@indivision Your original post said that you opened a bug report and it was closed as a "user configuration issue." Since I'm kind of new here, I don't know what the protocol is to re-open it, but I think there's enough evidence here that proves that this is more than a user config problem. It seems that it doesn't matter whether the hardware is older or newer, and I think the same is true with the BIOS.
I don't know how wide-spread this and if it's enough to be considered a show-stopper to get out of BETA. I realize that testing the updating process takes a lot of time, considering having to revert back for every iteration, so I don't mind helping the developers with any testing if it helps find a solution...
I just want to mention that I really like how the WebGUI is setup to manage multiple boot images, as I'm sure others do. The CLI update method works fine as a work-around for me, especially since it's just a home NAS, but I would hope to think that this will eventually be addressed.