I attempted the 6.6 upgrade from 6.5.3, it failed with a (corrupt? check USB) error. After this error I could no longer see my VMs or docker info in the web GUI. Next, I assumed I could gracefully shut everything down, and try again.
Except when i booted back up, i can no longer get an IP address. I get a 169.x. The MAC address is different than it used to be. I think I had an eth0 before, but now i only see br0 and lo.
I did not try turning off autostart VMs yet, how can i set this in the cfg?
If we can get back up on either version i'll be happy, but i'm not sure how to do a 'restore' while keeping my VM and docker configs.
Other weird things;
root login on the local console doesn't ask for my root password.
attempted to turn off docker on startup DOCKER_ENABLED="no", same results.
Not my switch / router:
I used a completely different switch using the same cables, with the same results.
Used an ubuntu boot CD on same hardware and got a good ip address, and saw all hardware attached.
Not disk failure;
USB key is viewable and editable on windows.
Primary Unraid SSD is readable in ubuntu boot CD environment.
Not the USB key config;
I restored the USB key configs back to a previous backup, and i get the same 169.x address.
I ran a check disk in windows to verify it's not corrupt.
I'm at a loss here, and even though I've been using unraid for about a year - i feel like i'm new to managing unraid. What can i do next?