg booting) push HDD's in and wait Connect with synology asistant when it comes alive. Pull out USB stick install PAT file when you see it rebooting push usb stick back in if it doesn't work, pull hdd's again and reboot with usb stick in wait for USB activity push HDD's back in see if it comes up as installed. if so, go to storage manager and remove your storage volume. (eg destroy it) and then remake it Wait for it to finish 100% then see f it will reboot by itself with usb and hdd's inserted. failing that spend $30 and get a keyboard video mouse cable off ebay so you can watch whats going one and or change bios boot settings. $30 is a cheap Synology here's the thing I got synology installed. Booting is the fun part. on the ex485 i have to have the usb unplugged then plug it in after 15-20 seconds in order for synology to boot up. otherwise it never even bothers with the usb. ive tried 3 different usb keys. so there's some kind of boot order thats fubared. now with the ex490 that thing is a true beast, i don't have to do nothing it boots up like a champ. just the ex485 that puzzles me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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