Incomplete install causing boot issues

Hi Adel ,

this one is the only BIG-IP you currently have?

If you have a 2nd one you can use it to build a bootable USB stick. Have a copy of the base installation image i.e. in /var/tmp/.

Now follow these steps, please:

mkdir /mnt/cdrom/ 
cd /var/tmp/
mount -o loop /var/tmp/ /mnt/cdrom/
cd /mnt/cdrom/
./mkdisk

From here you can select the H/W platform the image should be used for (different boot loaders in use depending on hardware generation).

You really want to install v9? It´s end of life and for production it would make sense to get at least to v10.2.4, better a v11 version.

Btw, there is a way to reset the current passphrase from single user mode. Just check these solutions please:

http://support.f5.com/kb/en-us/solutions/public/4000/100/sol4178.html

http://support.f5.com/kb/en-us/solutions/public/3000/300/sol3350.html

Thanks, Stephan