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M_2's avatar
M_2
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Apr 09, 2015

Boot partitions in f5

Hello friends,

 

In one of the f5 device i manage i have two boot partitions installed with v10 and v11 in hd1.1 and 2 respectively.

 

Does this partitions are independent of each other ? i mean do they use any similar files or all files used are independent of each version ?

 

Can i consider it as a linux box running with two different distros on different drives ?

 

Im confused please help. SAM :P

 

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  • amolari's avatar
    amolari
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    Apr 09, 2015

    yes, they are separated. Own software and using logical volumes.

     

    A volume is shared among software slots, mounted as /shared/

     

    Software images and hotfixes are in /shared/ that's why you always see them whatever you boot on slot X or Y

     

    Here some (little) more info. It was better documented with previous versions.

     

  • M_2's avatar
    M_2
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    Apr 09, 2015

    Does that mean if a system user is created in one boot partition say , running version 11 and the when booted on v10 user account wont exist at all ?