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rachitbiyani_21's avatar
rachitbiyani_21
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Sep 13, 2016

Unable to downgrade OS from v10.0.0 to v9.4.7

On downgrading the OS version on my BIGIP 3600 from 10.0.0 to 9.4.7, the device gets stuck at the boot menu with this message:

 

root (hd1,0) Red Hat nash version 3.5.13 starting Mounting /proc filesystem

 

Creating block devices

 

Creating root device

 

mkrootdev: uuid 679387a0-b21f-4ac0-9620-19fd9c01a370 not found

 

Mounting root filesystem

 

mount: error 2 mounting ext3

 

pivotroot: pivot_root(/sysroot,/sysroot/initrd) failed: 2

 

umount /initrd/proc failed: 2

 

Kernel panic: No init found. Try passing init= option to kernel.

 

Rebooting in 1 second..

 

Any ideas on how to fix this?

 

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3 Replies

  • IainThomson85_1's avatar
    IainThomson85_1
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    Sep 14, 2016

    Looks like a clean install as has been suggested.

     

    Question: Why are you going to such an old version of software ?

     

    • rachitbiyani_21's avatar
      rachitbiyani_21
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      Sep 21, 2016

      Thanks - I tried the clean install and it worked. I need to test a customer setup and need to roll back to an older version for that.