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Jan 22, 2014

New image doesn't install on existing partition - V 10.1.0

Hello Folks,   I am facing an issue while installing a new BIG-IP OS to the 1600 appliance. The issue is, I can see 2 partitions available, in which one partition has the currently loaded BIG-IP O...
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upgrading big-ip
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Jan 22, 2014

Thanks for the reply Nathan,

 

Just a quick background, before started the upgrade procedure.

 

This appliance is a standby appliance from active/passive HA. It wasn't accessible through GUI/CLI when we'd tried to access it for the first time. The LCD was showing message as "F5 incorporate" and navigations were not working.

 

I have connected the appliance over console, and reboot it. I found that BIG-IP OS was crashed or something, as I couldn't see any BIGIP commands and it was a typical linux box with root prompt.

 

I rebooted the appliance from a different partition and it started working normally. So I am assuming that the partition it self is corrupted or so.

 

Could it be the issue it causing the problem? Because I am installing the new ISO to the same suspicious partition, as I don't have other choice.

 

Thanks Nathan, Darshan