[SOLVED] Tried to upgrade from 6.7.0 to 6.8.3 and now caught in boot loop with Supermicro boot errors. Help!

[tmchow]

I was running 6.7.0 and trying to upgrade to 6.8.3. Machine is stuck at boot post screen with complaints about “recovery image not found”. It’s a system error vs an Unraid error but clearly tied to the Unraid upgrade for some reason.

 

I first see this:

https://i.imgur.com/hidhy60.jpg

 

Here’s the video showing the error and loop:

https://imgur.com/a/vxEyefH

 

Any ideas what’s going on?!

 

(It’s a Supermicro X10SLH motherboard if that matters)

[glennv]

Nothing to do with Unraid. (can be confirmed by booting without the USB. Should still see this message). Probably an unlucky coicidence when you booted the machine . Looks like you BIOS has suffered a corruption and is looking for a recovery image on the USB that it can not find.

For most supermicros you put the latest BIOS image (renamed to SUPER.ROM ) on a usb and boot with it to recover.

 

Check the supermicro site for your exact mb rom version and try that.

[tmchow]

Nothing to do with Unraid. (can be confirmed by booting without the USB. Should still see this message). Probably an unlucky coicidence when you booted the machine . Looks like you BIOS has suffered a corruption and is looking for a recovery image on the USB that it can not find.
For most supermicros you put the latest BIOS image (renamed to SUPER.ROM ) on a usb and boot with it to recover.
 
Check the supermicro site for your exact mb rom version and try that.

You were totally right. It was a bad luck thing.

I flashed my bios through IPMI, had to remove cmos battery to reset bios and then was able to get back up and running. What a pain but it’s all behind me now. Appreciate your response.

[glennv]

Good to hear you are back up and running !