Bug ID 441462: Error message during installation: dat.swapvol.1 failed

Last Modified: Sep 13, 2023

Affected Product(s):
BIG-IP Install/Upgrade(all modules)

Known Affected Versions:
11.4.1, 11.5.0, 11.5.1, 11.5.2, 11.5.3, 11.5.4, 11.5.5, 11.5.6, 11.5.7, 11.5.8, 11.5.9, 11.5.10

Fixed In:
11.6.0

Opened: Dec 20, 2013

Severity: 5-Cosmetic

Symptoms

During installation, you might see the following message: error: tm_install::Device::Device_get_ext2_info -- get free_blocks for /dev/vg-db-sda/dat.swapvol.1 failed

Impact

When the error condition occurs, the system writes the message to /var/log/liveinstall.log.

Conditions

The error is reported during the installation process across many platforms, and is related to the swap volume.

Workaround

Press a key to clear the message on the console.

Fix Information

The swapvol error message no longer occurs during installation.

Behavior Change

Guides & references

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