Folks, GR-R is the real deal ... he outlined a procedure to make this stubborn installation come back to life. A HUGE public Thank You to Gr-R for his selfless gift of time and knowledge.
Sadly, after all of this work, the machine lived for an hour before another issue arose. I was able to begin retrieving files from the server and an hour into transferring the box locked up hard. I had to hit the reset switch and now DSS boots to a pure white screen immediately after the memory test option screen. I ran the memory test, which ran successfully, but for tonight I'm done, will reload the boot media tomorrow. May be time to also move the raid to another box and try again.
Anyway, I wish there was a proper way to convey my thanks to Gr-R for his help, and I hope you folks realize the asset he is to this community.
You are very welcome for the help.
Sorry to hear it had further issues though.
For all listening--
The problem:
Changes made from the Configuration menu could not be saved, and services not responding.
Solution:
Added a extra IDE drive to the system so an alternate default volume group could be created. Once added, the default volume group was moved to the new VG, and a fresh set of config files could be written. System worked as expected.
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