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OttimoMassimo_1
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Nov 29, 2012

1600 series - encounter kernel panic when reverting to partitions from volumes

Hi,

 

I've run into an issue where the 1600 series decides to kernel panic when booting to MOS while reverting from volumes to partitions (running 10.2.1 base image). The device has a couple of images and volumes available to it:

 

 

switchboot -l

 

 

Current boot image:

 

HD1.3 - title BIG-IP 10.2.1 Build 297.0

 

Default boot image:

 

No locations are marked as 'active' volumes.

 

Available boot image(s):

 

HD1.1 - title BIG-IP 10.2.1 Build 511.0

 

HD1.2 - title BIG-IP 11.1.0 Build 1953.0

 

HD1.3 - title BIG-IP 10.2.1 Build 297.0

 

 

It looks like I may have run into issues with this bug http://support.f5.com/kb/en-us/solutions/public/13000/900/sol13926.html

 

 

Has anybody on this forum run into a similar issue? if so, have you had to implement the solution outlined in that uri?

 

 

I currently do not have an 11.2.0 image installed on the device.

 

2 Replies

  • K.... the instruction in that uri work... with one caveat - I installed 11.2.0 to a volume. I was left with a situation where there was no default boot image:

     

     

    Current boot image:

     

    HD1.3 - title BIG-IP 10.2.1 Build 297.0

     

    Default boot image:

     

    No locations are marked as 'active' volumes.

     

    Available boot image(s):

     

    HD1.1 - title BIG-IP 10.2.1 Build 511.0

     

    HD1.2 - title BIG-IP 11.2.0 Build 2446.0

     

    HD1.3 - title BIG-IP 10.2.1 Build 297.0

     

     

     

    I then ran through the procedure outlined in sol13926 and received the following error:

     

    /var/tmp/addmos /shared/images/BIGIP-11.2.

     

    warning: copy failed (/var/tmp/0E0SqoUtNQ/mfg.pattern.sh): No such file or directory

     

    info: No MOS update necessary; system has 2.7.4 - 42.0, media has 2.7.4 - 42.0

     

     

    So, the MOS had already been updated with the install of 11.2.0. A grub_default -d confirms this:

     

    title TMOS maintenance

     

    root (hd0,0)

     

    kernel /vmlinuz.mos root=/dev/ram0 rw console=ttyS0 ramdisk_size=135136.5 skip_media

     

    initrd /initrd.img.mos

     

    TIC_STATIC_KEY: st.mos

     

    TIC_STATIC_VERSION: 2.7.4-42.0

     

     

    I told the device to load 10.2.1 and format to partitions like so:

     

    image2disk --format=partitions BIGIP-10.2.1.297.0.iso

     

     

    And, hey presto, it worked!

     

    lvscan

     

    **** no output ****

     

    switchboot -l

     

     

    Current boot image:

     

    HD1.1 - title BIG-IP 10.2.1 Build 297.0

     

    Default boot image:

     

    HD1.1 - title BIG-IP 10.2.1 Build 297.0

     

    Available boot image(s):

     

    HD1.1 - title BIG-IP 10.2.1 Build 297.0