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Bjarne_10209
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Oct 15, 2012

Bigip 6900 usb boot problem

  Hi,   I had to change both HDD's on a 6900. I was then going to image the disks with TMOS 10.1.0.   Beforehand I tested the reimage of a Bigip 3900 with the same USB CD-rom drive I ...
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Oct 18, 2012

 

I have contacted F5 support and the answer was this:

 

In the event the problem with the replacement 6900 is a possible incompatibility with the USB-DVD drive, I suggest we try a USB Thumb Drive install.

 

The USB-DVD works on a 3900, so in my book it should work on a 6900. It is a standard Samsung DVD-drive.

 

I will make a USB stick and try to boot the 6900 on that and see how that goes.