How do I recover from a failed update?
Hi,
I was running DSM 6.1.4-15217 Update 3 with Jun's 1.02b loader. Everything was operating fine until I tried to upgrade to Update 5 via the web interface. Now my server won't boot. The upgrade appeared to go okay but on reboot my Xpenology server wouldn't start up. I'm running on bare metal on an Asus Z170M Plus m/board.
I tried re-imaging my USB key again and it still won't boot. My BIOS splash screen shows up but the text that is normally displayed with the loader d
When I had simialr problem, I successfully made this with NO STORED DATA LOSS:
1) Disconnect all the drives
2) Run the jun's loader as reinstall
3) Find device by find.synology.com or Assistant - there were no drives in the system.
4) Leave browser's Synology page opened, do not shut down device.
5) Plug disks back in (no matter, if the machine supports hotswap or not)
6) After a few minutes repeatedly refresh Synology's page (see step 4)
7) After succesfuly loaded installat